Posts Tagged ‘culture’

Denmark’s House of Music: A Marvel of Solar Passive Design

Wednesday, October 28, 2009 19:24 By Ramya

The present fast paced lifestyle demands multi-functional centers which provide a shared hybrid place to cater to the needs of people. In unison, we also need these places to be equally environment-friendly. Organized around the concept of sharing and synergy, Denmark’s House of Music designed by Coop Himmelb(l)au is one such solar passive design wonder [...]

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Reinventing Sao Paulo’s downtown

Sunday, October 11, 2009 13:43 By NARUTO

In the beginning of July, a preliminary study was published which was prepared by the Herzog & Of Meuron office, and contracted by São Paulo State’s government. Just one hundred square meters will separate the building of the Júlio Prestes Station – projected by Christiano Stockler of Neves and in which ten years ago [...]

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Hinduism as Culture

Tuesday, May 19, 2009 1:24 By GSerrano

Some common practices are sacred elements in Hinduism. These are meant to pursue awareness of the Supreme Being through divinity, even in everyday life. Hindus can perform worship or veneration in either their home or temple. It is not mandatory to visit temples. Mantras are chanted invocations to God and the deities that are actually [...]

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Group Dynamics: Convergence + Resolution

Saturday, March 28, 2009 13:53 By GSerrano

Conflict resolution, a resultant and logical step to address the inescapable reality of conflict, is a must to move the team forward. Conflict resolution is a dynamic and pro-active endeavor that serves to find a commonality among the diversity in team membership. If there is no resolution to conflicts, the uniqueness of the individual cannot [...]

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Can Shops Sell Healthy Food for the Soul?

Monday, December 22, 2008 6:48 By Madhuri Katti

This shop is different. A group of philosophers and thinkers behind this concept shop claim that here one can brainstorm and hunt for ideas to live by and browse through different philosophic approaches to life for a healthy and creative future.
The ‘chemist shop for the mind’, School of Life, opened its door in London [...]

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