Interior design ideas

Chicago Spire????????s founders, which upon termination of construction in 2011will become the highest building of the USA, have declared quotations on premises. The price of one square meter in the 150-story skyscraper on the average will be below 21500 dollars, and the penthouse will cost 40 million dollars. Now the price of one square meter in the Chicago elite multi-storey house ranges from 7500 up to 14 thousand dollars.
In total the building will have 1193 apartments, which average areas will vary from 50 up to 956 square meters. Three-meter ceilings and windows in all walls are being stipulated in apartments.
It is expected, that sales of apartments will begin in January, 2008. Owners for the present a nonexistent skyscraper are measured to offer apartments in Chicago Spire not only to Americans. They will arrange exhibitions in 14 cities of the world, including Dublin, Hong Kong, New York and Moscow.
Chicago Spireis designed by the well-known architect Santiago Calatrava and represents a 150-storeyed building (609 meters) reminding a drill. Chicago authorities have approved the civil-engineering design in the sum of 2,4 billion dollars, in May, 2007.
Chicago penthouse is not the most expensive penthouse in the world. The record on the given parameter is being kept with four penthouses in London complex One Hyde Park. Each of them costs 84 million pounds sterling (about 170 million dollars).

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Supermodel Naomi Campbell has declared about the intention to build a high-end casino and 6-stars hotel for world elite, in the Kenyan Indian Ocean resort of Malindi. According to model????????s plans, casino will be located directly at the coastline, known as a place of dwelling of rare kinds skulls. Ecologists have already opposed constructions, having declared, that it will bring to nothing the results of long-term work on preservation of disappearing kinds of sea fauna.
According to ecologists, representatives of three dying out kinds of turtles come to breed here. Newborns turtles, which are being born at night, can be frightened by bright fires, noise and loud music. Then they risk losing orientation in space and instead of directing to water, they will leave far from the sea and this might bring to ruin cubs.
Local citizens are also joining to protesting groups, but because of other reason - they are dissatisfied with that their city gradually becomes the resort. But local authorities are not measured to enter into the discussion - all the questions, connected with further construction, have been already coordinated.
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Solitude and calmness - it is something that many inhabitants of the vain modern world want, when they choose a place for residing. However on the Earth there are not so many rather secluded places and almost the richest people possess such calm luxury. That is why own island is included into the list of the most popular lifestyle-trends of billionaires.
can become magnificent fort-hotel, which is being recently exposed on sale in one and a half kilometers from Portsmouth, can become the excellent variant For those, who is looking for calm place.
No Man Land’s Fort represents the artificial island created in XIX century (between 1861 and 1880) for protection of British coast against the Frenchmen. The set of granite blocks which were transported by special barges was required for construction of this construction in height of 18 m above sea level and 60 m in diameter. Originally 80 English the soldiers lived there, but century later, the fort has passed to private owner Shaid Luqman, who has transformed it into magnificent hotel.
Today hotel No Man Land’s Fort is decorating Northern Sea and consists of twenty one smart numbers, two restaurants, five bars, two helicopter areas and the huge closed pool with heating. Besides, the fort provides itself with electric power and water.
Present sale of a fort is caused by the fact that the company of its former owner has gone bankrupt, and he has got into prison. Representatives of audit company KPMG, which is carrying out sale, are assured that the fort will cause huge interest at potential buyers, and appoint the initial price at a level of eight millions dollars.

