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The Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas, a winner of the Pritzker Prize for architecture, has been chosen to redesign the art displays in the State Hermitage Museum, right, in St. Petersburg, Russia, Bloomberg News reported. Mr. Koolhaas and the museum will begin the six-year project by establishing a master plan for a new way of displaying about three million treasures in the museumâs roughly 2,000 rooms. He will also alter the displays in the Islamic and Chinese rooms and transform a section of the imperial general staff building into a space for contemporary art.
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By NO BYLINE  A CITY woodland is being given a GBP 200,000 makeover with new paths, wardens and thousands of trees.   Work will begin on improving Colinton and Craiglockhart Dells next month thanks to the grant from Forestry Commission Scotland.
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The final installment of our series on the new design: More proposals from blog readers.
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By Paul Burgarino  MANTECA -- The site of an old photoprocessing plant could frame the picture of housing development in Manteca in the upcoming year.
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By JUAN-CARLOS RODRIGUEZ Journal Staff Writer  The final design for a South Valley park that would serve as a welcoming gateway to the neighborhood was unveiled Wednesday night, moving the project into the next phase -- figuring out how to pay for it.
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By Sarah N. Lynch, The Tribune, Mesa, Ariz.  Jun. 2--A high-profile Mesa church that grabbed headlines several years ago for the construction of its unusual monolithic domes is seeking to expand its walls once again.
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By Emily Gurnon, Pioneer Press, St. Paul, Minn.  Feb. 13--The Minnesota Twins had something of a party planned for Thursday to unveil the design of the team's new ballpark.
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By TOM KERTSCHER  Work is continuing on the Mequon Nature Preserve. Workers renovating the former Spirit Life Church on the property began removing the roof this month from the church building, which is being transformed into the PieperPower Education Center.
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MOSCOW -- Last May, Maria Paphiti, an icons specialist at Christie's auction house in London, was invited to inspect some religious paintings on wood that were among the contents of a building recently bought by an English family. The artworks had been found wrapped in plastic, and the building's...
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Fresh plans which would allow more shops on the site planned for Cardiff City's new ground are being discussed.
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What do you think of the new design?  For those of you reading via RSS just click on the permalink.   Fixed layout.  Blue background.  Nice clean sidebar.  No more obsolete links. Updated content.  All to give the appearance that I'm a professional!  This is part of my new effort to blog more now that I have Rojo  launched.  Anyway.  If anything looks strange please let me know!  I'll also be making some additional layout tweaks in the next couple of days.  In the meantime this will do...
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By Christina Rogers, The Roanoke Times, Va.  Sep. 9--Plans to renovate the historic Patrick Henry Hotel are inching forward with an application for a building permit now winding its way through the city's planning office.
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Digital models of an historic ship are created as part of its restoration to test if it will survive the process.
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CLOUDCROFT, N.M. - An observatory being refurbished near Cloudcroft is getting a new mission - providing telescope time for budding astronomers around the world.
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France will unveil one of its most dazzling architectural showcases, the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, next week after a restoration that has brought fresh life to colors buried for years under grime.
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New York state on Tuesday unveiled two plans for Moynihan Station, its bid to recreate the legendary Pennsylvania Station demolished in 1963, but many questions remain, including Madison Square Garden's fate.
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It plans to drive growth with fresher menu options and a new decor at Red Lobster.