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Gas Station Design by Kanner Architects

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on December 1st, 2009

Located in La Brea and Slauson avenues in Los Angeles’s Mid-City neighborhood, the United Oil Gas Station is a combination of the city’s historic love affair with the automobile and today’s modern one-stop shopping spirit of immediate gratification and convenience.

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Designed by Kanner Architects the gas station became a center of attraction for the near-by citizens. Outside it can be seen an extraordinary line metal which is the roof of the small commercial place, but also comes in contact with the car wash.

It’s not very often that you see such a nice gas station. This one is quite unique and artistic. At night, the lights can be seen from far away and during the day the design is enough to impress to impress anyone to passes by. It’s a very ingenious way of attracting costumers. I would go there just from curiosity and I’m sure that a lot of people do the same.

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The Ravine Residence by Cindy Rendely Architecture

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on December 1st, 2009

The streets here are enlightened with the neo-historical chateaus which are located in beige brick and taupe stucco and this house is located in this historical place in North Toronto, having a very good contrast from its neighbors.

The Ravine Residence by Cindy Rendely Architecture

The stepped arrangement of the volumes that were created by the famous architectural designer Cindy Rendely, open into a large landscape. The great walls and mighty doors that are situated at different entrances of the house are enlightened by the ravine and the changing seasons, which produce a great openness to the house.

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The Universe House by Tatiana Bilbao

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 30th, 2009

Designed by Tatiana Bilbao, this extraordinary house is located on the pretty shoreline of Mexico and was inspired by the Jantar Mantar Astronomical Observatory, built in Delhi in 1724.This beach house features a gorgeous view, it saves space and when you get to see the amazing outdoor roof pool, it suddenly changes your mind.

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The landscape that surrounds this beautiful mansion is absolutely breathtaking. Some people would give anything just to be able to wake up in the morning, take a look out the window and see this beautiful, gorgeous nature masterpiece. It’s unique and unusual and once you see the interior of this house you’re going to think it’s perfect.

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VDAB Office Building by BOB361 Architects

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 30th, 2009

Seeing the construction of the building, anyone will easily find that the whole volume is concentrated on to the road side. This is the greatest advantage of this building serving many causes, like energy assessment and also provides compactness to the building saving your economy and it is an acoustic comfort for many offices looking from the garden space. For increasing the comfort of the house, many patios have been added.

VDAB Office Building by BOB361 Architects

The perfect angle between Noordlaan and Driekoningenstraat provides a great look which is like an anchor point for the whole building. This is the best place allocated for the entry desk and the main reception.

The desk is fully back dropped with the street view so that it appears as if the street has come inside the building.The whole building is built up on a 1, 25 m grid and so the circulation are which was positioned asymmetrically suits it at the best.{found on archdaily}

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Ghate Haven an Romanian House on Bran

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 29th, 2009

I come back with an article about the house where I usually stay during my vacations. The house is situated near the Bran castle, and is knows as Gate Haven Business Center which offers a lot of quality services. Designed in a rustic style, it is distinguished by the refined combination of modernism with traditional style. The business center offers seven rooms with TV, bathrooms and balcony.Also it features a restaurant where you can serve some traditional meals, wine cellar , terraces, conference room and it has its own parking.

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In terms of entertainment the house is situated in the center of Bran, the Bran Castle is just 2 minutes away, with special view to the Bucegi and Piatra Craiului mountains. The business center is ideal for holidays and recreation.

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business center bran1 It’s a very nice place where you can relax and enjoy some quality time. Since it’s situated so close to many cultural landmarks, it’s also a nice opportunity to visit some of them. I really recommend this place to anyone who want to find a quiet place to spend the holydays.

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Cullen’s Residence as you saw in Twilight New Moon

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 29th, 2009

Twilight fans would never have missed the ‘Cullen House’ in the movie Twilight!! This beautiful and award winning Cullen House is a fully renovated residence located on private ½ acre property in the midst of beautiful trees and green shrubs. Brian Hemingway has tastefully remodelled this home into a ‘one of the kind’ type since it provides the fine and highest quality available. One could enter this home through a long drive with beautiful sceneries.

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The spotlight of this house is the entertainment room of 20’ ceilings height, the incredible outdoor pool with aggregate decking, the media room housing all modern technologies surrounded by nothing but pure glass walls and greens.

The floor is composed of a mixture of concrete and wool carpet, slate and edge grain cherry floors, granite countertops, edge grain cabinets, and 4 luxurious bedrooms with attached with the most beautiful master suites. No doubt this house offers total privacy and without another word it is ‘THE BEST’!

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Alviaes House by Materia Modular

by Stefan, posted in Architecture, on November 28th, 2009

This house is located in Alviaes, Palmaz, concelho de Oliveira de Azeméis, Portugal. This house is based on the concept by architects Adelino Pinheiro, Marco Ferreira, Maria José Matos, Pedro Ribeiro, Zita Torres. This house currently belongs to Alfredo Couto dos Santos. This house was constructed during 2004 to 2009. The house covers an area of 578, 70 square meter.

This house is specially meant for a nuclear family. This detached home is located in the Forest space. You can also witness the Ria de Aveiro which a river stream.The house also has a garage which is capable of accommodating two cars. The upper level of the house is reserved for the private area of the family. The ground floor also contains the game room, an interior swimming pool and a Turkish bath room. There is also an access to the exterior swimming pool from the kitchen and the living room. This is a wonderful house in overall.