Remodeling Contractors Villa Ridge Mo Basement Remodeling
Visit http://www.homeremodeler.co or call us today at (888) 279-8608 for a free estimate on all your commercial or residential remodeling or new construction needs Visit us at http://www.homeremode...
By: IconMarketing2000
Go here to read the rest:
Remodeling Contractors Villa Ridge Mo Basement Remodeling - Video
Remodeling Contractors Saint Peters Mo Basement Remodeling
Visit http://www.homeremodeler.co or call us today at (888) 279-8608 for a free estimate on all your commercial or residential remodeling or new construction needs Visit us at http://www.homeremode...
By: IconMarketing2000
More here:
Remodeling Contractors Saint Peters Mo Basement Remodeling - Video
AD Inte
Go here to read the rest:
AD Interviews: Will Bruder / Will Bruder Architects - Video
Melbourne, Victoria (PRWEB) September 20, 2014
Great News! Guymer Bailey Architects together with Peter Hunt Architect has been selected to design the new Ravenhall Prison Project as a part of the GEO Consortium.
The Architectural Director for the project Kavan Applegate said We are thrilled! Guymer Bailey has been at the forefront of architecture and landscape design in secure environments throughout our companys history. We know this project will be the benchmark for prisons in Australia and internationally
The project will be delivered through a Public Private Partnership (PPP) awarded to the GEO Consortium by Victorian Department of Justice. The project will create the largest prison in Victoria and the largest single stage of a prison project ever in Australia. As the design team leaders, Guymer Bailey Architects and Peter Hunt Architect have developed a unique design for the site in Ravenhall to embody the innovative programme of the GEO Consortium. Design inspiration has been drawn from native flora and fauna as well as indigenous stories, motifs and emblems to inform a spiritual and philosophic core to the design.
Ravenhall Prison will be at the cutting edge of correctional thinking and design, providing Guymer Bailey Architects and Peter Hunt Architect with the opportunity to apply their substantive experience in correctional architecture, design and landscape design on a large canvass. The accommodation for 1,000 medium security prisoners will also include a 75-bed specialist forensic mental health unit and enhance pre- and post- release programs and services to reduce reoffending.
Guymer Bailey Architects has been creating unique, innovative solutions for projects for over 25 years. The practice was founded in Brisbane in 1989, expanded to Melbourne in 2006 and has collaborated with Peter Hunt Architect on large-scale projects continuously for the last 16 years.
About Guymer Bailey Architects Guymer Bailey is a passionate design-focused team that learns from the past, and plans in the present to create and deliver a sustainable future. Founded in 1989, the company has well established with offices in Melbourne and Brisbane, and a reputation for outstanding client service, design quality, and environmentally sustainable design. Lead by Phil Jackson, Kavan Applegate and Paul Mathieson as Directors, Guymer Bailey has two service design arms, Guymer Bailey Architects + Guymer Bailey Landscape, providing diversity and efficiency in delivering an integrated architecture and landscape environment. Whether working together or independently, each arm is client service based and future focused, committed to a sustainable environment. We are a medium sized company with experienced, professional staff they are our greatest asset. Our company size allows us the flexibility to undertake small and large-scale projects equally, always providing a personal and attentive service throughout the client consultation process. Our multi-disciplinary and team based approach working with specialist consultants and industry partners enables us to expand the intellectual input applied to design challenges which leads to innovative and economic solutions to suit our clients specific requirements. We have been at the forefront of 3D documentation and presentation for nearly 20 years, with the ability to produce walkthroughs, renderings, and 3D coordination with consultant documentation.
About Peter Hunt Architects Peter Hunt Architect, established in 1970, is a national architectural practice with offices in Perth and Sydney and associated offices in Brisbane and Melbourne. The Practice comprises of Chairman, Peter Hunt and Partners, Ron Edenburg and Con Lampropoulos, and Directors Graham Hunt and Paul VanNiekerk.
Since its inception, the Practice has established a highly respected and enviable track record in many facets of the built environment and has designed award-winning buildings and facilities for State and Local Governments, police, correctional, commercial, institutional, aged care and health, sport and recreational, convention and exhibition, residential, educational, and religious organisations.
Peter Hunt Architects success is based on a client-orientated philosophy coupled with a proven record of completing challenging projects within tight time and costs constraints. Every project the firm undertakes is treated as a unique design exercise specific to each client's needs and aspirations, technically implemented to ensure a functional and satisfying architectural solution.
