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2 weeks, 1 day ago

First ‘Dome City’ with 360° view in Mahakumbh

According to Company Director Amit Johri, the UP government has set new benchmarks in tourism. As part of its efforts to take the tourism sector to the next level, Dome City is being constructed on three and a quarter hectares of land. The Dome City is being built at a cost of Rs 51 crore, said Johri. A total of …

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2 weeks, 1 day ago

Grand Dome City coming up for visitors in Mela area

Hindustan Times

Visitors who’ll arrive to participate in the unique confluence of faith and modernity in Sangam City during Mahakumbh, will also get an opportunity to stay in the temporary ‘Dome City’ coming up in the Mela area. An accommodation facility in Dome City The tourism department was working closely with private institutions to build Dome City in the Arail area of …

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

Holidaymakers scammed as ‘stargazing domes’ turn out to just be muddy field

The Independent

Sign up to Simon Calder’s free travel email for expert advice and money-saving discounts Get Simon Calder’s Travel email Get Simon Calder’s Travel email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. He told the BBC News: “Young families with kids, they have no idea until they get here that they’ve lost …

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4 months, 4 weeks ago

After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half Dome’s risks are on everyone’s mind

LA Times

Clinging for life to a cold steel cable, high on a nearly vertical rock face in the Sierra Nevada, the soles of my hiking shoes simply could not find traction. A fall from that height — on the climbing cables that mark the final 400-foot ascent to the summit of Yosemite’s Half Dome — could easily be fatal. Rohloff said …

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5 months, 2 weeks ago

‘It’s crazy’: How Intuit Dome’s Halo Board changes Clippers fans’ experience

LA Times

When Clippers owner Steve Ballmer received the first renderings for the Halo Board at Intuit Dome, his first words to Gillian Zucker, the CEO of Halo Sports and Entertainment, were “make it bigger!” That they did, creating a massive video board that will leave any Intuit Dome guest wide-eyed and awestruck. “The Wall, the comfort of the seats … but …

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7 months ago

Heat wave or heat dome? Yes, there’s a difference

LA Times

It sounds like something out of a horror movie, like “The Blob” or “Godzilla.” But “heat domes” are far from fiction — and the West could be facing one this week. “We can have heat waves without heat domes,” he said, particularly in coastal Southern California, where offshore winds can bring hot temperatures south and west of the mountains while …

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8 months, 3 weeks ago

Los Angeles Times News Quiz for April 12, 2024: Museum walls, water use and Intuit Dome’s opener

LA Times

This week we’re asking about those pesky surcharges, which “lodge” is likely to leave us and the 50 best Hollywood books of all time. Welcome to the Los Angeles Times News Quiz. Before we get to this week’s quiz, I wanted to share the results of the Los Angeles Times News Quiz live event at Molly Malone’s Irish Pub on …

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10 months, 2 weeks ago

Ancient Roman Architecture: The Mastery of Arches, Domes, and Concrete

The Hindu

Have you tried building a house using Lego blocks? Concrete can be moulded in any shape and used to create curved roofs like domes. The dome blurred the lines between the roof and the wall, and could create huge rooms without any intermediate supports. One such is the Pantheon, a Roman temple with a soaring concrete dome that would put …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Rohtak domes: an eco-friendly alternative to concrete roofs

The Hindu

June 30, 2023 07:26 pm | Updated 07:58 pm IST Place-based names are common in India, popularly with food items like Mysore Pak or Tirunelveli Halwa. Much lesser known are in the construction industry; though Mangalore roofing tiles are well known and Athangudi flooring tiles are generally known, common people rarely hear Rohtak domes. Of course, domes are round, yet …

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1 year, 6 months ago

Dome over the room

The Hindu

Pyramids could be among the oldest of human construction still standing today, but it’s simple to understand why – just a big heap of stones. Domes were the earliest construction techniques humans discovered to cover large areas, the Pantheon dome was built with Roman concrete achieving 140 feet diameter way back 2000 years ago, only to be rivalled by St. …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Hindu temples inspired Telangana Secretariat design

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: While Bharatiya Janata Party state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar repeatedly accuses Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao of building the Secretariat with domes and architecture resembling Muslim culture, the government’s version was the other way round. Explaining the salient features of the new facility and inspiration for the design, an official press release stated that domes were built drawing inspiration …

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1 year, 8 months ago

Kanye West's Malibu $57m mansion remains stripped-back concrete eyesore

Daily Mail

Kanye West's $57million dollar Malibu mansion has been 'left to rot' from the inside out less than two years after the rapper bought it and hired an acclaimed architect to renovate it. But by the next summer, renovations halted and the gutted, windowless mansion was left empty Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, purchased the 4,000 square foot Tadao Ando-designed …

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$Bandi threatens to demolish \"Nizam culture\" domes of new TS Secretariat$

1 year, 10 months ago

Bandi threatens to demolish \"Nizam culture\" domes of new TS Secretariat

Deccan Chronicle

Hyderabad: Two days after TPCC president A. Revanth Reddy sparked controversy by insinuating that Maoists should blow up the Pragathi Bhavan because the general public lacked access to the CM’s official residence, BJP state president Bandi Sanjay Kumar threatened on Friday to tear down the domes built on the newly constructed Secretariat by the BRS government if his party was …

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1 year, 10 months ago

If voted to power, will destroy cultural symbols of the Nizam in Telangana: BJP state Chief Bandi Sanjay

India TV News

Telangana : The Bhartiya Janta Party state president Bandi Sanjay in a statement said that if the party is voted to power in Telangana, it would demolish the domes of the newly-built state secretariat that reflect the culture of the Nizams. While addressing a rally in the Kukatpally Assembly constituency as part of BJP'S 'Janam Gosa-BJP Bharosa programme', Bandi Sanjay …

