Affordable housing to be retrofitted to downtown shopping centre

PARIS: MVRDV has been granted planning approval to overhaul a 1970s complex in Paris, which includes adding a new facade of colorful stacked boxes to an existing shopping center.

The Rotterdam-based studio plans to renovate and extend Vandamme Nordpart of the Ilôt Vandamme block designed Read More »

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Alzheimer’s Disease Treatment pipeline remains large despite 95% attrition rate, says GBI Research

DALLAS: While drug candidates for Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) fail at a much higher rate than the pharmaceutical industry average, the total number of active drugs in the AD treatment pipeline is relatively large at 583, implying a high level of commercial interest, says business intelligence Read More »

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Architectural visions of future of seniors housing published

CHICAGO: Visions of the future of seniors housing are currently on display.

All the housing types are currently under construction.

A research project led by the University of Bath and Modcell, a specialist firm of architects, has resulted in what they say are the world’s Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

NEW YORK: The sixty-seventh entry for the seniors housing Global Award for 2015 has been received.

HMC Land is developing a 63-bed skilled nursing home and a single-story nursery.

The site is surrounded by a mix of uses including residential, offices, educational Read More »

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