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...cash-strapped compromise of gray concrete exteriors; the grand entrance was replaced by a door at the side of the building. Visitors hoping to catch a glimpse of the palace's former beauty found badly lit salons displaying cleverly executed facsimiles of such celebrated works as Albrecht Dürer's Praying Hands. Exactly 58 years after the bombs fell and nine years since it closed for a ?100 million makeover, the Albertina opened last month to reveal a stunning symbiosis of traditional and modern architecture: glorious, handcrafted staterooms inspired by palaces such as Versailles and Laeken, alongside cool, high...
...When Freddie Heineken died last year, control of his brewing colossus passed to his daughter and sole heir, Charlene de Carvalho Heineken, 48. She lives in London with her banker husband and their five young children, and she has no involvement with day-to-day operations. Karl and Theo Albrecht, the secretive German brothers who rank as the richest people in Europe, are withdrawing from the management of their firm, discount retailer Aldi. Sweden's Ingvar Kamprad, who created the IKEA furniture chain, has retired to a Swiss lakeside resort, leaving ownership of his empire to a foundation--and keeping...
...million. C&A in December decided to take its case to Germany's highest court. "We think we are in the right," says a spokesman. These days it's Aldi that has been making waves as it transforms the German retail landscape. Owners Theo and Karl Albrecht took over their parents' grocery store after the war and built it into a retail powerhouse. To keep costs - and prices - down, the stores are deliberately Spartan and understaffed, and feature a restricted number of staples, about 700 in total. The formula has been a smashing success: in the low-margin world...
...addition to the national team members, local talents Ashley Albrecht, Krista Jonson, Allie Sanchez and Chelsea Brodt (Winny’s sister) were recruited to shore up the defense. In all, 13 of 20 Golden Gophers are from Minnesota...
...nightclub's hip clientele would want to stay in hip hotels, he created such architectural landmarks as London's Sanderson and St. Martin's Lane. Now that concept is celebrated in an exhibition, "New Hotels for Global Nomads," at New York's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum. Curator Donald Albrecht says it aims to explore the hotel, not just for cutting-edge architecture and interior design, but as a source of mystery and refuge in the urban wilderness. Look out for digital renderings of Jean Nouvel's Hotel Broadway in New York, and of Dubai's Burj al-Arab...