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It looks like, the man, who precisely knows what women want, has decided to change a place of dwelling. The well-known actor and director Mel Gibson has exposed the American estate on sale - a real paradise for those, who dreams of the photogenic nature, unusual atmosphere and Russia????????s climate.
Mel Gibson’s huge farm is located in Greenwich (Connecticut) and it amazes with the wildness and calmness, and convenience, which will make your constant residing or rest as much as possible comfortable and interesting at the same time. The estate has been designed in 1926 by Charles Lewis Bowman, well-known local architect, who built grandiose and extravagant houses. Old Mill Farm is the most remarkable estate in all district, and not only because of the architectural features, but also because of extensive 77 acres territory.
The house has an area of 1422 square meters with greater scope: in total the house possesses 15 bedrooms and 18 bathrooms, the big fireplace, and the height of ceilings from special strong glass reaches 12 meters are also available. Designer James Doyle, who has arranged beautiful gardens and garden labyrinths in territory of an estate, was engaged in landscape registration.
Old Mill Farm has also a big pool, a tennis court, a greenhouse, separate small houses for the attendants, and also stables and own pond. If you are ready to spend the above-stated sum for new habitation, you have a chance to get in absolutely other world, having plunged in rural, but at the same time a magnificent way of life.
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For certain in the vainest dreams of each of us there was an idea to lodge in the most expensive house on the planet. Now minions of fortune had a unique opportunity to embody this dream in a reality. In the American city of Aspen (state of Colorado) a private residence officially recognized by the most expensive apartment house on a planet is exposed on sale.
It is a question of smart estate Hala Ranch, whose owner, Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan, is now occupying a post of chairman of Security Council of Saudi Arabia. Since 1984 Saudi Prince Bandar bin Sultan was the ambassador of Kingdom Saudi Arabia in the USA. The Arabian prince was famous for close friendship with the president of the country Georges Bush-senior and ability to become the center of a different sort of scandals such as, for example, a bribe at a rate of more billion pounds sterling from British weapon corporation BAE Systems.
However, the impaired reputation has not in any way reflected in magnificence of his dwelling. Smart private residence Hala Ranch in cost of 134 million dollars is located in picturesque hilly district. It has everything you would desire: 15 bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, a separate compartment for children, a beauty salon, pool, a tennis court and even own ski line. On hearings, more than half of windows of a magnificent private residence have a magnificent view on beautiful mountain district.
According to the real estate agent Joshua Saslove, who is engaged in sale of the house, lawyers of prince have approved only 11 applications on survey of the estate, two of which were from the journalists, written about ranch enthusiastic clauses. Selection was exclusive, considering the fact that more than a thousand people wanted to see the house.
Prince and wife have constructed the house in 199, when Aspen has started to reincarnate from small hippie town into the place for billionaires.

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Here is good news for those, who are looking for magnificent house, arranged with glamour and taste, in good area and obligatory abroad. In the center of New York smart apartments, in whose designing and design not most ordinary designer of the present Phillip Stark was engaged, are on sale now.
Magnificent residential area Yoo by Stark to New York of City has been constructed by company Yoo, established in 1999 by well-known French designer Phillip Stark. Since then owing to the generator of ideas Stark has given the world surprising projects, amazing with their originality and charm.
Phillip Stark - is the real master of his business. The subjects created by him, including kitchen accessories, tooth-brushes, glasses, computer mice, fixtures, furniture and even the whole inflatable house, became a new word in design and even took a worthy place in museums of the modern art. The new inhabited complex of the designer became his next genius creation.
Apartments of this elite inhabited complex, located in Manhattan, are on sale since May, 1st, 2007, and for today from these 207 separate condominiums several houses have remained free. So, if you deliberate an investment in the real estate, you should hasten. Owners of magnificent habitation receive many various conveniences: a spacious sitting room, a wide terrace, a room for fitness, a fireplace and even library, a billiard room and a garden on a roof. The most interesting are the Duplex Sky Houses - two-storied cottages with a glass facade and a private court yard. As a whole it is possible to say, that buying apartments from Phillip Stark, you buy not a place for residing, but a life style.

Artificial stone
During last years the receives cellular concrete (foam concrete, porous concrete) - an artificial stone with in regular intervals distributed times-cells which are filled with gas bubbles or foam, gains more and more popularity. Blocks from an artificial stone do not burn, do not decay and do not rust, they can be easily moved, they are being well used in processing, it is possible to twist screws and to hide engineering communications in them. Properties of cellular concrete depend on knitting components and fillers - cement, expanded clay expanded clay, exhaust, plaster, sand, polystyrene, slag, sawdust, ashes. For such house the powerful and expensive base is not required. Now the share of the country houses constructed of cellular concrete exceeds 16 %.
Blocks from an artificial stone cost cheaply, but construction of the house from them demands special technology, and finally the price of foamed concrete house is not much cheaper than a cottage brick. The cellular house gives a depth of immersion, therefore from the moment of end of constructing of walls prior to the beginning of furnish at least a year should pass. Otherwise, the walls may be covered with cracks. The facilitated concrete is expedient for applying at construction of small cottages in height no more than two floors.
The artificial stone requires external sheeting (plastic, plaster, bricklaying). Besides, in order to keep the house from cellular concrete in a sound condition, it is necessary to make it warmed up constantly.????

