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Yahoo
06-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
KB Home Announces the Grand Opening of Its Newest Community in a Prime Meridian, Idaho Location
Pivot Pointe offers personalized, new homes with mountain views, planned family friendly amenities and minutes to local schools, priced from the $380,000s. BOISE, Idaho, June 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KB Home (NYSE: KBH), one of the largest and most trusted homebuilders in the U.S., today announced the grand opening of Pivot Pointe, a new community in desirable Meridian, Idaho. The new homes are designed for the way people live today, with popular features like modern kitchens overlooking large great rooms, bedroom suites with walk-in closets, and ample storage space. Pivot Pointe's two-story floor plans feature up to five bedrooms and three baths. Homeowners will appreciate the community's mountain views, proximity to local schools, and planned amenities, which include a park with a pavilion, fire pit, children's playground and walking paths. What sets KB Home apart is the company's focus on building strong, personal relationships with every customer, so they have a real partner in the homebuying process. Every KB home is uniquely built for each customer, so no two KB homes are the same. Homebuyers have the ability to personalize their new home, from floor plans to exterior styles to where they live in the community. Their home comes to life in the KB Home Design Studio, a one-of-a-kind experience where customers get both expert advice and the opportunity to select from a wide range of design choices that fit their style and their budget. Reflecting the company's commitment to creating an exceptional homebuying experience, KB Home is the #1 customer-ranked national homebuilder based on homebuyer satisfaction surveys from a leading third-party review site. "We are pleased to offer Boise-area homebuyers spacious new homes in a prime Meridian location, close to schools," said Stan Katanic, President of KB Home's Boise division. "Homeowners will appreciate the community's mountain views and planned on-site amenities, which include a park with a pavilion, fire pit, children's playground and walking paths. At KB Home, we're here to help you achieve your dream with a personalized new home built uniquely for you and your life." Innovative design plays an essential role in every home KB builds. The company's floor plans inspire contemporary living, with a focus on roomy, light-filled spaces that have easy indoor/outdoor flow. KB homes are engineered to be highly energy and water efficient and include features that support healthier indoor environments. They are also designed to be ENERGY STAR® certified — a standard that fewer than 12% of new homes nationwide meet — offering greater comfort, well-being and utility cost savings than new homes without certification. Pivot Pointe is in a commuter-friendly location that offers homebuyers an exceptional lifestyle. The new community is situated at the corner of West Pine Avenue and South Black Cat Road, close to Interstate 84 and providing easy access to downtown Boise, the area's major employment centers and Boise Airport. The new neighborhood is also convenient to popular shopping, dining and entertainment at Ten Mile Crossing, Ford Idaho Center, The Village at Meridian and SCHEELS®. Pivot Pointe is minutes to Kleiner Park, Ridgecrest Golf Club and Meridian Community Swimming Pool and just a short drive to outdoor recreation at Lake Lowell Park, Lucky Peak State Park and Bogus Basin. The Pivot Pointe sales office and model homes are open for walk-in visits and private in-person tours by appointment. Homebuyers also have the flexibility to arrange a live video tour with a sales counselor. Pricing begins from the $380,000s. For more information on KB Home, call 888-KB-HOMES or visit About KB Home KB Home is one of the largest and most trusted homebuilders in the United States. We operate in 49 markets, have built nearly 700,000 quality homes in our more than 65-year history, and are honored to be the #1 customer-ranked national homebuilder based on third-party buyer surveys. What sets KB Home apart is building strong, personal relationships with every customer and creating an exceptional experience that offers our homebuyers the ability to personalize their home based on what they value at a price they can afford. As the industry leader in sustainability, KB Home has achieved one of the highest residential energy-efficiency ratings and delivered more ENERGY STAR® certified homes than any other builder, helping to lower the total cost of homeownership. For more information, visit View source version on Contacts For Further Information:Craig LeMessurier, KB Home925-580-1583clemessurier@ 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
Telegraph
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Telegraph
Serpentine Pavilion 2025: This armadillo-like structure is a surprising wonder
