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Trendy office for your garden

Feb 21, 2010 2 Comments

Modern Office for your Backyard Archipod attempts to reinvent the concept of a traditional home office by bringing modern workspace and a peaceful working environment straight to your backyard. Each garden office comes with an ergonomic semicircular computer desk, concealed background mood lighting, electric heater, smoke alarm, data ports and electrical outlets. The design is [...]

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10 Strange And Futuristic Buildings in UK

Feb 19, 2010 No Comments

The UK, despite its famous or infamous image as the world’s most conservative nation, still has the knack of keeping up with the future of architecture as well as making a mess of it. Some of the most incredible /odd buildings in the UK have caught the eye of overseas developers and architects and are [...]

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Fire Security For Architects

Feb 18, 2010 3 Comments

For an architect, one of the aspects in designing a building is to comply it with fire regulations. Architectural design is a very complex process and requires many design aspects which need to be considered. By nature, architectural design is ‘vague’ and ‘ill-defined’ during the early stage of design process. The study shows that it [...]

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Loft Conversion – Convert An Attic To A Bedroom (Video)

Feb 16, 2010 No Comments

Here is a short video about how a  Loft Conversion is built. Despite the strong Yankee accent, us Brits find a lot of the videos provided by our overseas Colony very much appreciated.

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The Best of Modern Architecture In London

Feb 15, 2010 11 Comments

London is a city known for its beautiful and historic buildings designed by some of the world’s most famous architects. Since the turn of the century, however, a new type of architecture, constructed using concrete, steel and glass, has become an increasingly important part of the ever-changing cityscape. This modern architecture is a highly visible [...]

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Terrace House Loft Conversions

Feb 11, 2010 9 Comments

Building a terrace house loft conversion is no more difficult than a conversion in any other type of property. Older terraced houses especially can be ideal for loft conversions as the angle of the roof is steep enough to allow for plenty of headroom and you don’t even have to build a dormer. By the [...]

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Modern House in Santander

Feb 10, 2010 2 Comments

A-cero Architects designed this house overlooking the Miera River near Santander, Spain. House in Santander by A-cero Architects The house is located on a 2.204m2 plot presenting a strong slope, with a difference of height of 17m in a 55m long terrain. The site is delimited by the access road on the South, neighbouring plots [...]

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Futuristic Building Plans: Modern Art Museum in Dubai UAE

Feb 09, 2010 2 Comments

These images show the futuristic building plans for the Museum of Middle East Modern Art to be located in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

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Tips to combat stress as an architect

Feb 08, 2010 3 Comments

Being an architect is not the lofty, rich 007 image movies can sometimes make it out to be. Several architects I speak to occasionally ask me how to handle stressful situations. Without writing a book about how  to overcome being on planet Earth here are some alternative things one can do. Tips to combat stress; [...]

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New York Modern Architecture

Feb 08, 2010 3 Comments

Walter Gropius, Le Corbusier and Mies van der Rohe, collectively know as “The Big Three”, developed the principles of modern architecture in Europe during the 1920’s and early 30’s. Their philosophy was famously exposed to the world at the extremely influential 1932 International Exhibition of Modern Architecture at New York’s Museum of Modern Art (MoMA). [...]

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The Best Olympic Stadium Architecture

Feb 04, 2010 4 Comments

The Olympic Games is the world’s largest sporting event, attended by thousands of competitors and watched by millions across the globe. An event of this magnitude requires intensive planning and a huge financial investment in both infrastructure and buildings. The centerpiece of the event is a stadium large enough to host the opening and closing ceremonies, the track and field events and accommodate the huge crowds the Olympics attract.

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