Washington, Dec 14 : Architects should keep human and environmental situation when designing buildings, according to Kingston Heath, a professor of historic preservation at the University of Oregon.
He said that a building designed to recapture the past may bring nostalgia, but the end product may not capture current realities of a place.
"It is a humanistic inquiry that recognizes that buildings and settings, alone, do not make place. People, in their interaction with the natural and built environment, make place," he said.
Karachi, Dec. 14 : Former Pakistan cricket captain Rameez Raja has asked the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) to stop pleading with the Indian team to tour Pakistan.
"What I say is whatever happens, the Pakistan board should stop pleading teams to tour. It is high time the board started revenue generating tournaments domestically to be self sufficient," Raja said.
"I am not very hopeful of Mahendra Singh Dhoni's side getting the clearance to tour Pakistan in the aftermath of Indian Sports Minister MS Gill's comments," The News reported him as saying.
Gill had earlier said that it was not a time to indulge in sporting activities with Pakistan after the Mumbai massacre.
Srinagar, Dec 14 : Campaigning is hard for the sixth phase of Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.
In this phase, polling will be held on December 17 in ten constituencies of Anantnag and Kulgam districts.
Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh is scheduled to address a rally in Shangas, Anantnag today.
Monday is the last day for campaigning.
The seventh phase of polls will be held on December 24.
Approximately 57 per cent voters exercised their franchise in the fifth phase on Saturday. Polling took place in eleven constituencies in the districts of Kathua, Shopian and Pulwama.
London, Dec. 14 : Ray Wilkins has denied rumors of a players' revolt at Chelsea.
Insisting that team manager Luiz Felipe Scolari would have no trouble dousing any angry fires over alleged complaints relating to his training methods and team selections, the Daily Star quoted Wilkins as saying: "He is the boss - there's no doubt about that."
London, Dec. 14 : Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton loves to sleep with his F1 world championship trophy to prove that he is the number one racer in the globe.
The youngest champ in history took the 2ft silver and gold cup to bed with him at David Coulthard's hotel in Monaco yesterday after ''one of the most emotional nights'' of his life.
The McLaren superstar was presented with the trophy at a gala dinner in the presence of royalty and 600 VIP guests.
Islamabad, Dec. 14 : While the Mumbai mayhem has raised millions of questions and speculations about the global war on terror the war mongering between Pakistan and India, an editorial in the Dawn says Pakistan would do well to attend threats rather than focussing on external ones.
Pakistan is being referred to as the `epicenter' of terrorism, the question is why? The answer is that it is facing the brunt of the wounds that it has inflicted in the past.
Now, the editorial says it is the collective responsibility of all Pakistani citizens to look inwards. That burden rests most heavily on the shoulders of elected representatives who should feel duty-bound at this critical stage to put into clear and concise words what precisely ails the country.
London, Dec. 14 : Ray Wilkins has denied rumors of a players' revolt at Chelsea.
London, Dec. 14 : Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton loves to sleep with his F1 world championship trophy to prove that he is the number one racer in the globe.
