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Deccan Herald
3 days ago
- Deccan Herald
July 28, 2025: Best photos from around the world
A Rajasthani folk artist during a traditional procession on the occasion of 'Teej' festival, in Jaipur Credit: PTI Photo Narmada river after authorities released water from the Bargi dam following monsoon rains, in Jabalpur district, Madhya Pradesh Credit: PTI Photo People participate in a bull race at a paddy field, in South 24 Parganas, West Bengal Credit: PTI Photo A Red-collared lorikeet sits on the finger of a visitor during the All Breeds Open Dog Show, in Thiruvananthapuram Credit: PTI Photo A drone view shows the Cathedral of Brasilia, designed by Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer, illuminated at night, in Brasilia, Brazil Credit: Reuters Photo
CairoScene
4 days ago
- CairoScene
Middle Eastern Modernism: Sculpted Forms From Desert & Sea
Blending minimalist design with regional heritage, these landmarks exemplify modernist architecture across the Middle East, where streamlined forms meet cultural and environmental influences. Modernist architecture in the Middle East tells a story of contrast and continuity, where avant-garde forms meet deep-rooted traditions. From the silent grandeur of Niemeyer's fairgrounds in Tripoli to the luminous dome of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, these structures reflect ambition shaped by place, climate, and memory. Across deserts and coastlines, modernism takes on new character - emerging as libraries that unfold like landscapes, museums rooted in geology, and assemblies that echo Bedouin tents. Each project becomes a built narrative, where global ideas meet the rhythms of the region... National Museum of Qatar – Doha, Qatar In Doha, the National Museum of Qatar, designed by Ateliers Jean Nouvel, stands as a radical reinterpretation of local geography and heritage. Drawing inspiration from the 'desert rose' mineral formation, the building unfolds as a network of interlocking concrete disks that propagate organically around a historic palace. This design merges with the landscape while creating shaded, walkable public spaces. The sand-coloured cladding harmonises with the surrounding environment, while the elliptical circulation route gently rises and falls, following the undulations of the Qatari terrain. 11 galleries trace Qatar's history, culminating in the restored palace, all set within a landscaped park featuring gardens inspired by sabkhas, oases and dunes. Tripoli International Fair (Rashid Karameh International Exhibition Center) – Tripoli, Lebanon At the Rashid Karameh International Exhibition Center in Tripoli, Lebanon, one encounters a striking testament to modernist ambition. Designed by Oscar Niemeyer in 1963, the 70-hectare site contains 15 concrete structures, conceived as one of the world's largest exhibition centres. Construction was halted during the Lebanese civil war in 1975, leaving the site hauntingly unfinished. Recent efforts to restore parts of the project, notably the Niemeyer Guest House, signal a renewed appreciation for its innovative forms. The fragmented, sculptural structures echo a complex interplay of imagination, progress, and unfinished dreams, and the site now holds a place on UNESCO's World Heritage in Danger list. Louvre Abu Dhabi – Abu Dhabi, UAE Perched on the Gulf's coast, Jean Nouvel's Louvre Abu Dhabi carves out a unique presence, envisioned as a 'museum city' resting in the sea. The project takes inspiration from traditional Arabic architectural culture. 55 white cubic buildings evoke the medina, topped by a monumental 180-metre-diameter double dome. Its layered steel and aluminium structure is perforated to filter daylight, creating a signature 'rain of light'. The dome appears to float, supported by only four hidden piers. The choreography of light, shadow, and reflection fosters a sanctuary-like environment, where the geometries of Arab heritage merge with modern construction ingenuity. Qatar National Library – Doha, Qatar Rem Koolhaas and OMA's design for the Qatar National Library is formed as a singular, open space,138 metres in length. Its plate-like structure is lifted at the edges to create terraced aisles for books, allowing uninterrupted visual connection across the space. Shelving in white marble merges with the flooring, and the infrastructure integrates lighting, ventilation, and return systems. The building accommodates over a million volumes and includes a prominent Heritage Collection at its core, accessible by a sunken patio and enveloped by beige travertine. Diffused natural light and reflective aluminium ceilings establish a calm reading atmosphere. The library stands at the heart of Doha's 'Education City'. Kuwait National Assembly Building – Kuwait City Jørn Utzon's National Assembly Building in Kuwait is as much a commentary on political identity as it is a celebration of modernist ideals. The design's prominent feature is a public colonnade with thin piers supporting a billowing concrete roof, recalling Bedouin tent structures. This dramatic canopy, composed of semi-circular shells on steel cables, exemplifies Utzon's mastery in making concrete appear as weightless as fabric. Behind the plaza, government functions are organised in a grid inspired by bazaars, with central courtyards and circulation spaces. The use of precast concrete forms and abstracted Arab ornamentation reveals both a nod to tradition and a distinctly modernist approach. Dubai Trade Centre – Dubai, UAE The Dubai Trade Centre, designed by John R Harris & Partners, was completed in 1979 as the city's first skyscraper. Standing 149 metres tall, it remained the tallest building in the Arab world for two decades. Its honeycomb-like precast-concrete façade offers sun protection and visual rhythm. The signature fluted concrete panels, originally exposed, were later painted white at the request of Sheikh Rashid. The tower introduced a stark, minimalist form that contrasted with the low-rise urban fabric of the time, marking a turning point in Dubai's architectural development.
