Dubai Islands - Video Presentations

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The World Islands Dubai


Dubai in Year 2009


Palm Jebel Ali - Dubai
Palm Jebel Ali is the second palm island in Dubai.


The Palm Jumeirah - Dubai

Panoramic View of Dubai

Amazing Panoramic View of Dubai

Check out this astonishing panoramic view of Dubai. You can see the Dubai Mall, Sheikh Zayed Road, Dubai Fountain, Burj Dubai and amazing World Islands.

Skyscraper under an inclination

The main figures of this project — height of 160 metres, the budget of 1 336 million euro. Besides it, the tower is obviously inclined to effects. Capital Gate, the project of bureau RMJM on 4 degrees have overtaken the well-known tower in Pisa (18 degrees of an inclination against 14).

Art Tower in Dubai

The developer of the project is international exhibition company Abu Dabi (Abu Dhabi National Exhibitions Company (ADNEC).

“Capital Gate — fine result of a combination of accurate vision, creativity and adaptability to manufacture of the engineering decision. I am very happy with process and would like to express gratitude to all people involved in an embodiment of this surprising project during a life”, — the operating director of group ADNEC speaks Simon Horgan.

Tony Archibold from RMJM has declared, that the technologies applied in the given project, were not applied still anywhere and never in the world.

In a tower hotel Hyatt 5* which will offer visitors of 189 numbers, and also office areas will be located. On 18th floor of a tower it will be placed tea with an open terrace and pool, with a kind on a city and a gulf.

That the building has sustained a non-standard inclination, it is placed on a concrete facade by depth of 2,1 metres; the design represents architectural system in the form of a steel diagonal lattice, which leaves in the earth on 30 metres to provide stability to winds, gravitational and seismic.

Great Gate of Capital

Bouquet on a finger

Designer Hafsteinn Juliusson from the fantastic country of Iceland has thought up a collection of jewels with the inlaid grass. Giving such product favourite, it is possible to think up a beautiful legend — that for this purpose that the ring has remained, it demands careful and a permanent care — as well as your best feelings…

Live Growing Jewelry

The collection has received the corresponding name — Growing Jewelry, each subject is made manually of silver. The designer guarantees, that, at appropriate leaving, the grass remains green within 12 weeks.

According to the author, this project — redefinition of actual values, a certain hybrid of gardening, a fashion and a life, a live organism.

The collection is intended for inhabitants of the big cities who become more and more torn off by nature. Jewels from a collection will be accessible in the limited series.

Gardening hybrid

Over a city high overcast is expected

This cloud not idle time, it power: the command of leading architects and engineers has shown to the world the concept of unique structure which becomes a symbol of Olympic games of 2012 year.

Inflatable cloud

The easy transparent tower comes to an end with a cloud consisting of inflatable spheres at top. This design will help to create amusing 3D-show with the sky of London.

Carlo Ratti, the representative of one of leaders of the project (MIT SENSEable Cities Laboratory), has described the Cloud as “the new form of collective expression and experience, a symbol of a new epoch: it is a sign, rather than than simply material”.

Artist Tomas Saraceno, designer Alex Haw, expert Joerg Schleich also have entered into a command, engineering group Arup, landscape architect Agence Ter, and also company Google, writer Umberto Eco and professor Antoni Muntadas.

The size of a cloud depends on the finance which will be collected on the project. Every possible resources will be involved in gathering on cloud building, including Facebook and Twitter; Google will provide the project with contextual advertising and promo-campaign on YouTube.

“Obama has shown us a good example — it is necessary to include all possibilities of global community in an advertising campaign”, — makes comments Margo Miller. The project budget is mobile, as well as structure — the Cloud can be constructed both on $5 million, and on $50 million; how many will collect money, on so much and will construct.

The cloud will eat energy of the sun and people, will convert and make the new. The in itself structure of a cloud is innovative; authors consider as achievement a transparency, minimum use of materials at which use the volume considerable quantity will be made.

On a cloud the plasma monitors showing the actual information on event are placed; they will be visible from any area of a city. Screens — especial interest for Google. It corresponds to company mission — to organise the world information.

Olympic cloud in London

The French house of fashion Louis Vuitton

Female bags — the main accessory of an image of any girl. Therefore to buy a bag — a duty of each woman of fashion respecting.

Art handbags from Louis Vuitton

Manufacturers of bags Louis Vuitton have earned for a long time already to themselves excellent reputation. The company louis vuitton is engaged in manufacture of exclusive bags. Thus Louis Vuitton bags differ high quality, after all for their basis high-strength materials are taken only.

