Many homeowners choose to add grill patterns to their windows. It results in more unique outer appearance of the house and adds a certain style to a project. Different combination of grill patterns can make a house look more traditional, adding monumentality to a building. It can also make a project stand out when compared to other houses. Choosing to install windows with coloured frames can be advantageous for the project.
Month: May 2020
European windows are perfect for replacement as they don’t require complicated installation.
European windows are perfect for replacement as they don’t require complicated installation. Tilt and turn windows have long term durability and perform well after decades of service. GL Advanced Windows provides windows and doors of a variety of styles and sizes. Our goal is to find a perfect solution for each specific case. Sun heat gain protection can be very useful if one of the larger windows is facing South or West. Such position can lead to severe overheating and, consequently, temperature imbalance inside a house.
GL Advanced Windows provides products in a variety of sizes and configuration.
GL Advanced Windows provides products in a variety of sizes and configuration. It is a highly customizable field and the company aims in meeting customers’ needs. Given picture shows a three section window that has tilt and turn system implemented in the middle part and not the side sections as it usually is. It is an unusual design that brings uniqueness to a room.
Mirror House in Almere the Netherlands
Mirror House in Almere, Netherlands is an experimental house project by Netherland architecture firm Johan Selbing Architecture after the Realiteit and Fantasie communities came together. The Mirror House is a private villa that has many unique features:
- An entire façade is made of reflective glass, which acts as a mask and an obstruction to the interior view.
- All interior walls are covered with a birch multiplex panel on the inside, which warm appearance balances out elegant but strict glass front.
- A visible door handle visually separates the main entrance from the rest of the mirrow wall
- The building has an entrance at one side that leads into a compact interior with a home at one end and master and guest bedrooms at the other.
The house was designed in collaboration with a well-known landscape architect Anouk Vogel to maximize its surroundings and simultaneously blend in with them.
The house’s simple box shape was constructed from an aluminum frame that supports panels of strengthened mirrored glass, with a mirrored composite panel running around the top and bottom edges of the façade. The original concept with a somewhat raised floor (for a better view), sliding doors, built-in cupboards all contained within a single level layout, has therefore been further developed and modified.
Built-in storage covers one wall and has a secret window that looks onto the street but is undetectable from outside the villa. It provides a view of the highway and neighboring houses. The mirror house was designed to create a home with a strong connection to its environment and surroundings.
Solar Dome Home in Sandhornoya, Norway
The Norwegian couple Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolgehe are the owners of the Nature House. This is designed in the UK and took roughly three weeks to compete the building and installation. The construction of the geodesic dome was completed in late 2013, enclosed with solar dome Industries’ patent-pending SOLARDOME PRO dome system, located on the Sandhornoya Island of northern Norway.
This nature house is located on a 7000m² island in the Arctic Circle.
This glass dome is made up of using traditional building methods and products to create a warm and eco-friendly home. Its strong walls and aluminum structure protects it from cold weather, wind and heavy snow.
The solar dome PRO architectural system provides:
- The construction of customized geodesic domes
- It is ranging from 8m-25m in diameter
- This geodesic dome is designed to withstand the wind speeds of over 31m/s
- Snow loading of 4kN/m²
- It absorbs day heat and continues to hold it for the night, maintaining a stable temperature
- It is fully furnished. Having five bedrooms, a kitchen, a lounge, a dining room, and two bathrooms and a garage.
This Hjertefolgers’ home is created by involving friends, volunteers from local areas of the world and also family members. They hosted Yoga here, hold courses, summer camps, fulfill all their dreams here. The Eco-friendly COB home enables to grow vegetables and fruits including bananas and tomatoes in a very cold region which would be impossible without the passive house construction.
Benjamin and Ingrid Hjertefolger worked hard to create their eco-friendly house that fulfilled their dream, and the main purpose of this little sustainable bubble to supports their eco values and allow their family to grow up in a beautiful, ecological and healthy environment.
Pippa Bailey, Managing Director, also commented and said that she is pleased to see the Hjertefolger family move into their unique eco-friendly home. The Hjertefolgers are passionate and inspirational people, and this environmental self-build project was a perfect opportunity to promoted sustainability.
Le Palais Bulles, or the Bubble Palace
Le Palais Bulles is a large house located in Thoulé-Sur-Mer, near Cannes, France. This bubble palace is designed by the Hungarian architect Antti Lovag and built by Pierre Bernard. In 1992 it was bought by famous Italian-born French fashion designer and art patron Pierre Cardin.
Le Palais Bulles has following prominent features:
- Ten bedrooms
- A reception hall
- Swimming pool
- Waterfalls in extensive land scraped grounds
- 500-seat open-air amphitheatre
The building is now used for art shows, concerts, weddings, lectures and exclusive events such as previews and artistic performances. Many prominent companies like Microsoft, Rolls-Royce, MTV, Lego, Renault reserve Le Palais Bulles for corporate events. Pierre Cardin and Christian Dior often host the catwalk shows there. Its proximity to Cannes make is an extremely popular destination during the film festival that takes place there.
In 2003 Emma BUNTON, A British pop singer and a Spice girl shot the artwork for her album in the year 2004 “FREE ME” in this Palais Bulles (pink lava bubble palace).
In 2003 Emma BUNTON, A British pop singer and a Spice girl shot the artwork for her album in the year 2004 “FREE ME” in this Palais Bulles (pink lava bubble palace).
The artists made these ten bedrooms fantastic and extra-ordinary, including some of their names Patrice Breteau, Jerome Tisserand, Daniel You, François Chauvin, and Gerard Cloarec. It was listed for sale in March 2017, with an asking price of €350 million. It is hired for movie premieres, weddings and photoshoots and is reported to cost roughly £24,000 a day.
Le Palais Bulles was featured in 2016 British comedy film “Absolutely Fabulous” directed by Mandie Fletcher and written by Jennifer Saunders.