The Guardian
17-06-2025
- General
- The Guardian
‘A dazzling concrete crown': Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral gets long overdue appreciation
Liverpool's majestic cosmic wigwam has always faced a hard time from critics. Classicists lamented that it replaced an earlier swollen baroque design by Edwin Lutyens, which was cut short by the second world war and rising costs. Modernists found it too prissy, a brittle British version of more muscular concrete creations emerging from sunnier southern climes – a piece of Oscar Niemeyer's Brasília lost in translation between the hemispheres. Time has proved them wrong. Frederick Gibberd's striking upturned funnel is one of the finest postwar buildings in the land, standing as the most prominent Catholic cathedral of any British city, as well as the most original. It is shocking that it wasn't already Grade-I listed – a fact that reflects a broader antipathy for buildings of the era, which is slowly being corrected by a new generation. The building's genius is in its response to the site, bridging history with modernity. Gibberd's competition-winning design of 1959 cleverly drew on the unfinished crypt of Lutyens' 1930s project, using the latter's brick-and-stone vaults as a rugged rocky plinth on which to erect his startling white tent. Made of reinforced concrete clad in Portland stone, the crisp conical pavilion rises from an expansive open platform like a moon lander, extending slender radial ribs out in all directions. These flying buttresses rise to support a 2,000-tonne lantern, a floating stained glass cylinder topped with a crown of toothpick-thin steel pinnacles, ready to impale the sky. 'The great cathedrals of Christendom are generally crowns of the urban composition,' wrote Gibberd. 'Giles Gilbert Scott's tower [of the 1900s Anglican cathedral] already provided one crown for Liverpool and it seemed to me that, if it could be balanced by a tower of the Metropolitan Cathedral, the city would have a unique topography.' Thanks to him, it does, the two mighty buildings standing as spiritual bookends to the axis of Hope Street. The plinth, meanwhile, has become a vital public space, host to ballgames, lunch-hour sandwiches, and fitness fiends jogging up and down the steps. Entered through a monumental wedge-shaped bell tower, carved with abstract reliefs by the sculptor William Mitchell (who also designed the big bronze doors), the cathedral's interior is a radiant Las Vegas vision, washed with electric blue and pink light from the stained glass windows. Sixteen boomerang-shaped concrete columns rise to support the great conical roof, framing a series of side chapels below. Edged with blue glass, they are designed as individual forms, which read from the outside like a conclave of bodies, gathered around in a circle. Eschewing the usual cruciform layout, Gibberd's circular 'altar in the round' form was a direct response to the dictates of the second Vatican council, which encouraged architects to make congregations feel closer to the celebrants. 'The ministers at the altar should not be remote figures,' John Heenan, the archbishop of Liverpool, wrote in his instructions to the architect. 'They must be in sight of the people with whom they offer the sacrifice.' The resulting democratic vision is centred on an altar made of a single colossal slab of white marble – a 19-tonne block sourced from near Skopje in North Macedonia – above which hangs a spiky baldacchino canopy of aluminium rods. It is an extraordinary thing, looking as if a hi-tech spider had been asked to weave its web into a crown of thorns. Such daring comes at a price, and, over the years, the building has suffered its fair share of hiccups. Soon after opening, the aluminium roof leaked and the glass mosaic tiles fell off the concrete frame. Gibberd was sued and the archdiocese was awarded £1.3m in an out-of-court settlement. Repairs of varying quality have continued ever since, but this upgraded listing should hopefully ensure that Liverpool's dazzling concrete crown sticks around for many more generations to marvel at.
