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Pier Solar and the Great Architects (Part 09) - J Streams
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A kitchen bench made from a recycled bowling alley.
The bespoke chandelier suspended above the Cubo house's new central stairwell could be called ''staircase descending a staircase''. Like Duchamp's cubist painting Nude Descending a Staircase - mocked by one art critic as ''an explosion in a shingle factory'' - the house's old staircase has been ''detonated'' and abstracted. Part of Phooey Architects' latest ''upcycling'' project, the demolished former staircase now hangs in fragments, transformed into a chandelier.
There are two approaches to adapting and reusing existing buildings and materials, Phooey co-director Peter Ho explains. They can perform the same function, such as pulling out a window and simply reusing it as a window. Or materials can be given new life and an alternative function. ''That's where it fits into upcycling,'' he says.
''Generally, the industry knocks something down, sends it to somebody else and it's recycled,'' Ho says. ''What we try to do is keep things on site. Our whole perspective is to demonstrate that we can take responsibility for the things that we consume.''
A chandelier made from a staircase.
Pushing the tattered envelope of salvage materials, Ho and his partner, Emma Young, transform balustrades into door handles, form whole walls with salvaged windows, and ''upcycle'' security screens into sun-shading devices and external screens. Meanwhile the brick walls of the extended building envelope have been recycled and reframed as cubes, a nod to the surrealist cut-up technique ''cubomania'' that inspires the firm's approach to recycling.
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Breathe Architecture also employs the cut-up technique in the foyer of its Commons apartments in Brunswick. Like Phooey's Cubo house, the Commons is a notable entrant in this year's Victorian Architecture Awards.
''The old blond brick warehouse on Anstey station was totally covered with graffiti,'' Breathe design director Jeremy McLeod says. Bricks salvaged when the building was demolished were reused in the lobby, making a virtue of the graffiti.
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HOUSTON Katy ISD trustees approved VLK Architects to provide design services associated with elementary school #38 within Cinco Ranch Northwest Subdivision and elementary school #39 adjacent to Ventana Lakes Subdivision. The new elementary campuses will be designed to accommodate 1,030 students in grades pre-K through 5thgrade to address the increased growth occurring in Katy ISD.
According to VLK Principal Todd Lien, AIA, VLK looks forward to working with Katy ISD administrators and staff to develop plans for the new elementary schools, and provide the growing Katy community with age-appropriate, student-centric learning environments that are flexible, sustainable, secure and integrated with the latest technology to serve the needs of the next generation of learners.
VLK previously participated in a 21stCentury Learning Symposium hosted by the District to discuss ideas and examples of learning environments that are being designed and built in districts around the country and the state. Among the many items that were discussed were how these concepts could be designed into new schools for Katy ISD.
Approval of VLK Architects came at the recommendation of Superintendent Alton Frailey, Chief Operations Officer Thomas Gunnell and District Architect Peter McElwain. Trustees approved the measure as part of the boards consent agenda.
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KOTA KINABALU: Assistant Minister to the Chief Minister Datuk Edward Yong Oui Fah called on property developers, architects, designers, suppliers and builders to work together and commit to achieving the goal of sustainability through education, discipline and proper organizational planning.
Yong, when launching IPEX 2014 at Sabah Trade Centre yesterday, said architects could be pioneers in bringing about greater awareness of sustainability in the building industry and at the same time could influence all strata of the construction industry to adopt new approaches and practices towards green building and urban planning.
The property exhibition, which is organized by Persatuan Arkitek Malaysia (PAM) Sabah Chapter, will be held until Sunday.
The government fully supports the effort by PAM Sabah Chapter to play an active role towards bringing greater awareness among the players of the building industry. IPEX 2014 is one such example.
We share many similar objectives with PAM Sabah Chapter to encourage more sustainable development throughout Sabah, in particular here in our city Kota Kinabalu. We hope through our collaboration and concrete efforts, we can disseminate our ideas and vision to the general public for a better future for our city, he said.
Yong added that IPEX had established itself firmly within the building fraternity and the local residents as the premier building trade show in Sabah.
It has become an annual event that is much anticipated and eagerly awaited by all sectors of allied and related industries.
Touching on the exhibitions theme, Liveable Cities, Sustainable Cities, Yong said the earth is in a state of needing great attention as the people in this era are living in challenging times.
Natural disasters are being unleashed unexpectedly, causing much distress. The rise in global temperature, coupled with natural disasters, give rise to many challenges and people across the globe must undertake and overcome them with boldness.
At the same time, we are witnessing a mass migration of rural population to the urban centres. It is estimated that 50 per cent of the seven billion world population today live in urban areas, and this figure will rise 70 per cent of the nine billion world population by 2050.