It is 25 years since the late Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid erected a white angular tent-like structure on a lawn beside the Serpentine Gallery, the first in an annual series of temporary pavilions in Kensington Gardens each designed to accommodate a summer-long programme of talks, parties, and events. Whether sleek or organic, elegant or madcap, these pleasure domes and places for debate are typically experimental and memorable, and, as well as marking the onset of the season, their unveiling elevates architecture to the thrust stage of national conversation. This year, it's the turn of the Bangladeshi architect Marina Tabassum, who delivers a pleasing pavilion with a calming, naturally illuminated interior, subtly evocative of a place of worship. Tabassum's practice has won plaudits for a beautifully stripped-back brick mosque in Dhaka, seemingly capturing and pooling light as if it were a liquid, and a design for a movable bamboo house on stilts inspired by the ephemeral architecture of the Ganges delta. Her alertness to transience is a rare quality among architects, who often yearn for permanence. Consisting of four curving wooden-and-polycarbonate structures – a pair of half-domes that bookend two tube-like, semi-circular tunnels (reminiscent of those industrial polytunnels in which, in sunnier climes, fruit and veg is grown) – her modular (and, apparently, 'kinetic') pavilion, tritely titled A Capsule in Time, appears, from afar, like the rounded carapace of a gigantic woodlouse – or a nutshell. It bulges beside the red-brick politeness of Serpentine South (itself, a pavilion, built as a teahouse in the 1930s). Thanks to its brown exterior (up close, the grain of its glue-laminated timber struts is visible), it doesn't clash with its natural surroundings – unlike the swollen neon-orange form, studded with plastic toy bricks, of a second pavilion, to be unveiled next week, designed by Peter Cook in partnership with Lego. This sympathetic effect is enhanced by the presence, at its centre, of a slender gingko tree, aligned with the gallery's bell tower. Yet, Tabassum's pavilion also has a futuristic feel (its polycarbonate facade catches daylight in an unpleasant, unnatural fashion; how long till those panels become streaky?), and a defensive, armoured quality, despite its openness: those four principal elements give the impression that something tightly closed and intricately secured has been unlocked and stretched out, even sectioned in the manner of a technical exploded-view diagram. With proportions that call to mind a facility in a military complex (a hangar in an airfield, perhaps?), it looks as if, were the sirens suddenly to go off, it could be snapped shut at the press of a button, to protect people sheltering inside. Initially, the interior's fuselage-like volume made me think of the cigar-shaped cargo compartment of a Hercules military aircraft. Other pavilions have been more graceful. Yet, inside, Tabassum's aptitude for working with light – that most elusive and insubstantial of architectural materials – becomes evident. The angled panels of the faceted canopy are translucent and variously coloured, with bands of mushroom, buff, and – towards the top – a radiant celadon; thus, soft lights, reminiscent of stained glass, are visible above head height, while, at the building's 25ft-high zenith, transparent panels allow visitors to behold the fluctuations of the sky. At either end, the glowing half-domes provide some muted spectacle. As well as offering a striking backdrop for talks, these enclosing, quasi-religious forms, again irradiated by washed-out light, should protect passers-by during the damper stretches of a British summer.
The Guardian
03-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Guardian
‘Like an expanding crepe-paper ornament': Serpentine unveils its first movable pavilion
Past pavilions have taken the form of inflatable balloons, teetering plastic pyramids and cork-lined lairs dug into the ground. We have seen a fibreglass cocoon perched on boulders, a wildflower garden enclosed by tar-daubed walls, and an assortment of undulating canopies, clad in polished steel and jagged slate. Now, to celebrate 25 years of building experimental structures on its front lawn, London's Serpentine gallery has unveiled its first pavilion that moves. 'Every time you think of an idea for the project,' says Marina Tabassum, the Bangladeshi architect behind this year's kinetic enclosure, 'you realise, 'Oh, that's already been done.'' This is the eternal dilemma for any designer selected for this prestigious annual commission: how to concoct a novel structure on a tight deadline that will enrapture park-goers, entertain corporate sponsors, and appeal to collectors, who are ultimately expected to acquire the thing – as well as, most importantly, provide a shelter for an overpriced coffee. To the Serpentine's quarter century of domed, cylindrical and cocoon-shaped cafes, Tabassum has now added a pill-shaped pavilion. 