A row of brightly coloured beach huts and an elevated promenade will be integrated into this sea wall designed by Snug Architects to protect the coastal English town of Milford-on-Sea (+ slideshow). (more…)
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A lot of people go to universities to get a degree and then spend their entire careers working for other people’s companies. Some people aspire to create their own success.
Unfortunately, far too many youth entrepreneurs get easily frustrated in their early attempts to start a business that they just give up their dreams and transition into traditional employment.
Much of the frustrations experienced by these young entrepreneurs are directly related to the fact that there is no manual or textbook for establishing a successful business. Entrepreneurs have to wade through all of the practical advice they receive to find out what will work best for them.
Below are a few tips that youth entrepreneurs can use to increase their chances of success. These tips are in no way inclusive of everything necessary to succeed in any business.
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So many young entrepreneurs struggle in the early stages of their business development due to lack of experience. This shouldn’t actually be a problem.
There is a wealth of experience out there that can be gleaned by developing mentoring relationships with other successful business owners. You just have to find others who have already succeeded and utilize them as resources for learning and growth.
Business mentors have a lot of lessons to teach you based on their personal experiences; they can help you significantly.
A lot of young entrepreneurs begin a new business with a lot of optimism. Unfortunately, once they fail to see quick results, their optimism starts to fade which can be a dangerous thing.
Early discouragement can lead a business owner to become impatient and revise his original vision and goals. Do not fall into that trap as you’ll only be running around in circles.
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Business success can take time. Be patient, stay focused on your vision, and keep working at it. Your business may not succeed five years down the road, but you will never know if you lose your focus within the first six months.
See Also: 4 Habits That Will Improve Your Focus And Destroy Procrastination
There is certainly no shortage of information when it comes to the marketing mistakes entrepreneurs make and how to avoid them. In fact, many of today’s articles and blogs that deal with marketing reveal a couple of these mistakes. The biggest and most important of them is an entrepreneur’s failure to diversify marketing efforts.
The whole point of marketing is to reach as wide an audience as possible. Therefore, marketing efforts need to be diversified across multiple channels.
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Rather than sinking your entire marketing budget into a single channel, you need to invest in multiple channels. You can try social media marketing, targeted e-mail campaigns, and even print advertising.
See Also: 5 Marketing Questions All Business Owners Should Ask Themselves
Lastly, successful businesses must remain fluid enough to meet their customers’ needs over time. A big part of that fluidity is getting to know your customers as intimately as you can.
Get to know what they like, don’t like and what they are after in terms of the products or services you provide. The more you know about your customers throughout the life of your business, the better able you will be to meet their needs.
Youth entrepreneurs are the backbone of any economy since they develop the businesses that provide products, services, and even employment. If you are a young entrepreneur, you should know that the success of your business can positively impact other people’s lives.
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Because of this, it’s essential that you keep your mind focused on your goals and continue to work hard to achieve them.
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From the architect. Restoration of a town house overlooking two streets with a minor different in altitude between both. The main façade has been maintained along with the two main bays forming the existing construction, with a new side annex being added to this that contains the rear façade and where the garage is housed. This new construction has been taken advantage of in order to create a basement floor intended for installations, washroom and storeroom.
The courtyard, still reduced in size, once again becomes the focal point of the dwelling. The space containing the living room – kitchen – dining area is projected towards the interior of the courtyard with a staggered section glass house.
London Design Festival 2016: “you can have surround sound with your chandelier, vase and centrepiece” in the world imagined by the 28 designers contributing to the Electro Craft exhibition (+ slideshow). (more…)
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A year after the ancient city of Palmyra, Syria was destroyed by the Islamic State, a 3D-printed recreation of one of its most iconic structures has begun its world tour. Originally erected in London’s Trafalgar square in April, on Monday, the replica of Palmyra’s Arch of Triumph was unveiled in its new location outside city hall in New York City.
Two-thirds the scale of the original, the reconstructed arch was carved from Egyptian marble blocks using a team of Italian stone-carving robots, which followed a 3D model of the arch assembled from photographs taken of the structure prior to its demise.
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For centuries, the 1,800-year-old arch served as the entrance to the Temple of Bel, the center of religious life in Palmyra. Even after the city’s abandonment, the monument remained an important example of Roman architecture in the Middle East.
The Arch of Triumph will remain in New York for one week as it coincides with the United National General Assembly, before traveling to its next location in Dubai.
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The project is the result of a collaboration between archaeologists at Oxford University’s Institute for Digital archeology (IDA) and United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to preserve the historic architecture of threatened or destroyed sites through the digitization and recreation of their artifacts.
Read more about the project, here.
News via the Guardian.
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The Eisenhower family has withdrawn is rejections to the Frank Gehry-designed memorial, proposed for Washington DC to honour the 34th president of the United States (+ slideshow). (more…)
Aukett Swanke has completed No 1 Forbury Place, a 185,000sqft Grade A office development that brings Central London design standards to Reading, Berkshire.
Developed speculatively by owners M&G and development manager Bell Hammer on a site adjacent to Reading railway station, the entire building was let last year to Scottish and Southern Energy ahead of completion, making it the largest letting in the Thames Valley for over a decade.
It will be followed by a second phase on the adjoining site. Together, they will form a landmark for both Reading’s newest business district, and for the city as a whole.
Aukett Swanke‘s design responds to the historic urban context of the neighbouring Forbury Gardens through the massing and sculpted form of the Forbury Place buildings. Laid out over eight storeys, the building has large flexible floorplates, which narrow to the upper levels to form a roof terrace that overlooks Forbury Gardens. The terrace is protected from nearby Forbury Road by extra-tall glass balustrades that provide uninterrupted views beyond over the Thames Valley, the Cotswolds and countryside to the south.
The design incorporates a structural diagrid that gives a distinctive and dynamic identity to the new building. The glazed east and west façades are protected from solar gain by vertical fins that twist to create a pattern that becomes increasingly solid towards the centre of the building. This gives a sense of movement for those passing by the building, with further animation provided by the varying effect of different light conditions on the bronze-coloured blades. These blades are held in place by bespoke brackets designed by Aukett Swanke in collaboration with specialist fabricators. They also provide the inspiration for a dramatic feature wall of twisted blades in the double-height reception area.
Inside, generous 26,000 sqft floorplates are well lit by both the external floor to ceiling windows and a full height central atrium. The latter is supported by a slender steel frame that echoes the external structural diagrid. Feature bronze profiles at each floor level help create a kaleidoscopic effect to views up through the atrium when combined with the reflected light from the roof.
Sig Nordal 