Interior design ideas

Haute couture apartments: apartments from ARMANI

May 16th, 2008

Creating the house of the dream, the rare person today will not take advantage of professional architects and designers’ services, which will with pleasure, embody all dreams in the refined interior. Absolutely soon true judges of design haute couture, and also admirers of philosophy of Fashionable Armani House can plunge into the refined comfort and functional elegance of own design dwelling, created by experts of one leading divisions.
So, two-level exclusive apartments will be placed on 59 and 60 floors of a tower “Federation” in Moscow-city. The lay-out and design of interiors are created with use of finishing materials and furniture from Armani Casa. The average area of apartments makes 509, 724, 939 and 1069 square meters; the apartments have huge sitting rooms, two bedrooms, a special zone for a maid. There will be enough place for the real winter garden.
Interiors of the future apartments will completely transfer philosophy of the designer. The minimalism, precise lines, neutral shades and expensive materials will create a unique atmosphere of laconism and luxury.
The cost of these apartments will be considerably above the cost of other elite habitation.
It is caused by a lot of their unique features. Besides, Armani Casa completely develops a lay-out and design of interiors with use of finishing materials and furniture of own manufacture, and in the apartments the basic accent is put on unique view from windows.

S7 will construct new hotel in Egypt

April 25th, 2008

Belonging airline S7 Airlines tour operator S7 Tour will carry out reconstruction of four-star hotel Grand Plaza in Hurgada together with Egyptian accepting company Als Tour. As a result the tour operator will receive the exclusive right on sale of hotel in Russian market.
S7 Tour invested in construction of hotel Grand Plaza Resort (200 room-numbers), which is located on the second sea line near to already existing hotel Grand Plaza (320 room-numbers).
Because of this S7 Tour receives for five years all Russian quota - about a half of room-numbers. The hotel will open in August of this year.
The sum of investments in S7 Airlines is not disclosed. According to hotel business CB Richard Noble Gibbons department manager, construction of such hotel will manage in $20 million.

Three-kilometer skyscraper will be built in the USA

April 10th, 2008

The project of the highest skyscraper in the world is developed in Northern America and it can be carried out within the nearest years. The height of building will make more than three kilometers; the quantity of floors will be equaled to 500.
The two-mile construction was developed by American company Tsui Design&Research. The name of the project sounds as Ultima Tower.
The height of a building will exceed 3,2 thousand meters (approximately 500 floors). Travel upward, according to the plan of the author of a tower, should take 9 minutes and 40 seconds. The building will be constructed owing to high-strength concrete with system of the tense steel cables.
Around Ultima Tower artificial lake should be created. Its water will be used for creation of inside of system of the rivers and falls which, besides other, can influence a microclimate of construction. Ventilation should be also natural, without superfluous energy expenses.
According to the architect, construction of unique skyscraper will require $150 billion.

Kidman has paid $7 million for living near to the former husband

April 10th, 2008

Famous Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has bought houses for $7 million in area of Los Angeles.
It is surprising that Kidman will live on one street with her former husband Tom Cruise.
Actress’ new house, which has settled down right in the end of the silent deadlock, has five bedrooms, and also a pond with gold small fishes and turned off lawns. Kidman has bought the house for $10,5 million

Kidman has paid $7 million for living near to the former husband

April 10th, 2008

Famous Hollywood actress Nicole Kidman has bought houses for $7 million in area of Los Angeles.
It is surprising that Kidman will live on one street with her former husband Tom Cruise.
Actress’ new house, which has settled down right in the end of the silent deadlock, has five bedrooms, and also a pond with gold small fishes and turned off lawns. Kidman has bought the house for $10,5 million

Shocking truth about real estate in Scandinavia

March 27th, 2008

According to the research, carried out by the newspaper 24timer by means of the Statistical bureau of the country, 100 thousand houses of Denmark have no bathrooms, and nearby 25 thousand are not equipped with toilets.
Inhabitants of such houses are compelled to go to a toilet to neighbors and to use public bathrooms in the cellar.
There are no toilets and bathrooms in the apartments constructed in the beginning of 20 century. Their typical tenants are young men with a low level of incomes, and also greater group of elderly citizens.
In many houses, where there is no bathroom, bathrooms are established directly in the bedroom or in the kitchen.
Making comments on the results of research, specialists from scientific research institute Building Research Institute have noted, that “politicians of the country are more anxious with the state of city streets and squares, instead of improvement of living conditions of citizens”. In their opinion not less than 15 years before should pass until houses and apartments of Denmark will be equipped with toilets and bathrooms.
It is necessary to note, that Denmark has borrowed 12th place in the list of the most stable and prospering countries of the world.

USA: clever house will look after your children

March 21st, 2008

The technologies are presented to the USA, allowing supervising the house, pressing the button or with a touch of finger to the screen. The new system not only raises comfort and safety, but also allows looking after children.
Earlier systems of household automation were offered only to buyers of new houses, but now the systems can be established easily in any house. “House of new generation” became the most evident embodiment of system’s opportunities.
In the given construction it is possible to warm up an oven with a call from a mobile phone. It is possible to receive the notice by e-mail if the window in a nursery opens in the middle of night. If someone has come, the video recorder is put on a pause, and on the screen the face of the person calling at a door is displayed. When you start to look film, jalousies are automatically closed, and light gradually die away.
The most part of these devices are wireless. The system includes 170 switches, chambers of tracking and other devices, connected to house computer network and adapted for Lifeware software. Provisional cost of system NextGen home will make nearby $30 thousand.
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Britain: supercheap house

March 21st, 2008

The inventive 52-year-old British has constructed own eco-house just for ten months and four thousand pounds (nearby $8 thousand).
The house of the British is constructed of straw blocks. As he said, it is possible to make buildings of any type of these blocks, and for construction similar country house no sanctions is required.
Now the enterprising British conducts rates on eco-engineering, receives commission fee for the help in construction of straw houses, and he has also opened web-site about them.

Well-known actress has bought 5-roomed apartment in New York

March 21st, 2008

American actress Cameron Diaz, who has become famous owing to the roles in such movies as “Something about Mary” and “Mask”, has got five-room apartment in New York.
As it has become known the actress looked for constant habitation in New York for more than a year. Her choice has fallen on apartment with two bedrooms, which is in a building of pre-war construction. Cost of apartments is hardly less than $3 million
The apartment has a large sitting room with a fireplace, cabinet and some bathrooms.

Straw houses

March 19th, 2008

Houses under straw roofs are quite popular nowadays. They are used both in England, and in the African villages. But the houses completely constructed from this absolutely nonconventional for us building material, are perceived while with some mistrust.
In the twentieth years of the last century the fashion on houses from straw bales has come to some American states.
But in the end of the century the southwest of the USA has again turned to cheap houses from waste agricultural products. Sheaves of straw have again started gleaming in hardworking hands.
Why straw houses are so popular now? The matter is that they are cheap, ease in use and straw has appeared faultless from the point of view of ecology. And moreover, the idea of the use of straw (as a matter of fact, waste of agriculture) has solved the problem of material recycling.
What do we need for the straw house?
First of all, we need straw. But it is not so easy, as it should be well-pressed.
Any stalks, but is more preferable take rye or linen straw as they for some reason do not cause appetite in all wreckers, may be initial material for blocks.
The sizes of blocks depend on length of straw. It is considered, that the stalks of straw are the longer, the more qualitatively they as a building material are.
The main thing is that straw in blocks was dry. If blocks have got damp, before the beginning of their construction, it is necessary to dry them well.

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