At Esprit Marina del Rey, the elite business executive, world class traveler and avid yacht owner all have the opportunity to live in an ocean-view home just minutes from Santa Monica and Los Angeles. As an environmentally friendly building, every home at Esprit incorporates the latest in new construction techniques, as well as “green” elements, such as tankless water heaters and Energy Star energy-efficient windows. These features not only help save the Earth’s resources, but also reduce energy...
Next Century Associates, LLC, a partnership between Los Angeles based real estate investor Michael Rosenfeld and an entity in the D.E. Shaw Group, today unveiled plans for a $2 billion mixed-use project on the 5.75 acre Century Plaza hotel site. The project will feature two soaring towers rising from a grand plaza with a 240 room Five Star hotel and 163 hotel residences, 130 luxury residential condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office, 106,000 square feet of retail shops and restaurants, and a...
On December 12, Europe, Flanders and The Netherlands have joined forces within the framework of an Interreg IV project and allocated €21 million to Bio Base Europe. Bio Base Europe is the largest Interreg project ever granted to the Dutch-Flemish border region. Bio Base Europe will build research and training facilities for biobased activities, in order to speed up the development of a sustainable biobased economy in Europe. Bio Base Europe is the result of a partnership between Ghent Bio-Energy...
As part of the construction of a new private aviation hangar at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif., Independence Power has completed a 268 kW solar power system which meets 100% of the requirements for the new hangar and attached office building. The structure was built by Shangri-La Construction, and is occupied by Avjet Corporation. The structure has been certified at a LEED Platinum level, and is the first aircraft hangar to be entirely powered by solar power. The system consists of 1, 530...
Cocor Luxury Store in Bucharest, Romania, recently turned on an impressive Daktronics Inc. digital display system, designed and manufactured by Daktronics Inc. (Nasdaq-DAKT). Multiple light emitting diode (LED) video screens have been positioned on the façade of the Cocor Shopping Centre building. The media façade was put into operation by Cocor CEO, Dan Barbulescu, Cocor board members, city officials and John Mette, Director of International Business of Daktronics, during an opening ceremony...
Building on the success of its ultra-compact product line, the maker is introducing a second-generation PS20 Pocket Driver (below) with numerous upgrades from the previous model. The Litheon-powered driver offers 100 inch-pounds of torque and the 500 rpm operating speed represents a 25% increase over the original tool. Other features include an ergonomic grip, a metal 10+1 clutch ring, LED work light, and locking 1/4-inch universal bit holder. Users can expect 30-minute charge times and long life...
Regarding Smart Film, its breakthrough feature is that the customer could easily and directly roll and adhere Smart Film to glasses by simply peeling off its protective film without adding any extra adhesive in-between Smart Film and the glasses, and also can repetitively adhere Smart Film to the glasses in case of installation misalignment. In addition, Smart Film is different from traditional privacy glasses which need longer delivery lead time, higher installation cost, higher transportation cost...
Although the “Pavillion” as we have chose to call it, fulfills certain needs of the original house, such as the swimming pool and some facilities for social events, it cannot be considered an addition to the “Elizondo House”. Although they coexist within the same site, each one has its own access and communicate with each other only through the garden. The project has in fact a very small number of elements in its program, which at first sight would not ask for a very difficult...
More and more people are being fascinated and inspired by the idea of living on water. Modern architecture is increasingly discovering this original element as a living space. “Floating Homes”, the maritime building project by the Hamburg architect duo “Förster + Trabitzsch”, makes this new lifestyle possible and opens up the idea of living on water. Its cubic constructions in glass, steel and wood create transparency, and combine the area of water with the living space of the residents....
The ground places in the outskirts of the city of Penafiel, in the valley of the river Cavalum and is inserted in an allotment near the park of Quinta das Lages. The proposal modifies the implementation anticipated in the original allotment and resumes the duplication rule, not observed in the buildings of the lots L8 and L9, seeking a more articulated solution with the nearest volumes and simultaneously taking the vast ambiguities and disarrangements between the allotment and the lot drawings...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
Looking for modern interior inspiration for your office, here we got some preview of the contemporary...
The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
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