Populous, a new venture recently spun-off from leading sustainable architecture firm HOK has unveiled its design for the stadium that will be the epicenter of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Although the plans are still hazy, the project will feature several sustainable factors including a shimmering crystalline skin.

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Awe-inspiring design may not grow on trees, but it sure can dress up walls! Last year, architecture and product design group Nendo Studio completed the renovation of this gorgeous Moss House private residence in the Ebisu area of Tokyo, Japan. Taking inspiration from the plant life that scales the walls lining the nearby Shibuya River, the Nendo designers used dried moss to cover the interior walls with vine-like patterns. This custom wall treatment has a vivid color, a rich textural quality, and gives the starck white corridors a sense that the are alive.

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CATALYTIC developer of Iskandar Malaysia, Iskandar Investment Bhd, expects to tender out RM2 billion worth of projects in the next 12 months, president and chief executive officer Arlida Ariff said today. The tenders comprise RM1 billion worth of infrastructure projects under the Ninth Malaysia Plan and another RM1 billion worth of other infrastructure and construction projects, she said. "These infrastructure and construction projects will likely take six to 24 months to be completed," she told a media briefing on the sidelines of the Ninth Forbes Global CEO Conference. This will involve infrastructure in Medini and EduCity as well as residential units for students in Newcastle University Medicine Malaysia. Iskandar Investment currently owns two per cent of the whole Iskandar region which encompasses 2,200 square kilometres of land. - Bernama

MALAYSIA and Saudi Arabia today entered a new era of economic cooperation with the setting up of a US$2.5 billion joint-venture company that will spearhead the flow of foreign direct investments from the Middle East as well as make strategic investments in high-impact projects in Malaysia.

Economy Fan 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.

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SINGAPORE UBS, JPMorgan and Nomura have been hired as co-bookrunners for telecom firm Maxis Bhd's planned initial public offering in Kuala Lumpur, sources with knowledge of the deal said today. The three banks joined Goldman Sachs, CIMB and Credit Suisse, which were earlier appointed as joint bookrunners and global coordinators for the share offer that sources have said could raise over US$2 billion by mid-November. Maxis plans to kickstart investor roadshows for the share sale by early next month and book building for institutional offering by November 9, sources have said. Malaysia's largest mobile network operator by market share said earlier this month it plans to offer 2.25 billion shares or 30 per cent of its existing share capital in the IPO. Maxis was not immediately available to comment, while UBS, Nomura and JPMorgan declined to comment. -- Reuters

OSK Research Sdn Bhd has upgraded Hai-O Enterprise Bhd, a Malaysian seller of Chinese wines, herbs and medicines, to "buy" from "neutral".

Exports of Malaysian palm oil products for September dropped 7.8 per cent to 1,227,983 tonnes from 1,332,272 tonnes shipped in August, cargo surveyor Intertek Testing Services said today. -- Reuters