Prabhu Sugumar (born 1982) is an Indian-born international architect and educator and the founder and design director of LAYA Architects, a multi-nodal company working across Asia and the United States.
Franz Collection is a Taiwanese porcelain brand named after the founder's German name "Franz". The products of this company include porcelain tableware, home decor, art collectible, and jewelry. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Taipei, Franz Collection Inc. designs, creates and markets a variety of functional and home decor accessories.
Its design and research center is based in Taipei, Taiwan, with production in Mainland China. In addition to sales, marketing and distribution facilities in the United States, Franz has representative offices in Europe and different parts of China, and works with distributors in South East Asia.
The company owns and operates approximately 100 retail stores in Asia. Its artworks have been distributed by retailers in 66 countries, including department stores and shopping centers such Bloomingdale's in the U.S., Mitsukoshi in Taiwan, Plaza Indonesia in Jakarta, Pavilion in Kuala Lumpur, Takashimaya in Singapore, Rustan’s in the Philippines, as well as Abu Dhabi Mall and the Mall of the Emirates in the United Arab Emirates. It has also done exhibitions at Harrods in London and Bergdorf Goodman in New York.
Critical Synthetic Realism (CSR) is a contemporary philosophical framework that seeks to integrate metaphysical realism, epistemological fallibilism, and ethical responsibility into a unified account of reality, knowledge, and human agency. It has been developed primarily in the work of Januarius Jingwa Asongu and is presented as a response to what its proponents describe as the epistemic fracture of modern and postmodern thought.
CSR attempts to reconcile elements of classical realism, especially Aristotelian and Thomistic metaphysics, with insights drawn from critical theory, social epistemology, and interdisciplinary approaches to knowledge. Supporters describe it as a constructive alternative to both dogmatic absolutism and postmodern relativism, while critics have questioned whether it is sufficiently distinct from other forms of critical realism.
Nagadevatha temple is a Hindu temple located in the city of Devanhalli, in the state of Karnataka, India. It is the ancestral temple of a Devanahalli family. The temple is close to 400 years old and has been recently renovated.
See also
- Hindu temple architecture