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2 years, 1 month ago

Mysuru: Dome structures atop bus stand giving it Mosque-like look removed after BJP MP raises matter

India TV News

Highlights Domes of bus stand removed amid discord between BJP MP, MLA A BJP MP had threatened to raze the structure as domes on bus stand resembled a mosque The design of the bus shelter was said to have been inspired by the Mysuru palace Mysuru: Authorities have removed dome-shaped structures atop a new bus stand in Mysuru after a …

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2 years, 5 months ago

Does this ring a bell? Marg celebrates South Asia’s diverse temples

Hindustan Times

There are temples in India that resemble churches, others inspired by Islamic domes, and still others that imitate the architecture of local homes. With this extraordinary variety as their focus, the quarterly art magazine Marg chose the changing perspectives of temple studies as the theme of its recent 75th anniversary issue. Titled Readings on the Temple, the issue explores architecture, …

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2 years, 11 months ago

Eden Project North to be built in Morecambe as seaside town approves £125m project

The Independent

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Construction of a new £125m Eden Project North in the …

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3 years, 1 month ago

Delhiwale: An edifice of loss

Hindustan Times

It is among Delhi’s most melancholic souvenirs. Masjid Mubarak Begum in Chawri Bazar in Delhi's Walled City One morning in July last year, thunder, lightning and rain fell fatally on Masjid Mubarak Begum in the Walled City’s Chawri Bazar, causing a dome to splinter into uneven halves. Built in 1823, the mosque was named after one of many “bibis” of …

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3 years, 3 months ago

Best cake stand 2021: Bake Off worthy tiered and elegant domes

The Independent

Sign up to our free weekly newsletter for insider tips and product reviews from our shopping experts Sign up for our free IndyBest email Sign up for our free IndyBest email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A beautiful cake stand can take your latest sponge …

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3 years, 5 months ago

This Bubble House with 11 Domes and 20 Rooms is Up For Sale at Rs 8 Cr

News 18

Here’s your chance to live in a one of its kind bubble house in Australia that has been put for sale on the market. Located in Karalee, a rural suburb of Ipswich in Queensland in Australia, this Bubble House was built by architect Graham Birchall, Director of Birchall & Partners. The project idea stemmed from his university thesis in 1981 …

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4 years, 1 month ago

Human settlements on Mars will begin with glass domes, says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

India Today

Elon Musk, the CEO of SpaceX responded to a query on Twitter with his idea of how life can sustain on Mars. A Twitter handle by the name of 'Astronomiaum' asked Elon Musk on November 18, "When people arrived on Mars, would the planet already be terraformed or would people have another way created by SpaceX to survive on the …

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4 years, 2 months ago

China Removes Domes and Minarets of Mosque, UK Diplomat Shares 'Depressing' Before-after Photos

News 18

Amid an alleged rise in clampdown on religious minorities in China, the government has been “renovating” mosques in across several provinces to adhere to its laws against religious expression. Recently, China allegedly removed the Arabic-style domes and minarets of Nanguan Mosque in Ningxia province and repainted the building to make it fall in line with the Communist Party of China’s …

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4 years, 2 months ago

China removes domes, minarets from largest mosque in Ningxia Hui region

Op India

In the ongoing project to “Sinicize” Islam in China, a large mosque has been completely transformed by the Chinese government, removing all signs of Islam. The Nanguan Mosque in Yinchuan, the capital of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, is the largest mosque in the province. Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region is the home to the largest community of Hui Muslims in …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Ram temple to be grander than planned earlier: Architect

The Hindu

The proposed Ram temple in Ayodhya will be almost double the size of what was originally planned as its design was modified following the Supreme Court verdict last year, its architect said on Friday. The temple, to be constructed in Nagara style of architecture, will have five domes instead of two as envisaged earlier to accommodate more number of devotees, …

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First ‘Dome City’ with 360° view in Mahakumbh

Grand Dome City coming up for visitors in Mela area

Holidaymakers scammed as ‘stargazing domes’ turn out to just be muddy field

After a young woman falls to her death in Yosemite, Half Dome’s risks are on everyone’s mind

‘It’s crazy’: How Intuit Dome’s Halo Board changes Clippers fans’ experience

Heat wave or heat dome? Yes, there’s a difference

Los Angeles Times News Quiz for April 12, 2024: Museum walls, water use and Intuit Dome’s opener

Ancient Roman Architecture: The Mastery of Arches, Domes, and Concrete

Rohtak domes: an eco-friendly alternative to concrete roofs

Dome over the room

Hindu temples inspired Telangana Secretariat design

Kanye West's Malibu $57m mansion remains stripped-back concrete eyesore

Bandi threatens to demolish \"Nizam culture\" domes of new TS Secretariat

If voted to power, will destroy cultural symbols of the Nizam in Telangana: BJP state Chief Bandi Sanjay

Mysuru: Dome structures atop bus stand giving it Mosque-like look removed after BJP MP raises matter

Does this ring a bell? Marg celebrates South Asia’s diverse temples

Eden Project North to be built in Morecambe as seaside town approves £125m project

Delhiwale: An edifice of loss

Best cake stand 2021: Bake Off worthy tiered and elegant domes

This Bubble House with 11 Domes and 20 Rooms is Up For Sale at Rs 8 Cr

Human settlements on Mars will begin with glass domes, says SpaceX CEO Elon Musk

China Removes Domes and Minarets of Mosque, UK Diplomat Shares 'Depressing' Before-after Photos

China removes domes, minarets from largest mosque in Ningxia Hui region

Ram temple to be grander than planned earlier: Architect