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Caught between history and creating something new

18 Apr 2019

Two holes gape where Notre Dame’s vaulted stone ceiling has collapsed. The cathedral’s 19th century timber spire is gone, as is most of its roof. Portions of the interior walls were blackened by the intense heat of Paris’ most consequential fire in centuries.

Why we need historic spaces like Notre Dame

17 Apr 2019

It seems the cruellest of ironies: an edifice constructed over the span of centuries, consumed by flames and streamed in real time to an audience of hundreds of millions.

In the ancient arms of Notre Dame

19 Apr 2019

Why should anyone care about a fire in Paris when we all have more immediate problems closer to home? I’d just finished grading papers, sitting in a rare moment of silence in my office at work, when one of my students came in and said “Notre Dame is burning.”

Notre Dame design contest raises eyebrows

20 Apr 2019

The French, who know a thing or two about the bold reinvention of architectural landmarks (consider I.M. Pei’s once-despised, now-iconic Louvre Pyramid), have announced an international design competition to restore or redesign the destroyed spire of Notre Dame cathedral.

Forest fires: A burning issue for India

14 May 2019

The recent years have seen an alarming increase in forest fires across India. According to the Real Time Forest Alert System of the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the number of forest fires shot up to 14,107 from 4,225 between November 2018 and February 2019.The Forest Alert System is part of the Large Forest Fire Monitoring Programme

Fire destroys Ajman warehouse

21 Jun 2019

The warehouse contained cardboard and wooden materials, making the fire spread quickly.

Video: Fire breaks out in Sharjah’s Industrial Area

21 Jun 2019

Several fire engines were trying to douse the flame.

32 injured in fire at Bosnia migrant shelter

01 Jun 2019

A fire in a shelter for migrants in northwest Bosnia on Saturday left 32 people hurt either from burns or injuries after they jumped from windows to escape the flames, authorities said.

Bangladesh skyscraper inferno death toll rises to 25

29 Mar 2019

The death toll from a horrific blaze that ripped through a Bangladesh skyscraper rose on Friday to 25, including some who leapt to their deaths, as firefighters combed through the charred shell of the building.

Workers jump to their deaths as Dhaka office block fire kills 19

28 Mar 2019

Desperate workers leaped to their deaths as a huge fire tore through a Dhaka office block Thursday, killing at least 19 people and trapping others in the latest major inferno to hit the Bangladesh capital.

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