The rear door closes and another opens ahead to reveal an arc- shaped bank of computers.

FORBES: Cyber-cement

An arc-shaped bar serving seasonal fruit cocktails wraps around the 17 ping pong tables, including one used during the 2012 London Olympics.

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The leaders of 17 nations sat at an arc-shaped table in the opulent Salle des Fetes of France's Elysee Palace, the same room used to sign the Bosnia peace accords, for the signing of the Founding Act on Mutual Relations, Cooperation and Security.

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The latter will consist of three free-standing units a square glass pavilion (as a workroom for the sculptor's poet wife), a tall triangle of recycled steel (forming the sculptor's studio) and an arc-shaped monolith of untreated wood, whose patina will turn grey with age (for the couple's house).

ECONOMIST: Building design