'A capsule in time' is how she describes her 55-metre long structure, formed of timber arches 28m high, clad in translucent brown panels, sliced open in places for entrances and views of a single gingko tree, poetically planted in line with the gallery's roof tower. The vaulted enclosure terminates in a momentous domed apse at either end, recalling tropical glasshouses and church naves, while the zigzag cladding gives it the look of an expanding crepe-paper ornament, is if it might fold itself away at any moment. None of these things were on Tabassum's mind. Instead, she cites shamiana, the ceremonial tents erected for festive gatherings in south Asia. Their 'beautiful quality of filtered light' is what she was keen to bring here. She had originally hoped to clad her structure with coarse lengths of jute, but a combination of fire safety regulations and British rain put paid to the sackcloth. It's a shame the fabric was ditched. The tinted brown plastic, fixed to a chunky steel frame between the big brown arches, calls less to mind a festive tent than the vaulted atrium of a 1970s office block – a chic one, nonetheless. The plastic does the job, though, keeping the rain out and filtering light through the variously tinted panels, but it has a corporate slickness at odds with Tabassum's work in Bangladesh. Her buildings there revel in their rough brickwork, raw concrete, and use of slender bamboo – and their ability to do a lot with minimal means. She has built emergency homes for the delta-dwellers of the Ganges that are essays in lightweight, modular elegance, using woven grass and bamboo. This five-month summer canopy feels hugely over-engineered and carbon intensive in comparison. It is a common curse of the annual commission, which often sees architects' ideas lost in translation by the Serpentine's speed and prefabrication-oriented engineers and builders, Aecom and Stage One. Plans for earth bricks result in blocks of wood; ideas for transparent panels bring sheets of CNC-milled plywood; dreams of handmade clay domes end up as prefab wooden cylinders. Any hope for true material experimentation is ultimately lost, which seems to undermine a central point of the commission. The dissonance this year is no more evident than in the kinetic gadgetry. As we speak, a 10-tonne chunk of Tabassum's capsule begins to move, at imperceptible speed, closing one of the gaps. 'I wanted to keep the sense of openness to the park,' she says. 'So it was very important to keep these cuts in the structure. But the brief also requires a covered space for 200 people, for events, so we had to be able to close it up.' She says the solution – an underground hydraulic machine – was one of the most expensive parts of the project, and it seems like a herculean effort to move the canopy just 1.4 metres. You might struggle to spot the difference, before and after the great manoeuvre. The surprisingly substantial nature of the pavilions is partly down to the fact that they are intended to live on, in the parks and gardens of their millionaire collectors. No future for Tabassum's capsule has yet been announced, but she has an idea in mind. 'If my wishes are of any value, I would like it to become a library,' she says. Hinting at its afterlife, she has equipped the space with shelves, and a selection of books that celebrate the richness of Bengali culture, literature and poetry, and the ecology of Bangladesh. In the meantime, she wants it to be a place for dialogue. 'This has been a year marked by intolerance, wars, countless deaths, protests and suppressions,' she says. 'I would like this to be a space where people can come together, forget their differences and just talk about humanity.' Could this be the first protest pavilion? It is a suitably calm space for taking the heat out of discussions, and the apses should provide great natural acoustics for lectures and events. But the sense of tranquility is thrown into sharp relief by what stands next door. Like a brash uncle in a loud comedy shirt muscling his way into the wedding photos, a second pavilion has been built just a few metres away, across the entrance path, doing its best to upstage Tabassum's restrained enclosure. It is the work of 88-year-old Sir Peter Cook, a co-founder of the radical 1960s group Archigram, former head of UCL's Bartlett school of architecture – and more recently consultant on desert fantasies for Saudi Arabia's regime. In an astonishingly ill-judged moved, the Serpentine has commissioned Cook to conjure a 'play pavilion' for its 25th anniversary, suggesting the work of a woman from the global south is not quite enough on its own. Looking like a crumpled cheeseburger, with a domed bun-like canopy hovering above a fluorescent orange cylinder, clad with what look like globular smears of ketchup and mustard, Cook's structure is a clumsy eyeful. It is 'the fool, the joker, the mischievous child,' he claims in an accompanying text, a reminder that 'we should never take ourselves too seriously.' One might have hoped for a bit more seriousness than this drunken napkin sketch. Sponsored by Lego, it contains a lumpen series of plastic brick towers, while a yellow plastic slide is bolted on to the side, as an invitation to 'become part of this jolly thing'. In its dad-dancing desperation to be fun, the sorry structure merely serves as a reminder that the park's nearby playgrounds are a good deal more inventive and playful than this washed-up sponsorship opportunity. Numerous other young architects could have conjured a more inventive play space, should the gallery