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What You Should Be Doing After Your House Floods – there are certain times of the year when your home is more prone to flooding. It can be a simple leak that sprays water throughout the basement or a massive rainstorm that brought on records amount of water.
School design: how important are buildings for learning? If you see a standard school from the window of a train or a car, you will immediately understand that this is a school.
Risks Construction Workers Face – working in the construction industry involves several risks that can cause major injury or even death in some cases. The Bureau of Labor And Statistics report over 900 workers died in the construction business in 2015.
How Architects Utilize Artistic Pavements – Humanity leaves timeless echoes through its history by utilizing the media of language, knowledge, art, and architecture. These echoes make sense not only in retrospect, but also in our day-to-day life.
What is a permit expediter and why do you need one? Whether you are building an extension to your mega-mansion or planning a retail shopping center downtown, sooner or later, you will come up against the local planning department. City planners are responsible for managing all developments in their area.
What is the biggest casino in Macau? As far as casinos in Asia are concerned, Macau has always been the first place that pops in most people’s heads. It is home to many towering casinos, including the largest casino in the world — The Venetian Macao.
A study in classic furniture design for 85 years – Thonet tubular steel cantilever chairs at the Leipzig National Library. The landmark main building of the splendid library in the centre of Leipzig is characterised by impressive statues, busts and gilt decorative elements.
Internal Doors to Match Your Interior Design – Wooden doors have been used in interiors for centuries and provide a classic finish that will ground your interior design through years of redecorations to come. For a traditional look, an oak or a pine door paired with cast iron accessories creates a rustic look – perfect to finish off a shabby chic look.
A loft conversion can seem like a cost-effective and easy way to create more space in your home – think dream teen den, a cosy guest bedroom or even a splendid master suite.
The design elements you should consider when you open up two or more rooms, and you also open up numerous design opportunities, as part two of this series explores.
Kitchen Tips – Having a beautiful home is on most family’s to-do list. It can cost lots of money for big, luxurious things, or you can do it by merely buying smaller things to make your home welcoming. A good example is a wallpaper for your walls.
The Power of Lines, article by Dr. Peter Magyar, Kansas State University, USA, drawings range from Villa La Rotonda drawn on a small screen iPhone to ‘The Nerd Cat’ drawn by a six year old.
Here’s How to Make the Most of It. Armed with tricks for maximising your apartment’s kitchen, dining and living space, you’ll see it in a whole new light.
Article by Celebrated Brazilian Architect Carlos Teixeira – projects from two countries whose architecture is not quite familiar for us (speaking from Brazil). The first is abstruse and heavy and carries an unbearable burden of history; the other is light and green and cozy – Žanis Lipke Memorial Museum + 3×9 house, HCM
When you’re already extending at the back of your house, it could be the perfect time to consider just how much extra space you really could create. Check out these tall ideas.
Even to the untrained eye, Chinese architecture is one of the oldest and most recognizable styles in the world. Taking shape in East Asia over many centuries, Chinese building designs have spread to other Asian countries, influencing the architectural styles of Vietnam, Korea, and Japan.
In the old days, major designing works and corrections were done in situ and there were numerous human lives standing behind constructions that we currently consider the masterpieces of architecture. Living in the world of advanced technologies, modern architects have a whole variety of tools and devices in their disposal.