Penthouse in Palma de Mallorca is a residential project designed by Bornelo Interior Design in 2015. It is located in Palma de Mallorca, Spain. Penthouse in Palma de Mallorca by Bornelo Interior Design: “The project started along with th contruction of the building, we have done changes on the projected distribution and on the finishing materials. Studing all together, distribution of spaces and furniture leaves us the freedom to offer..
Valley Villa / arches
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- Architects: arches
- Location: Vilnius, Lithuania
- Lead Architects: A.Liola, R.Liola, E.Neniškis, M.Kaučikaitė, E.Geštautaitė
- Area: 415.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2016
- Photographs: Norbert Tukaj
- Structural Engineers: Dainius Dubaka
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Just a few hundred meters from the active city street and you can find yourself in exclusive surrounding of the park. Calm and harmony of nature. This sensation is enhanced by natural valley, the old Raguva. Sunny slope of the valley. Outskirts. Place of the former wooden farmstead. Regional park territory. Regulated architectural solution. Territory limitations for architectural expression and clients vision to live in contemporary house – these were starting points.
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How to harmonize all of this?
The object is located in the sunny part of the slope next to the outskirts. It is designed in the former farmsteda place. Existing slope and all valuable trees in the site are preserved. The idea of the building is to ,,hang“ it over the valley and open it to the valley by continues windows. The ground floor is partly hidden in the slope. Due to black shale finish the ground floor disappears in otskirt shadow. Only the first floor volume, finshe wit natural wood, is exibited . Laconic, sculptural form of volumes interprets the silhouette of traditional sloped house. Divided volume, varying forms forms, humane proportions, glass and wood harmony creates the impression of lightness. Interior spaces follows forms of the volume. Integral natural wood finish of the facades and roof creates impression of form solidity. The volume with its materials and coloring flourishes in forest and valley background. By dividing the volume, micro-spaces – courtyards are created. This is the building in nature. Therefore all main interior spaces have entrances into exterior spaces- courtyards. Courtyards are arranged in different levels, creating sensation of wholeness and privacy, enables to enjoy both morning and evening sun. The hanging volume of the first floor naturally creates the terrace. Windows of the ground floor are partly covered with the vertical wooden lamelles, they serve as protection from overheat and becomes a part of the interior. Suroundings are planted with grass, the path to the enrance is of granite tiles in order to minimize the intervention to the nature. The plot is surounded with the open work fence.
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Plan 2
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Product Description. For building facades exclusively natural finishing materials were selected. The main finishing material is pine wood manufactured by ,,Kebony“ technology. Pine was selected as typical tree for the surrounding. Using unique ,,Kebony“ technology wood becomes particularly resistant, stable, durable and there is no need for any additional maintenance. It is ecological product and this becomes important factor in regional park territory. Within time, pine wood grays ant fits the environment even more by fading in pine trunk background.
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Because of the exclusive qualities of ,,Kebony“ technology, manufactured wood allowed to create visually solid volumes. Finish is applied not only for the facades but also for varying geometry of roof planes, visible from the slope. The wood is attached to stainless steel profiles system within self-fixate plastic holders. The accurate wood geometry allowed to combine wooden finish planes, form vertical wooden blinds by creating accurate graphics. The graphics is continued by natural shale finish. Black ,,Rathscheck“ shale is used for finish of the lower parts of the volume. Shale finish is also attached to stainless steel profile system fixing with fixating glues in vertical stripes. The graphical expression is enhanced by metal railing stripes fixed above the shale contunueing its vertical division. Different materials, different elements supplement each other fulfilling the facade graphical expression. It is all about the graphical interpretation of park trees trunks.
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The other reason for choosing natural wood as the main finishing material of the volume is the aim to interpret Lithuanian traditional wooden house. The main characteristics of Lithuanian traditional houses are laconic volume, double pitched roof, wooden blinds, wooden finishing and granite rocks foundation. Considering that the project site is in regional park territory, the idea was to remind qualities of traditional farmstead house by interpreting it in a contemporary way.
