Over 3 million sq ft of office space designed by American firm Goettsch Partners has been commissioned for Abu Dhabi’s Sowwah Island in the United Arab Emirates. Abu Dhabi’s recently published urban framework plan, entitled Plan Abu Dhabi 2030, has designated Sowwah Square as the city’s new central business district.

The new design features an iconic stock exchange building surrounded by four office towers overlooking the water. Two levels of retail and underground parking will also add to the monumental build. The stock exchange building will itself offer 233,000 sq ft of space.... >>>

This one is another piece of significant new research. We hear a bit about all three northern Buddhist monasteries destroyed by Turkish Muslims at the end of the 12th century, but here we focus in on the greatest of all time, Nalanda.



In Buddha's day, it was a place, but not much more. Buddha spent time there, but at the... >>>