Word: bamboos
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...Malaysian capital, but top local architect Sonny Chan - a specialist in tropical architecture - has managed to give it the air of a chic, beachfront getaway. Earth tones and black and white predominate, with splashes of crimson and fuchsia. Cast iron and natural-looking materials such as rope and bamboo are liberally employed in the public areas and in the 207 rooms, which come with luxe, 250-threadcount linens and espresso machines. Executive chef Adam Haywood underscores the healthy resort feel with Loh and Behold Avant-garde murals and imaginative furnishings characterise a new Singapore hotel Identity Parade An iconic style...
...world's major shipping lanes. It possessed little industry or infrastructure besides a naval base and ship-repair facilities left behind by Britain's shrinking navy. Most of the population lived cheek by jowl in ramshackle two-story shophouses or traditional village houses fashioned of rattan and bamboo. It was poorer than Mexico. Today, the city is one of Asia's most modern metropolises, the business district bristling with skyscrapers and ringed by highways. Over 90% of the population own their own homes, most of them well-maintained and scrupulously clean apartments in government-built blocks. Singapore's cultural life...
...Linda Loudermilk: Scarves knitted from recycled soda bottles? A skirt made from soybeans? It may seem that this Los Angeles-based designer gets her inspiration from the corner store, but her sensual, feminine gowns and unstructured suits made from sustainable materials such as bamboo-fiber tweed, organic denim and soy silk are anything but pedestrian...
...never-ending stream of ideas, and if you can follow the dips and eddies and soaring visions of a man who has transformed his world to his exact standards, you may catch a glimpse of your own future. ?Can you imagine the potential of a mud-and-bamboo IT center?? he exclaims as he whirls around the packed-dirt floor of his new media office, jabbing fingers at bamboo-reinforced mud walls, woven grass ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking emerald rice paddies. ?This entire building comes to less than the cost of our air-conditioning...
Hardy slips a stunning silver-and-diamond pavé cuff off his wife's wrist and holds it up to the light. It looks as if some silver-fingered Midas brushed against a bamboo trellis covered in climbing flowers. ?In 200 years,? he says, ?you will see this on the block at Sotheby's.? He is not speaking of the design but of the exquisite craftsmanship. One of the great luxuries of working in Bali is the ability to draw from a tradition of jewelry making that goes back thousands of years?and the ability to lure...