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London Design Festival 2016: a Polish-designed chair that was once a common sight in the living rooms of the formerly Soviet Bloc country has been reissued by new brand 366 Concept. (more…)
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The 7 Best Blogs on Self-Worth
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Self-Worth is a heartbreaker. It’s cozy and comfortable to repeat the same destructive thought patterns, making insecurity our very best friend. That friend we rely on to free ourselves from feeling valuable deep down, the one we commiserate with, the one who really knows we are scared, the one that could never betray us. That is a lie. So, this is where the heartbreak comes in. Upholding a negative opinion of ourselves is as easy as it is senseless, since it is just a judgment after all. We are aware of this absurdity, yet, we do it to ourselves.
Self-worth is about valuing who we are inherently and not about outside actions dictating how you feel about and perceive yourself. Comparing, evaluating and criticizing attacks our self-worth, what helps build and discover our inherent worth is compassion toward the self, generosity, integrity and challenging our negative beliefs.
Here are 7 blogs that are particularly helpful on the road to a positive acceptance and unearthing of your self-worth:
-Calmness, self-awareness and composure are key traits to confidence according to Celestine Chua and her blog. She equips us with the knowledge of what it is exactly that chips away at our self worth and offers a few tools to release yourself from limiting beliefs.
-Zeenat Merchant Syal’s blog offers us the voice of many and we can benefit from a concise answer to one question: “How does one raise their positive vibes”. Learning from others just may help one relate to a specific story and in turn not feel alone in our quest for self help.
-Alex Blackwell’s blog centers on authenticity in your personal life. Through sharing his experiences (good and bad) with a hope that they may ring true with others as opposed to a step by step guide to making self-worth a reality. He believes a connection to self-worth first lies in being true to who you really are from moment to moment.
-Elle’s blog works on personal development in ways that resonate with your reality. Living consciously with the purpose that by looking back on our past, we can structure the ways in which we’ve evolved. Be it by forgiveness to ourselves and others, learning to be more loving and most importantly recognizing when you are becoming your own energy vampire (blocking your own progress with negativity).
Scott H. Young writes a blog that is designed to aid in developing your strong foundation for self improvement as a basic jump off point for further development. With foundation, comes structure and strategy, the building blocks of success both emotionally and physically.
This blog by couple Marc and Angel Chernoff, focuses on letting go of our fantasies of the perfect self and the perfect life with more ‘presence and positive focus’.
Joshua Becker’s blog focuses on redirecting our pursuits in life to those that really matter, such as becoming a better person, as opposed to a goal that helps us gain material wealth. Recognizing where, why and how we bide our time and energy is just as important as acting on them.
When we look to others to determine our self worth, we demean our own power. It is up to us to make our decisions consciously, to discover the paths that serve our best life and what it is that we value about ourselves. Once that self worth is firmly in place, our confidence levels soar securely, and never at the expense of others.
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Chetian Cultural Center / West-line studio
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- Architects: West-line studio
- Location: Chetian Village, Guizhou, China
- Architecture And Interior Design: Haobo Wei, Jingsong Xie
- Exhibition Design And Curator: Martina Muratori
- Area: 715.0 sqm
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Jingsong Xie
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From the architect. The cultural center is located in the rural Chetian Village, 30 km from Guiyang, the capital of Guizhou province, in South-West China. The village has more than 400 years of history and is famous for its ‘stone houses’ built with local materials. 41 families, out of the 207 living in the village, belong to the Miao (苗) ethnic minority, one of the oldest minority groups in China, most of whom live in Guizhou province. The square outside the cultural center, surrounded by the river, is often used as a stage for local Miao dance and drama performances.
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The architecture of the cultural center is strongly characterized by 40 cm thick walls, built according to the local traditional methods, using the stone coming from the village’s pit. The stone has a very unique blue shade, which is why it is commonly called ‘blue stone’. It comes from sedimentary rocks and its major components are limestone and dolomite. The strong and obsessive presence of the stone creates an intimate interior space and shows the architects’ deep respect for the historical masonry traditions of Chetian Village.
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