Bags louis vuitton become a fine variant for those who adheres to individuality in all. Louis Vuitton handbags comprise quality, beauty and an exclusive. Therefore real women of fashion cannot simply ignore a bag Louis Vuitton.

By means of elite bags it is possible to change the image when it it will want to you. Thus your expenses will be much less. Our Internet represents to a copy of elite bags also shop female bags.

However it is not necessary to forget and about other accessories, as a purse. Besides, female bags will look more effective if to pick up to them fashionable footwear.

In 2006, architect Peter Marino finishes work on three-storyed boutique Louis Vuitton in Hong Kong and receives important architectural award AIA.

Art boutique Louis Vuitton

Aqua Tower by Studio Gang

Each skyscraper in Chicago is continuation of History of Skyscrapers which has begun for a city in 1885 with building Home Insurance Building. "Tower" in height of 42 metres (plus two floors have been completed in 1891, having finished height to 50 metres) became the first-ever building exceeding level in five floors. New Aqua Tower — height of 250 metres, the sculptural facade of a structure creating illusion of waves is unique.

Unique architectural structure

Calcareous rocks, characteristic for area of Great Lakes became a prototype of a wavy facade.

Such architectural decision it has not only visual value, and is functional; waves are used as viewing platforms, and also a shadow veil.

Building parametres; 82 floors, 250 metres in height, 215 hotel rooms (with 1 on 18 floor), 476 apartments (with 19 on 52 floor), 5,100 sq. m. trading and office areas, an underground parking, a 8-storeyed cellar a total area of 32,000 sq. m., a terrace with gardens, pools, arbours, paths for walks and run.

Aqua Tower in Chicago

Furniture for a comfortable life

Very often in modern city apartments it is necessary to combine various functional zones in one room, in similar cases the case furniture to the aid comes.

Various updatings of tables, cases and curbstones incorporate in numerous combinations of case furniture. Besides, the case USA furniture introduces comfort and a cosiness in your house, surrounds a family life with beauty and convenience, is a prestige and well-being symbol.

Furniture for a children's room

The case furniture for a children's room will help you to correct in the best way space for your child. The convenient case furniture including, a desk, set of various shelves, additional boxes for papers and cases will help your child to keep in good order the textbooks and writing-books.

Furniture for a kitchen room

The case furniture for a kitchen room will help to make a premise convenient and cosy, as a kitchen room it, some kind of, the separate world which is setting the fashion to mutual relations of other premises of apartment. Hinged niches and the open elements of case furniture placed both between cases, and over them, give to your kitchen room beauty, convenience and functionality.

Furniture directory in the USA

Also USA furniture directory will help you with a choice of case furniture for a bedroom and a drawing room. Correctly picked up furniture will give uniform style to your apartment, will create an order and a cosiness in your bedroom. Our case furniture will help you to solve a problem with storage of clothes, footwear and various house trifles more rationally.

Elegant toilet little tables in the best way will keep as it should be female ornaments and cosmetics. The drawing room is the basic room for reception of friends. Therefore the case furniture becomes the best place for installation of audio and equipment video. In addition to it some book racks will give to your apartment an easy shade of aristocraticness. At external simplicity the case furniture will make an interior of your apartment stylish and unique.

Furniture for office

Besides, the case furniture can decorate not only your house, but also a work place. It is a real find for those who aspires to an order in things. For placing of computer technics it is possible to include a convenient computer table in the complete set. Compact and practical models of case furniture will help to create convenient workplaces even at the most small-sized office.

All case furniture presented in the directory — the highest quality. The furniture directory guarantees the low prices for the level. In the directory the furniture for all tastes and a prosperity, besides new furniture is presented, in the directory is presented used furniture. The furniture can be ordered on one of catalogues.

Bump Key: safety of the lock under the threat

Several years ago in the West European mass-media the information asserting has flown, that almost all cylinder locks are not protected from a new technique of not authorised opening of key mechanisms, namely use "Bump Key".

At once it is necessary to comment, that the above-named method not is the new. According to experts about method Kwikset Bump Key it is known already more than 20 years.

Set of entrance doors are equipped by locks with usual brass cylinders (sometimes them name larvae). There are some ways to open such lock: to drill, beat out, break out, take advantage of a master key.

The basic models of the cylinders made by Italian company CISA, possess protection against drilling (an insert from the tempered steel), from a sledge hammer, from not authorised manufacturing of twirls (the number keys made only to bearer Secutity Card), from a master key (to 8 billion combinations of a key, an interactive mobile element). Additional protection is provided with installation of special protective armour overlays.

