The Clingstone House is a dream house that stands of 103 years on a small island in Narragansett Bay in Rhode Island, with a wonderful ocean view.
This is a historical gem, built by St. Lovering Wharton and by the artist William Trost Richards, and completely made of natural wood. Most of interesting the fact that now owned to the architect Henry Wood and his family, whose members can enjoy the 23 rooms and three floors of timeless atmosphere. Read the rest of this entry »
Nest is an exclusive residential complex, designed by the architect. Luisa Fontana, consisting of two buildings with outbuilding, located in a hilly area with trees. The two buildings “twins” are in the glass and the main factors in the movement of their architectural aesthetics.
Customer needs were those of employers get two units, for himself and his daughter, with their dependance of service, which were both connected and isolated from each other to ensure maximum privacy. Luisa Fontana decides to designing residential spaces along the lines of level and puts the pool in the only existing natural plateau in the center area, which becomes the focus of the intervention. Cedar, magnolia and cypress trees as high as 30 feet to intersect the buildings that are space between the curves of the hill. Read the rest of this entry »
Spacious, bright, open spaces, large windows (60% of the ground floor facade is made of glass), interesting perspectives and a complex, vividly drawn shaped structure with many square meters of outdoor space – since energy efficiency is only possible if insulation, ventilation and heating systems designed and successive are matched.
The energy concept of architect David Pemsel (dp architectural building biology, Nuremberg) comprises a solar system, a layer tank for hot water and heating water, an air heat pump, controlled ventilation and a fire with water bags and of course a highly insulating building envelope. So that the house comes at a heating demand of only 18 kWh (m² a), the average usage for single family houses in Germany is about 170 kWh (m² a). Read the rest of this entry »
Today the rooms of our homes are becoming smaller, with issues of furniture more or less complex, having to also deal with doors, windows, electrical outlets, and buttons luce.In aid solution to everything that is increasingly being adopted is the room with cupboards bridge where the beds and closet space is concentrated on a ’single wall so as to allow the accommodation of the study area in a frontal or side clearance.
The child’s bedroom with the bridge solution are becoming a rule rather than the exception as a few years ago, and for this reason the manufacturers, including segnalo Italian furniture, bedrooms are increasingly evolving into design elements that meet more and more every need.
The minimum space needed to accommodate a built-in bridge is about 210 cm. This allows us to accommodate both sides and have a useful bridge from the bay of 2 meters, where you can place one or more beds, including removable and parallel with depths ranging from 80 to 100 cm.
The space just described is the minimum space required, but you may also have sizes above where the bridge wardrobe may develop as different modularity. Read the rest of this entry »
The noise, pollution and the eyes of the residents end up doing that these spaces are not utilized.Converted the balcony into a relaxing space.
The noise, pollution and the eyes of the residents end up doing that these spaces are unused.
Place a bamboo lattice, branches or other finishes in the banisterwill serve to provide the privacy necessary to the balcony. We should avoid overloading of furniture and other objects.
Forced to live in ever smaller spaces, the exterior is reduced to a simple balcony. The balconies of the city departments are the smallest. The noise, pollution and the eyes of the residents end up doing that these spaces are unused. But we need not give up this intimate and relaxing space that is craved. For starters, the main thing is to clear the space. We often use the balcony as a store: kids toys, bikes, plants, clotheslines … if we want peace, we must find another location for these objects. Read the rest of this entry »
Hundred containers recycled in an eco-city will serve as housing for students that rented at a low price.
100 students were housed in old shipping containers recycled in the new eco-built campus in Le Havre, Upper Normandy – France. Where once there were sailors and fish now have books and student meetings.
Hundred containers packed housing will serve students who rented at low cost.
The ‘Cité A Docks’ was officially opened in late August on a terrestrial ceded by the Ville du Havre. The idea to settle in a container house is interesting as the inside are normal studies. All students who live here are new. Read the rest of this entry »
The Clingstone House is a dream house that stands of 103 years on a small island in Narragansett Bay in [...]
Nest is an exclusive residential complex, designed by the architect. Luisa Fontana, consisting of two buildings with outbuilding, located in [...]
Spacious, bright, open spaces, large windows (60% of the ground floor facade is made of glass), interesting perspectives and a [...]
Today the rooms of our homes are becoming smaller, with issues of furniture more or less complex, having to also [...]