have taken the idea seriously. Why choose Cook? Maybe they held a seance. The Serpentine cites the posthumous wishes of its first pavilion architect, Zaha Hadid, as the reason. Bettina Korek, chief executive, and Hans Ulrich Obrist, artistic director, said in a statement: 'Zaha Hadid long envisioned a collaboration between Serpentine and Peter Cook, whose radical design philosophy perfectly aligns with her belief that 'there should be no end to experimentation'. Now, that vision is becoming a reality.' But perhaps Cook's squashed Lego burger makes a fitting final bookend to this 25-year jamboree of pavilions, a tradition that seems to have had its day. It could follow in the footsteps of Zaha's angular marquee, which unexpectedly ended up in Flambards theme park in Cornwall, where it enjoyed a second life hosting children's birthday parties, until the place was shuttered last year. We can look forward to Cook's structure being unearthed in a McDonald's car park in years to come, the jaunty legacy of Archigram adorned with discarded Happy Meals. Marina Tabassum's Serpentine Pavilion is open from 6 June until 26 October; Peter Cook's play pavilion is open from 11 June until 10 August
Business Recorder
02-06-2025
- Business
- Business Recorder
Italian Republic Day: Message from Fabrizio Bielli, Consul of Italy in Karachi
It gives me great pleasure to address our distinguished readers and friends of Italy at my first Italian National Day celebration in Pakistan. Italy and Pakistan have a strong economic and commercial tie, which are evident, through various initiatives that even the Consulate undertakes to further strengthen the relations between the two friendly countries. This year, to celebrate the Italian National Day, we have invited Chef Vincenzo de Liso from Italy, who will be hosting us in Karachi on the 5th June with a specially curated Italian menu, that for sure all the guests will enjoy. This is the second visit of the Chef to Karachi, after last year's success, he is keen to explore more opportunities in Pakistan with Italy in the 'HORECA' sector. Hence, I decided to go ahead and focalize commercial opportunities in this sector together with the Chef, to bring more of Italian culinary heritage, gastronomical excellence of Made in Italy to the people of Karachi. On the commercial front, Italy sees the latter as an important trading partner. Hence, during April 2025, we saw for the first time the Italian pavilion with direct participation of Italian companies at IGATEX 2025 in the textile sector with a presence of over 45 companies. During my tenure in Karachi, I would like to focalize with relevant stakeholders in the economic and commercial sphere, to develop and enhance the numbers of the existing trade statistics with Pakistan. At the end of June, we will have a visit of the Italian naval ship to Karachi, "Antonio Marceglia", within six months from the last visit of the iconic Amerigo Vespucci, which shows Italy's commitment towards strong naval ties with Pakistan besides other ongoing commercial engagements. To sum up, Italy and Pakistan enjoy excellent bilateral relations and look forward to enhance the existing ones hopefully, in many fields in the years to come. The Consulate of Italy in Karachi is eager to develop cooperation and to facilitate and welcome all Pakistani and Italian engagements to promote friendship, economic engagement and joint prosperity for our Countries! Copyright Business Recorder, 2025
CTV News
01-06-2025
- Business
- CTV News
NCC unveils new Westboro Beach area now open to the public
The NCC unveiled the new Westboro Beach pavilion on Sunday, June 1, 2025 (Josh Marano/CTV News Ottawa) The National Capital Commission has reopened Westboro Beach as part of a multi-million-dollar redevelopment project. On Sunday, the NCC officially unveiled its new year-round pavilion, restaurant and café. The new Westboro Beach area also features a scenic lookout of the Ottawa River, picnic and volleyball spaces, accessible washrooms/change rooms and outdoor showers. The pavilion and café are now open to the public but certain amenities remain closed. Ottawa pizzeria The Grand with a location in the ByWard Market is slated to open once final construction work finishes. Westboro Beach The new outdoor area of Westboro Beach, featuring picnic and volleyball spaces. (Josh Marano/CTV News Ottawa) 'The NCC's design excellence and innovation are on full display at Westboro Beach, where nature, community and history come together,' said NCC CEO Tobi Nussbaum in a news release. 'With the community's engagement and support, we were able to deliver a project that enhances the shoreline in the west end, and is emblematic of our commitment to creating sustainable, accessible and vibrant public spaces in the National Capital Region.' The beach closed to the public in 2022 but was open to unsupervised swimming as construction took place. The project is projected to cost $21 million, including a $13 million contribution from the City of Ottawa, the NCC says. The redevelopment was part of a 2015 agreement between the NCC and the city for the western extension of the LRT Confederation Line and the creation of a new waterfront park.