Bump Key Proof — will protect you the lock

Bumping is a method of longitudinal shock influence on the cylinder lock. Process looks so: the special key (Bump Keys) and a small hammer is required to the malefactor. The burglar inserts into lock Bump Key and starts to tap slightly. Because of vibration the confidential mechanism of the lock can be arranged itself under Bump Key Sets which needs to be turned thus in a keyhole. It is a little patience — and the lock opens...

Now only specialised expert examination can help to prove to the owner the breaking fact. But whether to warn danger in advance is better?

CISA has given the worthy answer to this call of the criminal world. First of all it has been proved, that serial cylinder CISA RS3 with an interactive mobile element (patent CISA), does not give in to opening by a method bamping. But as superreliable cylinder RS3 does not belong to the class of cheap cylinders, CISA has set the task to develop a method of protection of other cylinders first of all most popular and claimed — series ASTRAL and AP3. Today CISA has solved this problem, having received the patent for conformity of cylinders RS3, AP3 S and ASTRAL S to European specifications EN 1303: 2005, including on the requirement of protection from bamping.

Cylinders AP3 S and ASTRAL S have special marks «BKP» (Bump Key Proof). At the expense of what will reach so high level of protection against breakings? We will pay attention, that to the cylinder name letter S — reduction of Italian word Sigillo in the end is added.

The design of these cylinders includes an insert from six rigid plates from the tempered steel and one flexible plate from stainless steel (for flexibility giving). If your house is reliably protected, it means not only safety of property and nerves, but also care of people close and expensive to you!

Bump Key Master Lock

New building for Royal College of Art

The building for faculty of drawing Royal College of Art is more similar to a place for faculty of hairdresser's art — an equal teeth and a roof teeth are ideally combed by architects under a comb. The project of the London architects from Haworth Tompkins.

Original college in London

Originality of a design consists that have inserted a steel skeleton into an existing brick building.

The zigzag roof from a North side is glazed, allowing to provide a premise additional illumination. In a building 58 students can be trained.

Here rooms for study, seminars, exhibitions, administrative premises, and also studios for the artists coming on various actions will be equipped.

Art College in London

SpaceShipTwo for space tourist

The company specialising on development of space tourism, Virgin Galactic, has presented the conceptual plane for short travel into a terrestrial orbit.

SpaceShipTwo

Transport is called SpaceShipTwo, under plans flight should begin mass flights in space in 2011 year. SpaceShipTwo can transport six passengers, the trip will last 2,5 hours.

Representatives of eight hundred mass-media, the future astronauts, VIP-persons have gathered for vehicle presentations.

Sir Richard Branson and Burt Rutan have held press conference, governors Bill Richardson and Arnold Schwarzenegger in the same place have acted.

The ship has appeared before public in beams of bright light, accompanied by visually-musical show.

SpaceShipTwo by Virgin Galactic

Home builder in Sydney

What is the repair? Universal accident or a way at last to see habitation of the dream in a reality? Once building of houses from the base to a roof was quite on forces to several people. And the so-called design of an interior and at all was an exclusive prerogative of owners, instead of a highly paid field of activity. In general, and today nobody forbids to repair independently apartment, to erect a garden small house, and even a cottage which becomes habitation for a family. Forces on it will leave much, but all will be made by the hands. And money it will be spent less, after all it will not be necessary to pay to designers, intermediaries and workers. Sometimes, thinking in a similar way, the person manages to forget about an ultimate goal. And after all the main thing not to save, and to create convenient and beautiful habitation.

Any activity requires preliminary planning, and building in particular. That doubts have not crossed out pleasure from complete business, it is necessary to weigh, consider and plan all carefully. It, instead of attempts to make all is independent, will allow to save time and money.

Even if construction of a summer garden small house or cosmetic furnish of a room is planned, it is necessary to answer itself some questions. First of all, whether there is at you time for independent repair of apartments, then — whether enough you are competent not to miss annoying trifles which will spoil all subsequent life, and whether forces, at last, will suffice to finish business.

If cottage building without attraction of additional forces, as a rule, does not manage is planned. Sydney home builder — the highly professional and reliable building company in Australia.

Entrust repair to professionals!

Think, if you are an excellent bookkeeper or the talented journalist why you should be able to carry out qualitative Bathroom renovation Mosman or to glue wall-paper in a drawing room? Observing of harmonious actions of professionals, necessarily you will reflect, instead of whether to call to the aid professional builders? Quite probably, that it will be a little bit more expensive, but faster and more qualitatively!

