Battersea Power Station Redevelopment Plans Revealed

£4 billion ($7.9 billion USD) budget was prepared by the developer to build this “a 300 metre high chimney and ‘eco-dome’, The Battersea Power Station Redevelopment that consists of 3,200 new homes, a hotel, shops, offices, and two new London Underground stations” on the 38-acre site. The architect is Rafael Viñoly, and now this building project is under construction. via

Mercer Island Residence by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen

Well done project in designing a new modern contemporary house residence which is located in Seattle, Washington’s Mercer Island has been done by Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects. The theme of this house design is to utilizes the elemental natures of concrete, steel and glass to create a family refuge. Designed into two concrete building, which house the garage, mudroom, and a play area, present themselves to the street. An exposed steel bridge... 

Chimney Pendant Lamps by Benjamin Hubert

Viaduct furniture manufacture has shown one of their comtemporary that has been designed by British designer Benjamin Hubert. This furniture designer has created the Chimney pendant lamps, an eco friendly lighting furniture collection that made from natural material. Chimney is a hand made lamp furniture that made from fired clay. This pendant lamps is designed Using traditional hand thrown techniques each lamp has its own unique character with a... 

Piet Fireplace by Fredrik Hylten-Cavallius

Marvelous work of art contemporary fire place furniture stuff for your home interior improvement is coming from Swedish designer Fredrik Hyltén-Cavallius. This designer has designed a stunning and great idea furniture collection called the Piet fireplace. Piet is a chimney free indoor stove with a brass reflector, that burns ethanol fuel instead of wood. This gives no smoke or soot and thereby eliminates the need of a chimney. This fire place is... 

GTK1100 for difficult demolition in Germany

Rental company and lifting specialist Scholl looked at mobile and crawler crane options to dismantle a 45 t chimney top from a 100 m tall chimney in the city of Ludwigshafen, before choosing the GTK1100. Jürgen Jensen, the project manager at Scholl in charge of the Ludwigshafen job, said there were prohibiting factors that ruled out other alternatives. The first choice for Scholl was to use a large all-terrain crane, with full luffing jib and a man... 

Fireplace without a chimney

Vauni Globe is the world’s only globe-shaped fireplace. It is free standing and skorstensfri on a footing that can rotate 360 degrees, so you have the opportunity to enjoy it, where in space Monday than sit. Vauni Globe, which is operated by the market’s most advanced ethanol burns, has integrated regulation of heating effect and flame size. Efforts are produced by smooth concrete through a process that makes every effort unique. The design... 

Chimneys design for all tastes

The prototype chimney for the designer has changed and every day is far more than the idea that we all have of stone fireplace, rustic and finished with a slanted top. Today, anyone can have in your house, either a flat or a single-family house a fireplace that I agreed perfectly with the style of the decoration as there are models that fit perfectly with all the styles and trends. The “catalog” of chimneys is so broad that we stay surprised... 

Grand Designs on Battersea, London

A new vision for Battersea Power Station has been launched that will see power being generated at the iconic London landmark for the first time in 25 years. Developers say that renewable sources of fuel will be used trather than coal. Work on the £4bn development, subject to planning permission from Wandsworth Council, is due to start in 2012 and will also include retail space, offices, housing and a public park. The developers have set an estimated...