High oil prices combined with the increasing use of all types of electrical appliances in the home, heating, cooling leads inevitably to the search of homes able to save energy. The smart energy home construction is the response of the so-called bioclimatic architecture. But these techniques are becoming very powerful developments that lead to more ambitious goals. Read the rest of this entry »

An article in Wired News presents the latest advances in nanotechnology in the construction and development of intelligent buildings can eliminate environmental pollution. Read the rest of this entry »

Some tips from the experts from The Times on how to improve the design and decor of your home.

1. First, think about how our day would be ideal. Aside from family commitments and work, how we would spend the day? Perhaps we would ne a quiet place to sit and read for an hour, but we will not have to lock ourselves in the room, away from our family, or maybe we love to cook, even though we have a kitchenette. Write what you think and the response of other household members, as this will lay the foundation of our scheme.

2. Make a list of things we saw and we were delighted, and we’d like to copy. Not only draw on TV shows, exhibitions and magazines. Visit art galleries and museums, as these may be the best example of how to combine shapes, textures, scale, lighting and space, not to mention the acoustics.
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For most of us, creating the perfect bathroom involves applying some tricks to save space in the area we already have. Also the bathroom is one of the keys to adding value to the property.

Products such as corner sinks and toilets into the wall and those that are hung on the wall, which leverage the available space. A good toilet can be a good focal point in the room and add a touch of style must also invest in some good quality faucets. Most faucets d elos today with water saving devices, so save us money in the long term. Black and white is a good combination now, and we can buy black cocks contrasting with the white china.
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The house has always been payable alternative to free-standing house, but long out of fashion. Now the idea is new followers – thanks to crisis.

Over 500 square meters garden and a two storey building in the middle – this detached house stands at the top of most families, the wish list. But land is scarce and expensive – is less than 1000 francs per square meter, according to surveys by the Zurich Wuest consultant and partner to find in well-developed layers in the Zurich area barely a plot. Read the rest of this entry »

I am pleased to present this home team created by STUDIO 57 compounds Maurizio Angelini and Benjamin Oportot. The house is very nice, so commonly seen as a call home or house design studio. It is located in Las Condes (Santiago, Chile).

Housing is an attractive design, but straight lines very well identified and selected materials with a taste of the most successful. Read the rest of this entry »

I live in a house of 115 sqm with living room, kitchen, 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms, a disengagement with the entrance window

I would like to make it functional for a family of two adults and two children boys and get a small studio with a storage room. The apartment is very spacious but there is plenty of space in the long entrance corridor little tapped, here is how we can try to solve the problem to create a studio, one and two bedrooms storage room for boys. Read the rest of this entry »

With the arrival of novels, Gentiane Godin, 31, and Olivier Beaulieu, 32 years, have recovered a floor of triplex to transform their homes from the ground floor cottage in decompartmentalization. Under the guidance of the architect Stéphane Rasselet, landlords now have a great kitchen and friendly spaces bathed in natural light in the heart of Montreal Read the rest of this entry »

Located in Ribčev Laz (a settlement on the amazing Lake Bohinj in Slovenia), House R by Bevk Perović Arhitekti, reminds me of the games we used to play where an apparently sealed box revealed hidden treasures by sliding certain parts of it. Read the rest of this entry »

A great example for modern architecture design is Seattle based OSKA Architects Ridge House. This modern house architecture is a collection of attached wood boxes springing from three stone piers while a small, detached wood-clad box serves as a private space for a home office. Read the rest of this entry »