It is time to agree that repair of apartment which was carried out exclusively by the hands earlier, from intrafamily process has turned to work for professionals to whom trust so that suppose even on protected territories. What to speak about repair of offices or other uninhabited premises where speed and quality of work, first of all, is important.

Thus the owner at all does not lose feeling of participation to arrangement of the house in spite of the fact that other people repair. Actually, applying a minimum of efforts and spending has some time, the owner receives the full control over an event - and materialised dream as a result. Home builder Sydney will help with repair of your cottage!

Bathroom Renovation — Before & After

In the European Union since 2010 forbid standard lamps

The eurocommissioner on power Andris Piebalgs has promised to develop legislative offers on introduction in the European Union since 2010 of an interdiction for trade in usual lamps on which share it is necessary an order of 80% of the European market, have informed on Saturday the Belgian mass-media.

According to the eurocommissioner, refusal of such lamps and transition on ampoule a led will allow to reduce to 60% a current consumption house economy, and also will promote the aims laid down by EU to lower on 20% by 2020 annual consumption of an electricity in member countries of this regional organisation.

Londoners can exchange usual lamps for the harmless free of charge

Campaign for an exchange of usual lamps on harmless (economical) lamps starts on Friday in London, the mayoralty of the British capital has informed.

Social campaign which carries the amusing name "lamp amnesty", is sponsored by a network of department stores B&Q and portal Simulateur D'aube. Within three days all interested persons can exchange free of charge two old lamps on two economical.

By estimates of the power companies, each such lamp will allow to reduce harmful emissions in atmosphere at the expense of fuel burning to 120 tons of carbonic gas a year, and for the simple British will save 7 pounds sterling at the payment of invoice for an electricity.

Economic ampoule burn as brightly, as well as usual lamps, but serve approximately in 12 times longer and consume on 80% of less electricity.

European Energy Commissioner Andris Piebalgs

Digital facade for Medialab Prado

The digital facade on the area of Songs (Plaza de las Letras) is a result of investments of city administration of Madrid; now media laboratory Prado had a possibility to show to the public results of own researches of art, to combine them with requirements of a wide audience and the advanced technologies.

The given artless invention advances very important values and skills: social responsibility, an information transfer, social interaction.

Medialab Prado — Madrid

Media laboratory Prado — Spain

Kahn’s Exeter Short Film

Shortfilm about Louis Kahn’s Phillips Exeter Academy Library. Footage from “The Third & The Seventh” project for illustrating Mundos Digitales 2009 conference. Done with 3dsmax, Vray, AE and Premiere. Main theme soundtrack it’s The Divine Comedy’s “Laika’s Theme” from “Absent Friends” album.

Dynamic Architecture

Sorry haven’t been finding time to write lately thanks to mid-terms! Hence, I’ll leave you guys with this for now. It is a new architectural concept known as Dynamic Architecture where a building is able to change its shape even after construction. I watched the promotional video (below) and apart from the comprehensive technology behind it, the first thought that came to my mind was “What’s the point?? O_O??”.. and then it dawned upon me “AH! It would be perfect for the Chinese because then they won’t have to buy a new house everytime their fortune directions changed (think Feng Shui). Just rotate the house :D .. “. I wonder whether it is possible to dynamically change the interior architecture of the house as well, then we can get a new house easily everytime we get bored.

I tried searching for information online about this great “Rotating Tower” that will first be built in Dubai but couldn’t find much apart from it being opened for reservations. Maybe I’ll have time to pop over to the construction site when I visit my second home in December :D

Do watch the video, contains some cool explanations of the technology behind it. This “non-green” building is more green thank you think. :D

Why are there so few women architects?

Click the play button and listen what well-known architect Robert A.M. Stern has said.

Culloden Battlefield Visitor Centre, Gareth Hoskins Architects

An interesting project - Culloden Memorial Battlefield Centre, located in Inverness, Scotland, designed by Gareth Hoskins Architects, is a result of wining competition which was held by the National Trust for Scotland in 2004.

The exhibition works of Gareth Hoskins Architects is held by the light house till 2009 January. Click here for the further of the exhibition.

Gareth Hoskins Architects
Culloden Memorial Battlefield Centre
Inverness, Scotland

TateShots: Jacques Herzog

Jacques Herzog (architects Herzog & de Meuron) discusses plans for the extension to the Tate Modern gallery.

Studio Banana Tv ::: Iñaki Ábalos

Studio Banana interviews Spanish architect Iñaki (Ábalos + Sentkiewicz architects).