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• ‘Self-healing’ Roman concrete could aid modern construction, study suggests

  06-01-2023 20:00
  Research finds secret of durability of buildings such as the Pantheon could be in the techniques used at the timeThey have stood through the fall of an empire, the carnage of great wars and the foundation of a new country. But quite why structures made using Roman concrete are so durable has remained something of a mystery.Now researchers say they have discovered one possible explanation: the technique used to make the material may have helped to give it self-healing properties. Continue reading
  
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• Jair Bolsonaro wrecked Brazil’s presidential palace, TV report suggests

  06-01-2023 17:09
  Journalist touring residence with new first lady is shown torn sofas, broken windows and art damaged by the sunJair Bolsonaro’s wrecking of the Amazon made him a global outcast – but his acts of desecration were not limited to the rainforest.A report by the Brazilian broadcaster GloboNews suggests that even the official presidential residence – a 1950s masterpiece by the architect Oscar Niemeyer – was defiled by the far-right politician during his four years in power. Con
  
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• Brazil first lady ‘shaken’ by state of presidential palace after Bolsonaro

  06-01-2023 15:57
  Rosângela Lula da Silva ‘rather disappointed’ to find Oscar Niemeyer-designed building in disrepairJair Bolsonaro’s wrecking of the Amazon made him a global outcast – but his acts of desecration were not limited to the rainforest.A report by the Brazilian broadcaster GloboNews suggests that even the official presidential residence – a 1950s masterpiece by the architect Oscar Niemeyer – was defiled by the far-right politician during his four years in powe
  
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• Legacy of Japan’s Nakagin Capsule Tower lives on in restored pods

  06-01-2023 05:00
  One of Tokyo’s most famous buildings was dismantled in April due to asbestos fears. Now 23of the capsules have been saved for posterityTatsuyuki Maeda had more reason than most to feel a pang of regret as he joined admirers and passing office workers to watch Nakagin Capsule Tower being dismantled.The building was not just one of Tokyo’s most famous structures; for more than a decade it had been Maeda’s occasional home – a pied-à-terre in the heart of the city he h
  
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• Legacy of Japan’s Nagakin Capsule Tower lives on in restored pods

  06-01-2023 05:00
  One of Tokyo’s most famous buildings was dismantled in April due to asbestos fears. Now 23of the capsules have been saved for posterityTatsuyuki Maeda had more reason than most to feel a pang of regret as he joined admirers and passing office workers to watch Nakagin Capsule Tower being dismantled.The building was not just one of Tokyo’s most famous structures; for more than a decade it had been Maeda’s occasional home – a pied-à-terre in the heart of the city he h
  
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