Affordable housing still an issue at ‘Toblerone’ towers

tobleronNEW YORK: London & Properties’ stepped multigenerational “Toblerone” towers designed by SOM have been given the go-ahead by Southwark Council.

The towers, rising up to 39 storeys, are to be constructed on the site of 1980s office building Skipton House, London South Bank University’s Perry Library Read More »

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Age care compounds becoming soft crime targets

crimeHOUSTON: Retirement communities and skilled nursing homes imply a level of elevated safety in their commercial pitch to prospective customers.

But evidence is mounting that age-apartheid compounds are increasingly becoming soft crime targets and the care sector is trashing its reputation by doing nothing to effectively Read More »

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New multi-coloured brain map is ‘most accurate yet’

brainNEW YORK: Move over, grey matter. A team of neuroscientists, computer specialists and engineers have released what they say “could be the most accurate map yet” of the brain, rendering 100 new regions of the brain in living colour.

The team discovered nearly 100 previously unreported Read More »

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Seniors housing developers compete for Global Award

trophy NEW YORK: The four hundred and forty-ninth entry for the seniors housing Global Awards 2016 has been received.

Following two years of study and public backlash, a proposal to allow 100 percent affordable housing projects to rise three extra stories was approved by San Francisco’s Board Read More »

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