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Making it right: Brad Pitt's foundation settles for $20.5 million in faulty post-Katrina homes lawsuit

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The foundation’s attorneys did not immediately comment on the outcome of the highly-publicized case, which stems from flawed designs , faulty construction techniques , rotting building materials , and unsafe living conditions documented in nearly all of the 109 total homes built between 2008 and 2015 through the foundation. (A

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Hidden corridor discovered in Great Pyramid of Giza

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The discovery was made under the Scan Pyramids project, a program launched in 2015 that aims to explore and discover ancient Egyptian Pyramids using non-invasive and non-destructive techniques.

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German research group completes Europe's first Hyperloop test track

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Image © Andreas Heddergott/TUM TUM Hyperloop was founded to compete in the SpaceX Hyperloop Pod Competition , an annual competition from 2015–2019 that called for hyperloop transport vehicle designs and prototypes. Video courtesy TUM Hyperloop/YouTube

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Updated designs of the HS2 London Euston high-speed railway station released

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Two new images, updated from 2015 , show the concept design for the interior and exterior of the station. According to HS2, elements of the roof can be prefabricated off-site and installed using modular construction techniques. The station, itself, will span three levels, with ten 450-meter-long subsurface platforms.

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Wendell Castle's stack-laminated furniture goes on display at Carpenters Workshop Gallery

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The late works of American artist and designer Wendell Castle have gone on display at the Carpenters Workshop Gallery in London , showing the evolution of his signature stack-lamination technique.

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Black-stained timber canopy encloses garden pavilion by Tikari Works in London

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Read: Peckham apartment blocks by Tikari Works are covered in rust-red shingles According to the studio, A Room Around a Tree was built using light-handed construction techniques to safeguard the vegetation, including a low-impact "floating" ring beam and mini-pile foundation system.

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Adam and Arthur create statuesque cabinet inlaid with over 16,000 pieces of straw

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The two-metre-high cupboard is the result of a collaboration between French marquetry artisan Arthur Seigneur and Australian industrial designer Adam Goodrum , who have been working together under the Adam and Arthur moniker since 2015. Adam and Arthur has released the Mother and Child Cabinet.

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