Abu Dhabi in Businessweek

 
A few days ago, I posted a link from Meteropolis magazine that featured a story on Dubai’s green and sustainable solutions by Stephen Zacks. Now it’s Abu Dhabi’s green and architectural ambitions that make it to Businessweek. Here’re the links.
 http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_52/b4064057939494.htm
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_52/b4064057942729.htm  
Masdar is a multi-billion dollar initiative who are also behind next month’s World Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi where [...]

So long Blueprint

Another one bites the dust. A few days ago I wrote about House & Garden calling it quits in publishing business and now it’s the turn of Martha Stewart’s shelter and lifestyle magazine Blueprint. Apparently Stewart’s company Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia has decided to merge back with Martha Stewart Weddings and the last issue will [...]

Design and the virtual world

Here’s a new online bookstore devoted exclusively to art, architecture, design, lifestyle, photography, and fashion books with an extensive collection that you could add to your bookshelves at the click of a mouse. www.designartabooks.co.uk
I have to admit that there’s something about these beautiful coffee-table books that can’t be compared to the web-based content. Check out the Valentino [...]

Weekend reading

This weekend I am catching up on my long pending reading- books and magazines I bought during my trip to the UK and Holland a couple of months ago and here’s a lowdown.
Frank Lloyd Wright (FLW) undoubtedly remains one of the most revered architects of all time. He made living in the wilderness cool with his Prairie [...]