Drop dead gorgeous
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Funerary products invariably come with retro styling, the visual equivalents of comfort foods, whether tail-finned hearses, beribboned memorial wreaths or quaintly lettered headstones. Ideas about designing caskets from space pods to mahogany breakfronts in place of wood with bronze like detailing are presented.
Publication Name: I.D.
Subject: Business
ISSN: 0894-5373
Year: 2003
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Canadian ingenuity
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Architects Stephanie Forsythe's and Todd MacAllen's amazing works of building and construction are presented. Cylindrical-glass tea insulated thin vacuum jackets, chairs and tables of slotted yellow-cedar slabs are few good ones of their fascinating works.
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Subject: Business
ISSN: 0894-5373
Year: 2003
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The English patience: Nicholas Grimshaw's spa in historic Bath overcomes politics, precedents, and a family of ducks to open-well, soon
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Nicholas Grimshaw, in collaboration with restoration architects Donald Insall Associates, was commissioned to redesign half a dozen historic structures into the Thermae Bath Spa. A detailed description of the architectural features of the Spa is provided.
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Subject: Business
ISSN: 0894-5373
Year: 2004
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