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Swedish furniture giant IKEA has made its first major foray into the UK property market by buying up a site next to the Olympic Park. The purchase of the 13-acre Sugar House Lane site between the entrance to the park and Stratford High Street is part of a bid by Inter IKEA — the Swedish firm’s investment arm — to launch its burgeoning residential...

During the event BudShow 2012 we are planning to build “eko_logic”, modern house designed by greenCUBE_127 highlighted in a national architectural competition “Your House – Dialogue with Tradition.” House is an example of modern architecture design and multi-dimensional sustainable economically and environmentally. We want to show that it...

  Rooted in antiquity, classic designs take on new life in the Perla marmi collection, which mixes the elegance of natural stone with the mystery of mother-of-pearl, water jet cut into an intricate pattern. Subtle stone and mother-of-pearl combinations bring products of permanence to your interior space in an eye catching, understated chic format. The...

Project Details: Location: Monteverdi, Lebanon Type: Residential - Houses Architects: Maroun Lahoud Architecte – www.marounlahoud.com Program: a large platform overlooking the valley; three master bedrooms, a wine cellar, a screening room, a semi-professional editing studio, a kitchen, an office, a large reception area and a panoramic terrace. Client:...

The hanging platforms offer a rest for rock climbers, a pause enabling them to enjoy the views and environment for a longer period before setting off on their journey once more. The surfaces are partly embedded partly protruding from the existing rock face structure. A grid of borehole foundations injected into the rock face expand into the existing granite,...

 Kerlite from Cotto D´este A great technological innovation in 3mm only THE NEW SURFACE FOR ARCHITECTURE “Kerlite” is the result of an extremely innovative productive system, coming from a highly performing and vanguard technology. It is produced in whole slabs of 100×300 cm. without using moulds and pressed on a carpet with a 15,000-t...