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...York City, the architects are creating a miniature department store for Kate Spade, who is expanding beyond handbags into home furnishings. To weave in the Midwestern, feminine perspective from which her brand is derived, they will sandwich a layer of pink film between two pieces of glass, instead of painting the walls. In Hong Kong, where they are building an 85,000-sq.-ft. store for Lane Crawford, they plan to ditch the traditional formula of clothing racks plus wall fixtures in favor of furniture and shelves that sit on the floor to resemble a mansion rather than a department...
...glass and metal facade of the Sahara Mall in Gurgaon, a thriving township southwest of New Delhi, looks like a perfect emblem of the new India. Emblazoned with logos of clothing stores, gift shops and fast-food restaurants, the mall's glistening exterior seems to capture the exuberance of India's economic boom. Inside, however, except for a busy restaurant and supermarket, business is sluggish, and many shops are slathered with signs proclaiming SALE. "The customer response has been far below our expectations," says Atul Kaushal, owner of Threads & Toes Mart, a shop that sells jeans and shoes. "Many people...
...Trojan horse of nonfiction?full of interesting facts about an academic discipline (science, anthropology, history, semiotics) that most of his countrymen would have been loath to learn about if it were not sugar-coated in fiction. The Calcutta Chromosome was brimming with details about genetics and malaria; The Glass Palace explored the colonial history of Burma and India; and The Hungry Tide, Ghosh's latest novel, contains long digressions into cetology?the study of marine mammals...
...People don't understand how I feel. They think I am just sitting in here doing nothing." NUR MALENA HASSAN, on perceived indifference to her attempt to reclaim a world record by living with more than 6,000 scorpions in a glass box for 36 days. The 27-year-old Malaysian has been bitten twice...
Except for some modified post-and-beam-style cottages by Cutler and Graves, the architects' houses are not for traditionalists. They're mostly modern structures built with large quantities of glass, steel and environmentally sustainable materials. Kaufmann calls the Glidehouse project an effort to "collaborate with nature." Instead of hardwood floors that stress first-growth forests, she uses fast-growing bamboo. Lighting from the structure's glassy exterior, plus solar panels and a wind generator, reduces electricity use. "It's the housing equivalent of the Prius," says Kaufmann, referring to Toyota's environmentally conscious car. "Clean and green...