Go here to see the original:
Something to Rave About: Guymer Bailey Locks in Another Prison Project
Neil M. Denari Architects, Corrugated Duct House, 1998
If you exclude architects, its not architecture, says Gven zel. Its a sunny Tuesday morning, and were sitting in the UCLA IDEAS Lab, a large university-owned warehouse on the west side of Los Angeles.zel is the labs Technology Director. The concept, he explains regarding his latest project, Project Source Code, came from being in Venice and seeing the 14th International Venice Architecture Biennales Rem Koolhaas-curated exhibition, Fundamentals. The conceit of the show, Koolhaas states, is focusingon architecture, not architects. Koolhaas features the basic elements of architecturethe window, the balcony, the toilet, the fireplace, the escalator, the elevator, et cetera. But no architects.
Which, to zel, means no architects except Koolhaas, who organized the show. Put his name on it. Designed it. The pretension of excluding architects gives the show a flat, impersonal feel, as if these tools of humanity werent created by humanity. zel also found other faults in the show. For instance, why were escalators a fundamental element of architecture? And why were they separate from stairs?
But most importantly, zel found fault with the omission of digital architecture. Nearly all architects today create models and simulations digitally. Is this not also a fundamental element of architecture? Today, 3-D models are nearly as common as the real thing. Go to a car manufacturers site to watch the promotional video detailing the design of the vehicle, or check out the plans for any new building being erected in the downtown of your city. 3-D architecture is not only publicity; its behind nearly every building or designed object in the 21stcentury. And not only that, but architects can play within the programs, creating that which might seem like impossibilities now, or open a dialogue as to what is possible in the future.
Left to right: Ivan Sutherland, The VW Beetle Shell, 1967. Martin Newell, The Utah Teapot, 1975
zel decided to stage an intervention within the exhibition. But how? zel grins. He has me download an app called Augment. The basic idea of Augment, one of many current augmented reality apps, is that you can scan objects with the app, which indexes them for later use. Then other users that have downloaded Augment can walk into a room, open the app, and point their phone at the indexed objects, enabling them to view a digital object in front of it. Using this app, zel, who achieved a certain amount of fame with his Cerebral Hut project from 2012, decided to re-curate the show with historic and influential pieces of digital architecture.
To do this, zel had to get creative. He brought a backpack full of equipment into the Biennale and scanned the entire Koolhaas exhibition with the app. zel wandered the exhibit with an iPad, a computer, and a cellphone, to the mild bewilderment of guards. zel is the kind of quiet, fumbling 30-something that uses a computer as an extension of his being, so most of the guards didnt even notice, but the ones that did were even more perplexed. Im just measuring, he would tell them. But since he didnt touch anything, and didnt seem to be doing anything wrong, they left him alone.
Oosterhuis_Lnrd, Saltwater Pavilion, 1997
After scanning the space, zel decided upon the six seminal pieces of digital architecture to alter the showeverything Koolhaas left out. For instance, Ivan Sutherlands The VW Beetle Shell from 1968, and Martin Newells The Utah Teapot from 1975, two early instances of how material objects were translated into the digital realm, are on display in front of the introductory text to the Koolhaas exhibition. Or on the left wall of the Balcony Gallery is Greg Lynns 1997 Embryological House, a digital case study of an animated home designallowing for an infinite number of possible designsthat caused waves in the architecture community when it was designed.
Roberge, Rudy, Hoffman, Koebel, Spreebogen Master Plan, 1993
See the original post:
Next Time You're at a Pretentious Exhibition, Just Change It
;
Westward view from corner of 4th Street and 6 Avenue SE
CALGARY Two new residential towers and a retail podium are part of the design plans for Calgarys oldest community.
RioCan Investment Trust and Embassy BOSA announced their commitment Thursday to build 500 new condominiums in East Village.
The project will also include approximately 200,000 square feet of retail space. An urban Loblaws Market is the first committed tenant.
Construction is expected to start in the summer of 2015 at 6th Avenue and 3rd Street S.E.
Development of the retail space and 40-storey residential tower will take approximately three years.
The second phase a 23-storey residential tower is expected to take an additional 12 months.
The concept for the towers includes sheets of glass, layered to open up to views of the city and Bow River. It will also include a rotating balcony.
The development is part of the greater master plan for the East Village. The area, on the east end of the downtown, is expected to become home to more than 11,000 residents upon completion in 2027.
Read more:
$300 million dollar multi-family project coming to East Village
Liz Dennery Sanders and husband Peter Sanders had been looking for a corner-lot house in Carthay Circle for more than a year when they saw a For Sale sign go up on their street.
"The day I saw that sign I thought 'This is meant to be,'" said Dennery Sanders, who owns a brand consulting firm. "We knew we were adopting our son, Jack, in May."
Like many Los Angeles real estate scenarios, this one had the couple in a bidding war with a developer, but they ultimately won the house after writing a note to the family who had lived there for 50 years.
In a Historic Preservation Overlay Zone filled with Spanish Colonial Revival homes, the corner lots stand out for their commanding placement in the Mid-City L.A. neighborhood.
