Ever wonder what our modern-day cities could look like 100 years from now in a perfect world? Architect Luc Schuiten endeavors to find out with his Vegetal City installation, currently on display in Brussels. The entrance, made up of an archway with branches covered in blinking yellow lights, leads the exhibit’s visitors into a magical world of architectural drawings and models of cities where city residents live peacefully with nature.

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Standard Ensuite. Excluding breakfast. Hotel ChinaTown Inn, with 4 different room types, is a highly rated budget hotel ideally located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. This 2-star hotel offers cost-conscious travellers international standard accommodation and services at affordable prices. At the Hotel Inn, you are surrounded by an open air shopping paradise with a myriad of side-walk eateries and shop corners. Hotel ChinaTown Inn offers attractively furnished rooms which are fairly roomy and quiet with air-conditioning, carpet flooring and an attached bathroom. The Hotel is highly recommended in the Lonely Planet Travel Guide Book (Issue 2001) for "Far better value, and thoroughly recommended, with spotless hotel-quality rooms.

Mostly cloudy 28°C

Humidity:

69%

Wind Speed:

8 KMH

Wind Direction:

WNW (300°)

Barometer:

1009 mb

Dewpoint:

22°C

Heat Index:

30°C

Wind Chill:

28°C

Visibility:

6 km

Wannabe Eskimos looking for an updated version of the familiar ice dome will feel at home in the Igloo Satellite Cabin, a pre-fabricated remote shelter designed to withstand sub-zero temperatures, high winds, ice and snow. Icewall One, the Australia-based manufacturer designed these shelters to offer transport-able accommodations for remote areas, from the poles to the tropics. Originally designed for exploration and research stations, the Igloo Satellite Cabin has also become an attractive alternative for eco-tourism.

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Cumulonimbus clouds observed 31°C

Humidity:

55%

Wind Speed:

10 KMH

Wind Direction:

WSW (250°)

Barometer:

1007 mb

Dewpoint:

21°C

Heat Index:

33°C

Wind Chill:

31°C

Visibility:

8 km

Standard Ensuite. Excluding breakfast. Hotel ChinaTown Inn, with 4 different room types, is a highly rated budget hotel ideally located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. This 2-star hotel offers cost-conscious travellers international standard accommodation and services at affordable prices. At the Hotel Inn, you are surrounded by an open air shopping paradise with a myriad of side-walk eateries and shop corners. Hotel ChinaTown Inn offers attractively furnished rooms which are fairly roomy and quiet with air-conditioning, carpet flooring and an attached bathroom. The Hotel is highly recommended in the Lonely Planet Travel Guide Book (Issue 2001) for "Far better value, and thoroughly recommended, with spotless hotel-quality rooms.

Cumulonimbus clouds observed 33°C

Humidity:

49%

Wind Speed:

11 KMH

Wind Direction:

WSW (250°)

Barometer:

1007 mb

Dewpoint:

21°C

Heat Index:

36°C

Wind Chill:

33°C

Visibility:

11 km

NEW YORK: A string of upbeat corporate reports added to positive sentiment on Wall Street Thursday, propelling the main indexes to fresh 2009 highs. As the market resumed its rally, the blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average advanced 83.74 points (0.92 per cent) to close at 9,154.46. The technology-heavy Nasdaq composite climbed 16.54 points (0.84 per cent) to 1,984.30 and the Standard and Poor's 500 broad-market index increased 11.60 points (1.19 per cent) to 986.75. The rally gained momentum early in the day but lost some steam toward the close as indexes closed off their highs. Additionally, an analyst upgrade of General Electric buoyed sentiment. Analysts said the market has been able to maintain momentum even after a rise of some 13 per cent in three weeks and over 40 per cent since March. "It's the market that just refuses to go down, despite the common expectation of a correction of 10 to 30 per cent coming at any time," said Bob Dickey at RBC Wealth Managements. "Sure, the market is overbought on a short-term technical basis, but this condition can last a long time, and it is far from the kind of extreme readings that signal a major top." -- AFP

Puduraya is an old bus terminal in Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. Puduraya is actually the short form of ‘Hentian Pudu Raya’ in Malay and  Pudu is the place name where this building is located while the word ‘Raya’ means big or large. However as the development of Kuala Lumpur seems to be progressive, this Puduraya building is no [...]

Standard Ensuite. Excluding breakfast. Hotel ChinaTown Inn, with 4 different room types, is a highly rated budget hotel ideally located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur's Chinatown. This 2-star hotel offers cost-conscious travellers international standard accommodation and services at affordable prices. At the Hotel Inn, you are surrounded by an open air shopping paradise with a myriad of side-walk eateries and shop corners. Hotel ChinaTown Inn offers attractively furnished rooms which are fairly roomy and quiet with air-conditioning, carpet flooring and an attached bathroom. The Hotel is highly recommended in the Lonely Planet Travel Guide Book (Issue 2001) for "Far better value, and thoroughly recommended, with spotless hotel-quality rooms.