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Another Campustown building will soon come down for a new structure with student housing and retail space.
Later this month, the Minneapolis-based Opus Group will begin demolishing the former Campus Book Store, located across the street from Iowa State University at the corner of Lynn Avenue and Lincoln Way.
The new building, The Foundry, will be six stories high and feature 53 units. The ground level will have 7,500 square feet of retail space. It is yet to be determined how many stores the building will contain.
The residential units will have two to four bedrooms and will include amenities such as a fitness center, study lounges, game room, common areas and underground parking.
The building is slated for completion in August 2015. Pre-leasing has begun.
When you look at whats going on at the university and how fast ISU is growing and couple that with lack of student housing both off and on campus, it creates a real opportunity, said Jason Conway, real estate director of Opus.
Conway said the location next to campus was also a plus.
What we have found in our model building in other university markets is we like to be adjacent to the campus, he said.
The current building was built in 1973 for the Campus Book Store, which closed in 2012 after 39 years. The store was owned by Floyd and Sandra Ballein.
A Halloween boutique opened for a few weeks in the fall of 2012 and 2013 prior to Halloween.
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India Infoline News Service/ NEW DELHI 12:07 , May 02, 2014
Horizon concept Pvt. Ltd. is offering Hangout Swimming Pool first of its kind in India in its fully serviced apartments and retail complex, located in the bustling commercial hub of Knowledge Park 3, Greater Noida. A premier center for establishment of educational institutions, research and development facilities and IT companies. These apartments are unique in architectural splendor and futuristic in design. It offers state-of-the-art living and commercial opportunity that is comparable to the best in the country. The services of the apartments will be managed and operated by Sarovar Portico, 5 star Hotel chain.
Hangout is Indias first hanging swimming pool, surrounded by nature friendly environment and serene surroundings. Hanging pool allow swimmers to soak in the beautiful scenic view around them. This architectural marvel has broken new ground in innovation. The project has every amenity that is synonymous with luxurious living. The apartments are well adorned with luxurious interiors, which creates pleasing ambience, suitable for comfortable living.Residential spaces, Serviced apartments, a hostel and even a hospital are ensconced within this residential complex.
Mr. Suninder Sandha, Director Horizon Concept Pvt Ltd. says Orizzonte comes with a complete package of luxury and exclusivity. This project has so many unseen features and fascinatingly it will come on very competitive price. The main USP of this project is the hanging pool; just imagine the view of a beautiful pool deck as you swim in the air. The architectural superiority of the complex is only surpassed by its attention to detail in every aspect. All that you can imagine all that you love. You will find within the boundary of this self sustaining ecosystem. He added, this is a new beginning. Of a tomorrow that will outshine all that you have ever seen and introduce a new standard of living the rest of the world would want to emulate. A standard of living that you will experience first. With pride. With love. With Orizzonte.
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Last fall, when Dennis and Misty Glorioso renovated the Sykesville home they bought from Misty's father, one of their immediate priorities was to add hardwood floors.
The house, which was built in the early 1980s, was chopped up into several small rooms in the main living area, with floors covered in old carpet and linoleum. The Gloriosos knew they wanted a more streamlined, open-floor plan and updated floors.
When they began working with Roger Evans, the owner of Monkton-based Evans Contracting, on the renovation, the Gloriosos discovered that within the hardwood flooring category, they had a lot of choices.
Hardwood floors are classic, they learned, but that doesn't mean they're static. From vintage boards to high-tech finishes, current trends in hardwood flooring are anything but boring.
For the Gloriosos' home, Evans recommended reclaimed wood floors produced by The Woods Company, a Chambersburg, Pa.-based company specializing in vintage wood. The wood chosen, called "Antique Oak Remilled," looks natural and full of personality next to the Gloriosos' modern kitchen and eclectic mix of midcentury and modern furniture.
"I like the character," says Dennis Glorioso. "It's not perfect and doesn't have a blemish-free surface. I like the finishing a natural wood look, not a crazy shiny veneer. It looks like wood sitting on the ground, but it's sealed."
Though reclaimed and antique wood has been available for decades, use of imperfect wood floors in modern spaces is a relatively new phenomenon, says Barry Stup, who founded The Woods Company in the mid-1980s.
"In the early days, I was responding to restoration demands," he says. "People were doing old home restoration and needed the correct materials. Then time passed and people started doing new construction in a vintage style."
Stup points to popular home inspiration websites, where interest in vintage materials for everything from flooring to furnishings is flourishing.
"In the past three years, the term 'repurposed' has come into vogue you can see it on Houzz or Pinterest," he says. "There's a renewed interest in preserving and reusing materials."
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