"Being on the corner makes you feel like you have more space," said Sanders, public information director for the Los Angeles Fire Department. "But I wouldn't call the house grand."
Indeed, the 1926 Spanish house had not been touched in years and was in desperate need of an update. With the arrival of their son imminent, the couple moved half a block down the street and proceeded to renovate the five-bedroom, four-bath 3,500-square-foot home over the next six months.
Although they took 60% of the house down to the studs, for them the remodel was about staying true to the home's roots both architecturally and historically while bringing it into the 21st century.
"We wanted to preserve the architecture and spirit of the house," said Dennery Sanders.
From the street, the house looks much as it would have in 1926 (a turret, which is now a second-floor office and guest room, was added in the 1960s). But once inside, the updated interiors feel contemporary and stylish while retaining the original home's warmth and family-friendly feel.
Collaborating with interior designer Seyie Putsure of Seyie Design, Dennery Sanders furnished the home in earth tones and added whimsical details such as animal prints and dramatic wallcoverings for personality. The look is elegant but the mood is casual as Sunbrella-covered furniture mixes with fun leopard prints and glamorous wall coverings by Christian Lacroix and Donghia.
View post:
Renovated 1926 home in Carthay Circle shows its past yet feels modern
Warsaw (dpa) - Polands incoming prime minister, Ewa Kopacz, unveiled her cabinet Friday, naming new people to several key ministries despite pressure to maintain the status quo during volatile relations with Russia.
Kopacz, 57, previously the speaker of parliament, is replacing Donald Tusk, who resigned last week to take over as EU president in December.
Her cabinet, which she said comprised "strong personalities," is due to be sworn in Monday.
Chief among the changes from Tusks cabinet is the replacement of Foreign Minister Radoslaw Sikorski, who has articulated Polands diplomatic position during the Ukraine crisis.
Sikorski goes to parliament as the new speaker and will be replaced by the head of the parliaments foreign policy committee, Grzegorz Schetyna.
Schetyna served as the interior minister from 2007 to 2009 when he was forced to resign over a corruption scandal.
Kopacz also replaced ministers for the departments of the interior, justice, infrastructure, public administration and development.
Teresa Piotrkowska is to become the first woman in Poland to lead the Ministry of the Interior.
Defence Minister Tomasz Siemoniak and Economy Minister Janusz Piechocinski are slated to become deputy prime ministers.
Kopaczs reshuffle came despite earlier exhortations from President Bronislaw Komorowski to retain Tusks ministers, especially those with long-standing experience.
Go here to see the original:
1ST LEAD Incoming Polish premier unveils new cabinet By Eva Krafczyk, dpa
Another new appointee to Premier Jim Prentices cabinet supported a CBE plan seven years ago to build a new administrative headquarters despite a mounting $547 million backlog of repairs at student facilities.
Minutes from a 2007 meeting of the Calgary Board of Education show Kyle Fawcett, who was then a trustee with the citys public school board, voted to proceed with the then $111-million project even though the price tag had tripled from $34 million in the three years since he had been elected.
Meeting records show Fawcett, the boards audit committee chair, was also at the table six months earlier when trustees gave the go ahead to a complex land sale and building lease with a private developer for the office tower because the CBE had decided it didnt have the money to finance construction itself.
A member of the Fiscal Four group of Tory MLAs who championed tighter spending after he left the CBE and won a seat in the 2008 provincial election, Fawcett declined to be interviewed about the headquarters deal.
I did not vote on the final project, Fawcett said in an emailed statement.
And since I was no longer a trustee when that agreement was approved, it would not be fair nor appropriate for me to provide further comment.
Freshly-appointed education minister Gordon Dirks, who was a trustee when the final approval was granted in February 2008, has also declined to speak with reporters about the deal.
Leaked documents show Dirks made the motion to proceed despite the fact the construction price for the tower and adjoining office had spiked another 45 per cent in less than a year to $161 million.
A secret report showed the CBE would be on the hook to pay $285 million in rent over the two-decade term of the lease, but board administrators had no clear plan for how to cover the cost.
A potential source of cash to cover rent that would increase two per cent annually in each of the 20 years included money then being used to maintain and operate schools, which bureaucrats suggested they could redirect.
Read more here:
New cabinet minister supported CBE plan for $111M headquarters
Stucco Installation Tips for new homes by the experts
Stucco Installation Tips for new homes by the experts, Kirk giordano and Jerry Pozo, together we have some time in. Stucco Siding Installation, do it right the first time. Hello everyone...
By: Kirk Jason Giordano #39;s DIY plastering and stucco network
Originally posted here:
Stucco Installation Tips for new homes by the experts - Video