Yahoo
09-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Afya Limited (the "Company") Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company
NOVA LIMA, Brazil, June 09, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of the Company (the "AGM") will be held at the offices of Afya Participações S.A., Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, 15th Floor, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Zip Code: 34.006-056, and virtually by accessing the following link (password: afya2025), on the 24th day of June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. BRT, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing and approving the following resolutions: "As an ordinary resolution, that the Company's financial statements and the auditor's report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 be approved and ratified." "As an ordinary resolution, that João Paulo Seibel de Faria be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Vanessa Claro Lopes be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Miguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Marcelo Ken Suhara be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." The AGM will also serve as an opportunity for shareholders to discuss Company affairs with management. Shareholders may participate in the AGM virtually by accessing the following link (password: afya2025). Participation by a shareholder in the AGM in this manner shall be treated as presence in person at the AGM and such shareholder shall be counted in a quorum and entitled to vote in accordance with Article 18.3 of the Articles of Association of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") has fixed the close of business, BRT, on May 14, 2025, BRT, as the record date (the "Record Date") for determining the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjournment thereof. The holders of record of the Class A common shares and the Class B common shares of the Company as at the close of business, BRT, on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and attend the AGM and any adjournment thereof. The Company's 2024 Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025 (the "Financial Statements"). Shareholders may obtain a copy of the Financial Statements, free of charge, from the Company's website at or by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department by email at ir@ The Board recommends that shareholders of the Company vote "FOR" the resolutions at the AGM. Your vote is very important to the Company. Whether or not you plan to attend the AGM, please promptly complete, date, sign and return the proxy card attached to this Notice. By order of the Board /s/ Kay Kraft__________________ Kay Kraft Director June 9, 2025 Registered Office:c/o Maples Corporate Services LimitedPO Box 309, Ugland HouseGrand CaymanKY1-1104Cayman Islands *A form of proxy has been included with this Notice. NOTES IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE AGM IN PERSON OR SEND IN A SPECIFIC PROXY. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. Any standing proxy previously deposited by a shareholder with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM unless revoked prior to the AGM or the shareholder attends the AGM in person or executes a specific proxy. A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed. Whether or not you propose to attend the AGM in person, you are strongly advised to complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it and then deposit it (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of Afya Participações S.A., Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, 15th Floor, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Zip Code: 34.006-056, or send copies of the foregoing by email to ir@ in each case marked for the attention of Renata Couto, Anibal Sousa and Rodrigo Proença, not later than 11:59 p.m. BRT on the business day prior to the date of the AGM or adjourned AGM in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company. Returning the completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the AGM and voting in person if you so wish. If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company's register of shareholders in respect of the relevant shares. A shareholder holding more than one share entitled to attend and vote at the AGM need not cast the votes in respect of such shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a share or some or all such shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a share or some or all of the shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing any proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a share or some or all of the shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting. No business shall be transacted at the AGM unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. One or more Members holding not less than one-third in aggregate of the voting power of all Shares in issue and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural Person, by its duly authorised representative, shall represent a quorum. View source version on Contacts Investor Relations Contact:Afya Limitedir@ Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
Business Wire
09-06-2025
- Business
- Business Wire
Afya Limited (the " Company") Notice of Annual General Meeting of the Company
