Posts from — November 2008

Harvard graduate students have new housing that has green features inside. With building systems, the design team focused on energy efficiency. Green features include siding with recycled content, renewable bamboo flooring and wall paneling, and low-VOC finishes.
Located on the scenic Charles River, the complex boasts 215 beds, over 30 different suites, a faculty director’s suite, [...]

As tea effect, this café design in beautiful and homy so it created comfortable atmosphere for gathering and make relaxation while have discuss or just self relaxation. Carpet, seat, big and soft sofa, and accent and accessories give own house impression and seem familiar in café interior which have earth tones color, with obscure lighting [...]

If you already have a mold problem in your house, both indoor and outdors: ACT QUICKLY! Mold damages what it grows on. The longer it grows the more damage it can cause.

Molds are part of the natural environment. Outdoors, molds play a part in nature by breaking down dead organic matter such as fallen [...]

Rain garden is your personal contribution to cleaner water. Rain garden that you’ll and you’ve made will increasing the amount of water that filters into the ground, which recharges local and regional aquifers, helping protect communities from flooding and drainage problems.
Rain garden also helping protect streams and lakes from pollutants carried by urban stormwater – [...]

As symbolic building, this eight-storey structure building is split in half horizontally. The horizontal split is functional as well as symbolic, providing a simple approach to the dual functions of Embassy and leasable office space. Both have the prestigious Aoyama Avenue address in front of the Imperial Grounds. With the leasable space occupying [...]

This design book is not only extremely inspirational to look at but it is also a really good read. It is very well written; Celerie gives up a lot of inside designer scoop. The reader gets a peek inside her personality, which is very engaging and honest.  Celerie comes across as authentically funny, warm, and [...]

Looks like Spartan building, this modern living spaces incorporates with a large gymnasium in the basement. The ground floor accommodates a large living room opening out to a patio and garden, a dining area, kitchen and guest bedroom. The upper floor includes two bedrooms and a family room. The straight lines of the elevations, colonnade [...]

This Japanese house design is a fusion of the Japanese love of harmony and respect for nature and the Western refinement of a dematerialized architecture of steel and glass. As a precursor to several future projects for the same client, the house laid the foundations for an enduring relationship that has enabled a profound exploration [...]

The luxurious things of this house design are open space and unbuilt space. In this house, open space elements, garden, and open veranda that called as spatial fabric dominated the architecture design.
Building’s façade look simple with saddle roof which have steep angle. Other is earth colors on wall, harmony with garden domination and shaded trees [...]

This is office interior design of Sony Computer Entertainment America’s (SCEA), Foster City, California. The architectural goal for this build-out was to create a high energy, functional and flexible work environment that reflects Sony’s products and brand.
To create dimension in the ceiling plane, a mixture of materials and treatments was used to define areas, create interest, and [...]