Tormax Win Drive 2201 Sliding Door

Its new, slimmed down Win Drive 2201 is only 100mm high, allowing doors to be fitted into smaller spaces. The drive can operate either a single door of up to 120kg or a double set of up to 100kg per leaf, and can offer a pass-through space of up to 2,000mm. The simplified component-fastening system means quicker and cheaper installation. See them in action at the £18 million Paragon Interchange in Hull, with its a wall of 44 automatic sliding doors.... 

Matrix Total Home System from NTI

NTI’s Matrix is an integrated appliance that combines a gas-fired condensing boiler and furnace, condensing demand water heater, and heat-recovery ventilator into a single unit, and it is pre-configured for air conditioning. According to NTI, the Matrix’s advanced heat exchanger is capable of reducing gas consumption by 30% compared with a conventional system, providing an AFUE of 94 for forced-air and 92.7 for hydronic heating, and an energy... 

Architecture and Interiors from Zebrano Design

Awesome and impressive works of contemporary architecture and interior design had been done by Edinburgh, Scotland based Zebrano Design. The design has been seen on their portfolio. Bellow is just the example of their great work. via

The Margarido House – First LEED Platinum house

Contemporary modern house residence, The Oakland, California’s Margarido House is claimed as The Northern California’s first LEED Platinum house, and The San Francisco Chronicle has a good article about the house, as well as a photo gallery. via

Five Brilliant Benches

You’ll love these five brilliant and stylish benches from various designers. The Hashi Bench designed by Mitsue Watanabe & Yuko Mukai Spotted at Bla Station, The Sled Base Bench from Koskela, The Carslyle Bench spotted at Deeply Madly Living, The Gabor Jutasi Furniture Collection, The Pod Bench created by Isaac Arms. via

ALNO 2009 Kitchen Collection

Becoming one of important spot in your house, kitchen not only a place where you prepare your meal and drink but also become the soul of the house and the German kitchen manufacturer ALNO introduced you with their latest design of kitchen inspiration for your residence. So modern and elegant with sophisticated feeling and great furnishing combination, lovely. via

Energy efficiency and creature comforts: this is the Lux Eco-Modern concept

Energy efficiency and creature comforts: this is the Lux Eco-Modern concept To minimize energy consumption, the Newport Modern House Project homes are constructed with slab-on-grade foundations. The polished stone-like concrete flooring provides radiant heating with an ultra-efficient on-demanding boiler that doubles as the home’s domestic hot water supply. Originally uploaded by Ad HOC : Words + Ideas

OLTRELUCE “Design and cutting edge technology”

The Oltreluce project was created to bring together contemporary design and the most advanced technology applied to residential doors and windows. The Oltreluce line is characterised by extremely reduced dimensions for the aluminium part, which gives more space to the glass surface. This line was designed based on the “retractable casement” concept that has a single visible aluminium strip as the casement (the part of the window unit that can... 

A Contemporary House for Cats

You are pet lovers especially cat? just check this contemporary house for cat. Nowadays having such a pet in house becoming a lifestyle for some people. House builders have become aware of this trend, and at least one major builder, Asahi Kasei, are jumping on this trend by providing houses designed specifically for pets. via

Seewinkeltherme, Frauenkirchen, Austria. Structural work in record time: Short construction period for large-scale project

The Austrian Seewinkel hot springs resort complete with four-star hotel is currently one of the largest reinforced concrete construction projects in the Alpine Republic with a total investment in the region of 80 million euros. The HABAU group of companies were commissioned to construct the concrete frame and in so doing have succeeded in meeting two difficult challenges. On the one hand, the special form of the spiral-shaped building with mostly...