Friday, 3. September 2010

Gadang house is the name of Minangkabau traditional house which is a traditional house and lot at many places in the province of West Sumatra, Indonesia. The house is also called by another name by the local community with “House Bagonjong” or there is also mention “House Baanjung”. Gadang house is usually built on the land owned by parent families in the tribe / people are hereditary and are owned and inherited only from and to the families of these women. Gadang House front yard is usually always there are two buildings Rangkiang, used to store grain. Gadang house on the right wing and left the building there is space “anjuang” as the place where the coronation of the bride biting or customary chief, because it is also called the Tower’s house as a home “Baanjuang”. “Anjung” and “Bodi-Chaniago” did not use crutches beneath it, while at kelarasan “Koto-Piliang” wearing crutches. This fits the philosophy adopted for these two different groups, one group that the government adhere to the principle of hierarchy using Anjung who use crutches, on the other faction anjuang as if floating in air. Read more »
Monday, 16. August 2010

This building is quite interesting to my attention. Design a house which to me is very modern and quite with the atmosphere of the earth is getting hotter. This brilliant idea, the design of an architect named “Breathe Architecture“. This house is located in Melbourne, Australia, and given the name “Orrong Road House”. Sometimes the weather is hot or cold, with the existence of such an oasis of space is now waiting at the back of a long stay bathed in light and cooled by sea breezes in the summer. An insulated floor slab with embedded hydronic heating coil and double glazed Jarrah (Class 2) window, providing a low energy solution to achieve a high level of internal comfort. Read more »
Saturday, 7. August 2010

This is the P-house was first designed in Korea, by an architect named HAHN Design. The idea this time is he wants to merge with nature, where so far the people are too busy with activity. A relational space in which when the weather is always changing, people and nature can be wrong. The idea of “Feng-Shui is to build this building based on the layout of the room. Use five-element contained in the science of Feng-Shui, used as materials such as gray marble Jungsun for the earth / black zinc for the metal and the IPE as a timber. P-type houses, the front door open goal made homeowners can enjoy a garden. Around the white marble walls of the vertical, horizontal space compress with open kitchen / dining room, while dramatically expanding the space in the living room two-storey-high vertical, and you will be greeted with a great view of Mt. Through another ladder sequence begins again with the amazing flow of wood and stone walls obscure the boundaries between inside and outside. Like the difference between architecture and nature yawn, humans and nature is more in the relationship of subject and object, and you can feel the pleasure of becoming one. Read more »
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Saturday, 24. July 2010

This is a re-renovation of a warehouse. Shed Architecture redesigned a 320 square foot garage. Soulsi cleverly used to maintain the function of the garage, including using the support of the old garage to store kitchen pots, bookshelves can be found throughout the modern space. The end result is the only functional but also aesthetic, which really changed the idea of living in a garage. Read more »
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