NOVA LIMA, Brazil--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Notice is hereby given that an Annual General Meeting of the Company (the " AGM") will be held at the offices of Afya Participações S.A., Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, 15th Floor, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Zip Code: 34.006-056, and virtually by accessing the following link (password: afya2025), on the 24 th day of June 2025 at 10:00 a.m. BRT, for the purpose of considering and, if thought fit, passing and approving the following resolutions: "As an ordinary resolution, that the Company's financial statements and the auditor's report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 be approved and ratified." "As an ordinary resolution, that João Paulo Seibel de Faria be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Vanessa Claro Lopes be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Miguel Filisbino Pereira de Paula be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." "As an ordinary resolution, that Marcelo Ken Suhara be re-appointed as an independent director of the Company with immediate effect to hold office for a two year term in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company." The AGM will also serve as an opportunity for shareholders to discuss Company affairs with management. Shareholders may participate in the AGM virtually by accessing the following link (password: afya2025). Participation by a shareholder in the AGM in this manner shall be treated as presence in person at the AGM and such shareholder shall be counted in a quorum and entitled to vote in accordance with Article 18.3 of the Articles of Association of the Company. The Board of Directors of the Company (the " Board") has fixed the close of business, BRT, on May 14, 2025, BRT, as the record date (the ' Record Date ') for determining the shareholders of the Company entitled to receive notice of the AGM or any adjournment thereof. The holders of record of the Class A common shares and the Class B common shares of the Company as at the close of business, BRT, on the Record Date are entitled to receive notice of and attend the AGM and any adjournment thereof. The Company's 2024 Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2024 was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on March 13, 2025 (the ' Financial Statements '). Shareholders may obtain a copy of the Financial Statements, free of charge, from the Company's website at or by contacting the Company's Investor Relations Department by email at ir@ The Board recommends that shareholders of the Company vote 'FOR' the resolutions at the AGM. Your vote is very important to the Company. Whether or not you plan to attend the AGM, please promptly complete, date, sign and return the proxy card attached to this Notice. By order of the Board Registered Office: c/o Maples Corporate Services Limited PO Box 309, Ugland House Grand Cayman KY1-1104 Cayman Islands *A form of proxy has been included with this Notice. NOTES IF YOU HAVE EXECUTED A STANDING PROXY, YOUR STANDING PROXY WILL BE VOTED AS INDICATED IN NOTE 2 BELOW, UNLESS YOU ATTEND THE AGM IN PERSON OR SEND IN A SPECIFIC PROXY. A proxy need not be a shareholder of the Company. A shareholder entitled to attend and vote at the AGM is entitled to appoint one or more proxies to attend and vote in his/her stead. Any standing proxy previously deposited by a shareholder with the Company will be voted in favour of the resolutions to be proposed at the AGM unless revoked prior to the AGM or the shareholder attends the AGM in person or executes a specific proxy. A form of proxy for use at the AGM is enclosed. Whether or not you propose to attend the AGM in person, you are strongly advised to complete and sign the enclosed form of proxy in accordance with the instructions printed on it and then deposit it (together with any power of attorney or other authority under which it is signed or a notarially certified copy of that power or authority) at the offices of Afya Participações S.A., Alameda Oscar Niemeyer, No. 119, 15th Floor, Vila da Serra, Nova Lima, Minas Gerais, Brazil, Zip Code: 34.006-056, or send copies of the foregoing by email to ir@ in each case marked for the attention of Renata Couto, Anibal Sousa and Rodrigo Proença, not later than 11:59 p.m. BRT on the business day prior to the date of the AGM or adjourned AGM in accordance with the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of the Company. Returning the completed form of proxy will not preclude you from attending the AGM and voting in person if you so wish. If two or more persons are jointly registered as holders of a share, the vote of the senior person who tenders a vote, whether in person or by proxy, shall be accepted to the exclusion of the votes of other joint holders. For this purpose seniority shall be determined by the order in which the names stand on the Company's register of shareholders in respect of the relevant shares. A shareholder holding more than one share entitled to attend and vote at the AGM need not cast the votes in respect of such shares in the same way on any resolution and therefore may vote a share or some or all such shares either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting a share or some or all of the shares and, subject to the terms of the instrument appointing any proxy, a proxy appointed under one or more instruments may vote a share or some or all of the shares in respect of which he is appointed either for or against a resolution and/or abstain from voting. No business shall be transacted at the AGM unless a quorum is present at the time when the meeting proceeds to business. One or more Members holding not less than one-third in aggregate of the voting power of all Shares in issue and entitled to vote, present in person or by proxy or, if a corporation or other non-natural Person, by its duly authorised representative, shall represent a quorum.
