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Inspiration Is in the Air: Introducing the Air Collection by

2 years ago
Rowleys

When you first think of Escofet, a few things come to mind—the company’s incredible history, their seminal Mediterranean aesthetic that influences design globally, their mastery and innovation in cast concrete, and the robust and unmistakable presence of the forms they create. One thing that doesn’t immediately come to mind is “lightness,” an attribute that seemingly runs counter to the Barcelona-based

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Arts and Craft

Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

2 years ago
Rowleys
Ravers having it large at Castlemorton, 1992: Alan Lodge’s

In the 1970s I went to free festivals like the Stonehenge free festival and the Windsor People’s free festival. In 1974 there wasn’t a law to prevent these activities but, given we were in the Queen’s back garden in Windsor, the police came, one of whom whacked me around the side of the head. I fell off my log,

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Interior Design and Decorating

UWM posts stronger profits than Rocket in Q2 2022

2 years ago
Rowleys

United Wholesale Mortgage (UWM), the nation’s largest wholesale lender, posted a drop in origination volume and profits in the second quarter compared to the first three months of 2022, even after maintaining its gain-on-sale margins and increasing the fair value of mortgage servicing rights (MSRs).

But the Pontiac, Michigan-based lender improved its performance compared to the same period of 2021,

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Arts and Craft

Victorian chimney in Leeds to be shortened over public

2 years ago
Rowleys

A Victorian chimney in Leeds – seen as a significant local landmark by campaigners – is to be shortened due to safety fears.

The 33-metre structure, which is more than 150 years old, is part of the Grade II-listed Stonebridge Mills in Farnley, which is being turned into homes as part of a £25m redevelopment.

Those involved in the assessment

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Interior Design and Decorating

Banking agencies get deluge of feedback on CRA proposal

2 years ago
Rowleys

Stakeholders on all sides of the issues sounded off on the proposed changes to the federal redlining statute in comments to the banking agencies marshaling the changes.

Some of the nearly 360 comments came in late on Thursday, a day before the deadline imposed by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, the Federal Reserve and the Federal

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Arts and Craft

The Guardian view on commemorative art: remember differently

2 years ago
Rowleys

The return of Thomas Picton, a colonial slave owner turned fallen hero of the Battle of Waterloo, to the National Museum Cardiff marks another step in the delicate dance of curating Britain’s history. Demoted to a side room, Picton’s portrait is presented in a packing case with a plank across his groin area, a nod to emasculation in its

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