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45 Epic Blender Tutorials. Innovative Windows by Fakro can Add Small Terraces to Attic Rooms. We ran across these innovative window systems designed by Fakro, which can easily add a balcony or a small terrace to a room.

Innovative Windows by Fakro can Add Small Terraces to Attic Rooms

The clever mechanism, found on Inhabitat, is described by the producers as follows: “The upper top hung sash (of the window) opens upwards, whereas the lower sash can be tilted forwards, allowing easy access to the balcony recess. When rotated through 0° to 45°, the sash is supported by an innovative auxiliary system which allows leaving the open sash in any position within this range. The upper sash can be raised up to 45°. Side barriers are integrated into the bottom sash and slide out during opening.

What's your dream job? Creative Window Seat Ideas. Redesign your window to create a cozy corner to curl up in the sun.

Creative Window Seat Ideas

What would you wish for? CleverHomes presented by tobylongdesign - intro. Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studio (Video) By Eric • Mar 10, 2011 • Selected Work Completed in 2008, the Hemeroscopium House is like no other house. Located in Madrid and designed by Ensamble Studio, the 4,300 square-foot residence is an impressive combination of heavy infrastructural pieces. The entire structure took the studio a year to engineer but only a week to build. Check out the video below to see how. Hemeroscopium House by Ensamble Studios: Saint-Nazaire Theatre / K-architectures. Architects: K-architectures Location: Saint-Nazaire, France Design Team: Karine Herman, Jérôme Sigwalt, Olivier Jonchère, Alexandre Plantady Consultants: Changement à Vue (stage design), Altia (acoustics), Alto (fluids), Khephren (structure), Bougon (economist) Budget: 16.4 M€ of works, including tax Area: 3,900 sqm Year: 2012 Photographs: Luc Boegly, Patrick Miara The theatre draws inspiration for its materials and style from its immediate surroundings.

Saint-Nazaire Theatre / K-architectures

Its monolithic mineral bulk is borrowed from the giant bunker and its rough-hewed shape is borrowed from neighbouring utilitarian designs. Concrete is conferred sovereign status as a material. Half-Floating Home: Semi-Submerged Two-Story Houseboat. On the surface, it is just another modest minimalist houseboat with a sleek modern profile, floor-to-ceiling windows and a simple box-like form.

Half-Floating Home: Semi-Submerged Two-Story Houseboat

But that is only half of its story (or rather, the top of two stories). While the living, dining and kitchen areas hover above the waterline, the bedroom, bathroom and other more private spaces are submerged below. Home Dream Home - Part 4. Turn these ideas into reality and transform your house into a home.

Home Dream Home - Part 4

For more inspiration check our previous collection. Climate-Friendly Sunken Pool Converts into Radiant Floor. Here’s a truly glamorous idea for a pool.

Climate-Friendly Sunken Pool Converts into Radiant Floor

A sinking pool! The apparently permanent stone floor in this room literally slowly drops to reveal the pool underneath. Tilt Scanner : Erik Askin. Erik Askin © 2012 Erik Askin Built with Indexhibit.

Tilt Scanner : Erik Askin

Dubai Architecture- The Burj al Alam, or The World Tower.

Dubai Architecture-

Upon completion it will rank as the world's highest hotel. It is expected to be finished by 2009. Modern Modular Prefab Homes. Крутая мебель. Marchi-Cucine-07-1-Kind-Design.jpg (JPEG Image, 1200 × 800 pixels) Tiny houses – small dwellings of every shape and size. Portable Whangapoua Beach Hut. Imaginez, une plage de sable blanc en Nouvelle-Zélande et un petit nid douillé mobile.

Portable Whangapoua Beach Hut

Cette petite habitation écologique est une réalisation de l’agence d’architecture Néo-Zélandaise Crosson Clarke Carnachan. Looks like good Triangulo House by Ecostudio Architects. Modern Concrete House (15 photos) When you first think about the words concrete house, you might imagine a cold, sterile environment, perhaps something similar to a prison.

Modern Concrete House (15 photos)

If that's the case, this one story house designed by architecture studio A-cero will likely change your mind. Located on the outskirts of Madrid, Concrete House II features a façade that boasts a spectacular view of the whole house. The first impression that visitors usually get is that the building seems to be hidden between concrete walls and ramps that extend up to the roof. Bates Masi Architects – Award Winning Modern Architect, Hamptons, New York - Portfolio. Profile Bates Masi + Architects LLC, a full-service architectural firm with roots in New York City and the East End of Long Island for over 50 years, responds to each project with extensive research in related architectural fields, material, craft and environment for unique solutions as varied as the individuals or groups for whom they are designed.

The focus is neither the size nor the type of project but the opportunity to enrich lives and enhance the environment. The attention to all elements of design has been a constant in the firm’s philosophy. Projects include urban and suburban residences, schools, offices, hotels, restaurants, retail and furniture in the United States, Central America and the Caribbean. The firm has received 94 design awards since 2003 and has been featured in national and international publications including The New York Times, New York Magazine, Architectural Digest, Architectural Record, Metropolitan Home, and Dwell. Hanse Colani Rotor House. Designer Luigi Colani has created a space-saving house with a six square meter cylinder inside that contains a bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. + hanse-haus.de The cylinder rotates left or right bringing the room you want into view of the main living room. 30 Best Room Pictures of the Week – June 02st to June 08th.

1. I really love this pool 2. Kohler Waterfall Shower 3. Architecture. Math professor Dr. James Stewart, who is also a former violinist with the Hamilton Symphony Orchestra near Toronto, Ontario, has made millions writing calculus textbooks. When he decided to spend most of his fortune on a residence, he could have used any architect anywhere in the world.

Instead of an international star, he selected the then-relatively unknown pair, Brigitte Shim and Howard Sutcliffe of Shim Sutcliffe to create his residence in a ravine in the posh Toronto neighborhood of Rosedale. Stewart was not looking to build just a residence, though. He also wanted a private concert hall and lots of curves. Amazing Water Taps. Villa Amanzi by Adrian McCarroll, Waiman Cheung, Jamie Jamieson. Imaginative Architecture in Natural Seclusion This swanky villa has got it goin’ on. Resource Furniture: Italian-Designed Space Saving Furniture. Fascinating Underground Homes. Space Saving Tiny Apartment, New York.

This tiny but highly sophisticated studio apartment in the East Village of NYC has made us very proud, thanks to JPDA. Not only was it built as a super efficient multi-functional unit but with the use of detailed mill work, the storage capacity was very cleverly executed and resulted in a super stylish studio with a decent amount of floor space. Shouldn’t all NYC dwellers aim to live like this? You decide… Dornbracht.