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Citizen Office – why not use the office like a city?

elutzik — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 19:00:00 +0000

A Citizen Office encourages the occupants to work using a range of postures and to move within the office as much as possible. Working while standing or assuming various casual postures provides variety and relaxation while maintaining employee health. The Citizen’s Office takes us a step further than traditional ergonomics – physical activity is integrated with office etiquette in a natural manner.

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New Central Business District’ by Henn Architekten in Wenzhou, China

elutzik — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 04:00:00 +0000

project info:
client: wenzhou-oujian city development + construction commanding center
location: Wenzhou, China
program: office, conference, hotel, retail, park
area: 400,000 m2
local partner: IPPR international engineering corporation
structural engineering & building services: IPPR international engineering corporation
design team: Leander Adrian, Daniel Da Rocha, Martin Henn, Ingrid Hufnagl, Markus Jacobi, Klaus Ransmayr, Max Schwitalla, Xin Wang, Sun Wei

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Ultra-modern design studio

elutzik — Fri, 12 Nov 2010 10:00:00 +0000

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How a company office should look like

elutzik — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 19:30:00 +0000

The Arseniy Borisenko and Peter Zaytsev, the za bor architects in Moscow, Russia created this work space for ‘Yandex’ internet company office in Ekaterinburg. They used dynamic volumes and expressive furniture to create a great space to work in, and, maybe increase productivity due to its impact on employees.

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Protect your home the best way you can

elutzik — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 09:58:46 +0000

One of our dreams as humans is to have a home of our own. Whether is a small but comfy one, or a huge mansion, we all try our best to make it our own, to give it a personal touch. We spend weeks looking for the perfect furniture pieces, for the perfect rug, deciding which color goes best on the walls… It’s a tough job, let’s face it.

And when you finally finish decorating and while placing the last scented candle on the table a terrible thought comes to your mind: what if something happens to this candle and your house sets on fire? That’s a scary thought.

In order to protect your home, the best solution, apart from taking care that nothing could go wrong, is to insure it, and the first step is to find a company and request a home insurance quote. In my opinion everyone should get a home insurance, because you never know what can go wrong. It may not be your fault, or it could be a natural disaster, but if your house is insured you can at least get your money back and start again. I know it doesn’t sound too good to start over, but at least you’ll have the money to do it.

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Egg shaped house

Bogdan — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 08:25:22 +0000

This egg shaped mobile home was design by the Belgian architectural firm dmvA, and the project is called ‘blob VB3’. The house integrates a bathroom, a kitchen, lightning, a bed and a few storage places.

It’s unique shape makes the egg very easy to transport and can be used as an office, guestroom, garden house, summer lounge, ‘high-end’ tent . If you lift the nose, it can function as a porch.

Technical details of blob VB3:

blob VB3
design: dmvA
principal: rini van beek/ xfactoragencies
team: david driesen, tom verschueren, thomas denturck
location: anywhere/ mobile
general contractor: AD&S thomas denturck
constructional engineer: AD&S
built area: 20 m2
completion 2009

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Lockers explained

Bogdan — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:32:57 +0000

If you’re in Europe, you probably don’t a have personal locker in your school where you can keep your books, dictionaries, notebooks, food, and were “important” people can stick love letters. The situation changes if you study in US: everybody knows them, especially from the movies: school lockers used as jail for geek kids, gym lockers used as hiding place for peeking on the girls while changing after an exhausting match, or locker doors used as weapons against the running students.

Lockers can be of two main types: standard and vented. Both standard and vented lockers can be constructed as single tier, double tier, triple tier and box style. The materials used are usually steel, plastic or wood. Wooden lockers are usually sold as executive because they look a lot more classy and can be used in richer institutions. If you want it to go with the wall painting, don’t worry, there are a lot of colors to choose from when buying a locker.

Stadium lockers and gym ones can also come with benches, a useful set in the run for victory. The benches are also made from Aluminum, plastic or wood.

A lot of accessories can contribute to the perfect, ultimate space saving locker: top, bases, side panels, door, shelves, locks, keys, identification plates, modular add-ons and many more.

So, if you decide to get yourself some lockers, there are many options you can choose from. Just make sure you have enough space to put them… wait a second, that’s what a locker is suppose to do… clear space.

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Bricks & Mortar sofa

Bogdan — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:30:55 +0000

The Bricks & Mortar series of chairs and sofas was created by the British Artist Richard Woods and the designer Sebastian Wrong for Established and Sons. The whole idea that stands behind this amazing piece of furniture is the irony of combining the extreme comfort of the chair in comparison to the hardness of the print.

The size and layout of the bricks set the scale of the seat and sofa, and forced the mortar lines to correspond the geometry of the object.

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Los Heroes building in Santiago, Chile

elutzik — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 16:38:41 +0000

We all love color, right? Then we all love this building design. It can be found in Santiago, Chile and responsible for it is the designer Santiago Raby Pinto. This building was built in the ‘70 and rehabilitated for a new purpose: The General Offices of Caja de Compensación Los Heroes, a private, independent and non profit institution whose role is to administrate social security funds for economic help for retired persons and workmen through small and soft loans.

The architects used nature as the main architectural concept, while the ludic and light expression was the way to conjugate and symbolize the relationship of leisure – nature.

The building’s strategy is to efficiently collect energy with a sustainable façade. This double façade skin is an UV ray filter and a good component to isolate the interior space comfort.

The inner transformation strategy creates a circular core, transforming old geometry and giving a fluent, continuous and functional circulation, which links all floor spaces.

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Ultra modern blood donation facility

Bogdan — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:24:14 +0000

This awesome futuristic blood donation facility is called Akiba:F and it’s main purpose seems to be: don’t get bore anymore while giving blood and … be amazed!

In this facility you can access free Wi-Fi, play on your IPhone, watch TV, read Manga, choose a video from the available ones, play with anime figures, be amazed by an anime hologram and check out the Android maids .

The latest technology and coolest gadgets? They are all there. Android maids with mini skirts being nice to you while you donate blood? Check!

If you go to Japan, DONATE!

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