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Economic variant
Under the statement of experts from all wooden constructions frame-panel board houses, which have won popularity mainly owing to the cheapness, to speed and simplicity of assembly, and also quite good operational characteristics, make about 60 %. At construction of similar houses ferro-concrete and a bar are used only as basic and bearing designs - from here the name “frame” comes. Walls are filled with heaters (mineral cotton wool, sawdust, slag, gravel) and are covered by finishing materials. For this reason all construction is quite light, and under it the powerful base is not required. Construction of such house manages the cheapest one.
Post-mould shrinkage of the frame house is minimal, therefore,???????? it is possible to start internal furnish right after the construction. Assembly does not require attraction of high quality experts that also affects the price.
Version manufacturing panels (wooden boards). Panels can be puff - filled up with special materials. It is possible to revet with a brick outside of the panel.
Assembly of frame houses is represented with panel board houses. They are made of factory of such cottages is carried out at any time of the year. Because of design features the height of the frame house should not exceed two floors.
Brick as a mirror of well-being
It is necessary to say, that there are so many kind of brick. Brick products differ very strongly on quality. There are bricks, which avoid damp and do not transfer fast change of temperature - houses from them will collapse within 10-20 years. Therefore it is necessary to take an interest in characteristics of a brick which you wish to apply. The brick is subdivided on ceramic and silicate (the last one is not recommended for external walls). A ceramic brick (the burnt clay with additives) has some versions: building (usual, corpulent), hollow (economic, hole, slot-hole) and facing (obverse).

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The desire to construct a country house inevitably leads to a puzzle: from what material the house should be built? This, at first sight idle time, is a question, capable to become a real problem.
Today in the market there is an abundance of offers for those, who is going to buy or build country habitation. First of all, these are traditional building materials for the house from a tree: logs, a bar of different type, a board and boards. Quite wide range of a brick of every possible characteristic is also available. From rather new building materials we shall note cellular concrete, products from which have received wide recognition and distribution for the last years. These materials are more often used at building of country houses. According to Penny Lane Realty Company, the first place among building materials for country houses is given to the brick - about half of all cottages are made of it.
Approximately 30-35 % of constructions are wooden and frame-panel board, the rest - are the constructions from different type of cellular concrete, including foam concrete and porous concrete.

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The first factor: seasonal prevalence
Splashes in demand for renting traditionally occur in September, when the business season and new academic year begin, and employees, travelers and students search for a short-term or long-term accommodation.
The second factor: tourism
Visiting of city and sightseeing is a hobby of all tourists. Therefore it is no wonder, that the offer in a segment of short-term rent is guided just by this contingent of clients and it is considered as the most profitable area of the renting market. At the height of a tourist season the price for rent can increase in two and more times. Besides, even under such price it will not be easy to find something suitable. In this case the so-known “by the day” rent (due to rather low prices and/or convenient location) becomes even more attractive for tourists.
The third factor: a site
In the market of short-term rent the apartments in the center are appreciated on the order above the apartments located in sleeping areas. Many companies working in this segment of the market are not engaged in sleeping areas apartments renting because of low demand for such areas.
The fourth factor: comfort
If the apartments of an economy class are rented with the minimal set of convenience (there can be a furniture and phone) more comfortable habitation, certainly, gets to the leaser in the repaired kind, equipped by home appliances and arranged by furniture. As to preferences of the tenant, it is necessary to note, that the presence of phone became not so important due to the cellular communication. Thus, washing machines are much more necessary.
The fifth factor: the slipping mortgage
The difficulties concerning the mortgage, dictated both by the fast rise in prices on apartments, and complexity of reception of the credit, induce people to consider rent as the powerful competitor to purchase under the hypothec credit. Really, if, for example, rent of a one-room apartment manages $350-500 (depending on area and comfort) monthly payments under the mortgage for the same apartment will reach $1000-1500 a month. Thus there is no necessity to accumulate an initial payment and to collect information for bank.
The sixth factor: competition
The number of the leased apartments increases every year. Thus owners of apartments will try to improve their quality - both due to the repair, and due to installation of home appliances. The refrigerator and the TV cease to be a necessary service minimum. The competition is to bring more advantages to the potential renters.
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