Tuesday, October 22, 2013
Thursday, October 17, 2013
Residential Construction Contracts: Competitive Bid
Hiring a residential contractor shouldn’t be all that hard but you should think long and hard about the type of contract you have with your contractor. A competitively bid contract may be the most common but is it the best one for you?
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Residential Construction Contracts: Cost Plus Fee
The “Cost Plus Fee” residential contract has been gaining popularity in my practice for years and it is now my preferred contract to have with a contractor. But what exactly is it and why should you use it? That’s easy …
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Meetings are a Waste of Time
Despite how much I like to talk, I think most meetings are a complete waste of time. At least half of the meetings I sit in on, nothing is really happening other than the swapping of stories. One on hand that’s okay because I’m like the Pecos Bill of story swapping, I simply don’t have the time for it anymore.
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013
apple unveils scale model of cupertino spaceship campus
apple has unveiled the scale model of the foster + partners-designed curved glass apple headquarters in cupertino.
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Privacy, Architecture, and the Internet
Privacy on the internet is a serious matter and with all the opportunities for architects to share their information, certain considerations need to be made … it’s not always our information to share.
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wuzhen theater by artech architects rises out of the water
using the culturally auspicious ‘twin lotus’ as its metaphor, the design is composed of two oval shapes interlocking with one another, one transparent and the other opaque in form.
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Friday, October 11, 2013
Official Apple 'Spaceship' Campus Model Makes Its Debut
It’s been more than two years since Apple announced plans to build a new “spaceship” campus in Cupertino, Calif., and today, the Internet has been treated to a first look at a 3D model of Apple’s proposed new “spaceship” headquarters.
The San Jose Mercury News was given a sneak peek of a model of Apple’s new proposed campus before it goes before the Cupertino City Council on Tuesday
The committee will have to vote on the project before any construction begins.
Although this is the first physical model the public has seen of the new facility, previous renderings revealed a dark-colored roof with solar panels, a corporate auditorium, additional parking and a jogging path. Images also included a 45,000 square foot fitness center. Read more…
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Apple's Jony Ive Designs Ultra-Sleek Office Desk
When he’s not designing iconic Apple products such as the iPhone, Apple’s VP of Design Jony Ive is passing time creating other beautiful objects
This time, he teamed up with designer Marc Newson to create the (RED) Desk, a thin desk made of solid aluminum that looks like the perfect companion for a MacBook Air. The two-legged desk, fabricated by Neal Feay Company, features a cellular surface pattern, and generally looks like something from a sci-fi movie
The desk will be sold at the (RED) auction, Sotheby’s in New York on November 23, along with other design objects selected by Newson and Ive. These include the recently revealed special edition Leica camera, a white Steinway Grand Piano, customized by Ive and Newson, as well as unique, 18K solid rose gold Apple earpods Read more…
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Error'd: Free Optical Moose Inside
"I recently bought a new power brick for my Asus Eee PC netbook. It was supposed to come with a free optical mouse," writes Roberto, “However, I was surprised to find that I was sent an optical moose instead.”
Uzunel wrote, “Sorry, T-Mobile, but I think that with a 10.5GB plan, I should be able to post more than 10 pictures a week.”
"A local computer store had this amazing special for a video card," wrote P. Patch.
"Looks like I’m being punished for it being my birthday," Kevin DeVoe lamented.
"The text on this water dispenser in Tel Aviv is technically correct," writes Michael, “It should help with operating the machine, but fails miserably.”
Lauri K. wrote, “Chrome crashed on me. When I tried to restart it, I got the feeling that it was trying to tell me something.”
Marcus writes, “Call me crazy, but I don’t think that this really is Slovakian.”
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HP chromebook 11 made with google
priced at 279USD, the device features a 11.6-inch diagonal IPS display, a wide 176-degree viewing angle and is the first chromebook to implement USB charging.
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Wednesday, October 9, 2013
Watch Me 2013 - Turn Down For What? by Destorm Power...
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Tuesday, October 8, 2013
Doris Sung explains the tech behind her breathing, eco-friendly architecture (video)
Doris Sung has spent the past few years designing “breathing” architecture that adapts to environmental conditions. Thanks to an overview of her work at The Creators Project, we now have a simple explanation of how Sung creates these responsive structures. Her walls and windows are based on multi-layer metal “skins” that curl when certain layers react to heat — the brighter the sun shines, the wider the skins open to let colder air through. Special software shapes each panel to maximize the cooling effect, even for very curvy surfaces. Sung’s approach hasn’t seen much real-world use so far, but she hopes for energy-efficient buildings that need very little air conditioning to remain comfortable.
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“Designing Recovery” Winners: Resilient, Livable Homes for Vulnerable Cities
“Designing Recovery,” a competition focused on the planning and rebuilding of resilient and sustainable communities, has announced its three winning entries, by sustainable.to Architecture + Building, GOATstudio LLP, and Q4 Architects. The competition, which was a collaboration between the American…
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Shenzhen Stock Exchange HQ / OMA
Architects: OMA
Location: Binhe Avenue, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China
Partners In Charge: Rem Koolhaas, David Gianotten
Collaborators: Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu
Associate In Charge: Michael Kokora
Area: 180000.0 sqm
Year: 2013
Photographs: Philippe Ruault Team: Yang Yang, Wanyu He, Daan …
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Monday, October 7, 2013
Duck, Tootie, Duck!!
No doubt you’ve heard about the huge Yellow Duckie that’s making the rounds. This from Brooke H.: “My dog Tootie really enjoys the rubber duck floating in downtown Pittsburgh!” Check out more images at artist/creator Florentijn Hofman’s site. Video and thumbnail from Pittsburgh Magazine.com. First four images are from Brooke, with the others spotted on […]
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GWU's Solar Walk is world's first solar paneled sidewalk
A walkable solar sidewalk recently installed at GWU’s Virginia Science and Technology Campus is said to be the first of its kind.
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zarko bubalo: sustainable wooden bicycles
based on a fascination with shipbuilding the bicycles combine modern technologies with handcrafted techniques to create a smooth riding experience
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zaha hadid: the opus building ME by melia hotel, dubai
it has been announced that the architect will be designing the first ME by melia hotel in the middle east to be housed within her greater opus office tower, set to open in 2016.
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HASSELL surround palm island complex with water courtyard
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HASSELL surround palm island complex with water courtyard
the arrangement of the five individual volumes offers patrons views of natural water vistas on one side, and a private water courtyard on the other, all visually integrated by an infinity pool-style feature giving the architectural impression that the structures are floating.
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