A very trendy style in modern design, the industrial style, is characterized primarily through exposed pipes, ducts, beams, woods, metals, and bricks. Industrial design is primarily found in a loft-type setting. Thus, you’ll find furniture, ...
PLANNING A GARDEN Establishing a design brief for your garden project should be the first stage of the process, and is essential whether you intend to employ a professional garden designer or complete the work ...
It may come as a surprise, but the building and construction industry is the world’s third-largest consumer of plastic resins. Only recently have those in the industry come to see plastics as a durable, energy-efficient ...
Eco-housing is best understood by distinguishing between the function and the form of a building. The function refers to the intended outcome of a design choice, whereas the form refers to the process by which that ...
The construction industry is one of the largest in terms of employing manpower and volume of materials produced (cement, brick, steel and other materials). Demand and supply gap for residential buildings is increasing every year. Minimizing the ...
Modern Renewable Energy Systems. The Spanish government has recently approved a royal decree that clears the solar tax and brings with it a number of measures to produce energy through sustainable means. These include, for ...
The oldest part of Marbella is a real find. It’s a labyrinth of pedestrian streets that are laid with red tiles and crazy paving. The buildings are all whitewashed and topped with terracotta roofs, and ...
Just along the coast from nearby Marbella and Puerto Banus, San Pedro de Alcántara is becoming a serious rival to the multi-cultural mix of quality restaurants in Marbella, and you can certainly eat well in ...
Tackling any redo is difficult, but making it an eco-friendly one adds to the challenge. It is good news that many people across the world are becoming more environmentally-conscious. Being more eco-friendly will not only help ...
The key to designing a passive building is by taking advantage of the local climate (micro-climate) and therefore, climate characteristics and classification can help with identifying approaches as early as site planning and analysis. Therefore, ...
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