Posted by Dydra on April 28, 2010
The project is based on three key issues: environmental, economic and social that work together intend to launch a new approach to the urban fabric faces a post-postmodern era. The building itself was developed from a simple cube mass which each of the three concerns of acting as an instrument, shaping its identity. The 63 ° angle parallel to the main building facade with the proportional light south together with the double height curtain wall read more »
Posted by Dydra on March 18, 2010
Designed by Albert M. Cain this contemporary house has a butterfly roof structure with an attractive interior design. The perfect height of a floating wooden roof supported by steel frame and large expanses of thermally broken glazing with solar shades and operable windows create freshness and ensures natural light spread throughout the interior. A combination of roof and wooden floors implies read more »
Posted by Dydra on February 19, 2010
This contemporary home is located at Comano, a little village between the hill and the new urbanized area on a flatter surface. A steep slope requires special treatment to home construction. The building construction stands on the lower part of a steep slope which is organically integrates with the landscape. The entrance to the house is covered with the front portion of the garden so that the volume of the house behind remains contoured by the green. At street level there are the storage and technical rooms, the access to the house for pedestrian as well for the cars as a kind of common large porch. At the first level two rooms, wardrobe and toilet with an external shadowed space serving both rooms towards south-west. At the first and half floor there are read more »
Posted by Dydra on February 14, 2010
Corradi, an Italian company that has specialized in outdoor furniture offer an innovative, elegant and comfortable patio cover that suitable for sun shade and for protection from wind and rain. This cozy canopies and pergolas is a retractable coverage system and the designs consist of fixed to supporting wall and self-supporting modular system which can be independently installed as gazebos. The frame structure and the roof material are made of aluminum, laminated wood and a folding canvas. This outdoor canopy is suitable to read more »
Posted by Dydra on February 1, 2010
This family retreat is located above Dabob Bay, near Washington’s Hood Canal. The building is situated at the end of a ridge, surrounded by ravines on three sides. Wood materials appear to dominate the overall structure of this house design. The architectural designs evolved as a modern interpretation while still recalling gable roof forms along with wood and stone finishes. The post and beam structure is allowing for the glazed infill to give transparency in all directions. read more »
