Thursday, December 2, 2010
Monday, November 1, 2010
Bark Architects Marcus Beach House Design


Spain Modern Zen House Design A-cero Architects



Scotland Sustainable Low Energy House Designs



Tuesday, July 20, 2010
Lulu Kati Kati Architecture House by Kate Otten



Thursday, July 1, 2010
The Added Convenience Of An Indoor Swimming Pool

The indoor swimming pool is just what its name suggests - an enclosed swimming pool that is within a building or home. Many public facilities - such as gyms, country clubs, hotels, and schools - offer an indoor swimming pool. But now, more than ever, there is a growing trend for the private sector to include an indoor swimming pool in their home design. In this case, the pool may be within the confines of the home - or within an attached atrium that is surrounded by glass. In either case, the indoor swimming pool is protected from the elements - including temperature and bugs - and allows users to enjoy the water without having to give any thought to the time of day - or time of year.
Of course, as with any swimming pool, ongoing maintenance of the indoor swimming pool is essential to ensuring that the pool stays in proper working condition. Often homeowners will enlist the services of a professional swimming pool maintenance company that will clean, maintain, and repair the swimming pool according to the terms of their contract.
However, there are certain safety issues that must be addressed if you choose to have an indoor swimming pool - especially if there are children in the home. While an outdoor pool can certainly be dangerous, you at least have the opportunity to fence off the pool area so that children do not enter without being accompanied by an adult. If you have a pool inside your home you must take extra precautions to ensure that children are supervised at all times and know not to enter the pool area without permission. It may be advisable - depending on the ages of the children - to keep the indoor swimming pool behind locked doors. In addition, all children should be taught to swim, as well as taught comprehensive pool safety.
An indoor swimming pool can be a luxurious addition to any home. If you use it safely and maintain it well, it will surely bring you many years of enjoyment.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Modern Minimalist House Home design

Sunday, February 28, 2010
Yarra House Modern Architecture Designed by Leeton Pointon Architects


A alteration of surfaces is witnessed in the Modern Architectonics Yarra Abode advised by Leeton Pointon architects and Susi Leeton architects. Floors become walls; walls become ceilings; and beam opens up to sky. On approach, the access looks like a cavern formed by rendered accurate walls. Only the slight and aberrant atramentous window anatomy insertions arise to acquiesce ablaze into the house. But within, ablaze avalanche through the double-story abandoned from aloft in all directions. Ablaze cascades bottomward oak and white bashed surfaces. It washes over limestone and marble, anecdotic art, appliance and every handcrafted and accustomed apparent throughout the house.
The focal point and axial axis of the abode is a sculptural annular stair. This capricious aspect divides the absolute double-storey amplitude as it stretches out beneath a abrupt exoteric site.Curved surfaces comedy adjoin adamant curve in a appearance that the architects call as ‘archaic’ – an effortless alloy of both the archaic and artistic. Materiality was the primary agency in the alternative of timbers, bean and every added autogenous feature.The abode is sited south of the Yarra River in one of Melbourne’s abounding admirable neighbourhoods. The aggregation of architects won an Architectonics Award for Autogenous Architectonics at the 2009 Victorian Chapter Awards. – Andrew J Wiener
Sunday, February 7, 2010
House Design idea
After a long winter, it's incredibly nice to be able to go to your summer house and "open" it for the season. One of the first considerations you may have is how your summer house living room should be designed. You're not looking for the same type of coziness that you have at home. You want something that's still conducive to family, but will encourage warm breezes and long walks on the beach, not long stays indoors.
Whether you will visit this home on weekends throughout the warm season, or if it will become a semi-permanent home, the living room is a space that's important to family and also important for entertaining. The living room is probably the second most used rooms of the house, the first being the kitchen, of course. This room will be where guests will be entertained and families will come together when they're not out playing on the beach.
A wonderfully freeing addition to a summer living room is the use of bead board on the walls. This adds to the cottage type atmosphere that you're looking to create. The walls should either be painted a stark white that would contrast nicely with the wood grains of the trim around the doorways and along the floors, or they should be painted a light color such as field green or sky blue. A summer house living room should give the feel of being outdoors even when stuck in the house on a rainy day. These colors will help create that look and feel within your living room.