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The Eiffel Tower

The eventful life of the most famous “Old Lady” Construction Facts ~ 15,000 iron pieces (excluding rivets) ~ 2.5 million rivets ~ 40 tons of paint ~ Total weight: 8.56 million kg ~ 1671 steps to the top ~ Total height with television antenna: 320.755 meters (1052 feet, 4 inches) ~... Read more>>

Reconstruction of a flat in Prague

Prague 1, Staré Město The perception of space and its conceptual solution the essential architectonic element of which is the system of suspended structures are documented by recent, radical reconstruction of flat unit located in the functionalistic object of the beginning of the... Read more>>

Japanese architecture

Nowadays, Japanese contemporary architecture presents a quality and a diversity which offer a considerable interest. Although this architecture is from a very advanced society in the capitalist economy and in globalization, it keeps its own specificities that makes it stand out from... Read more>>

Renaissance Architecture

The cultural revolution of the Renaissance began in Italy in the city of Florence in the early 15th. It substituted itself to Gothic architecture to return to the Antique architecture at the apogee of all arts.The Renaissance artists were versatile, they searched of the absolute... Read more>>

Vitra House, Weil am Rhein, Germany

The Vitra Haus concept weds two themes, which are appearing repeatedly in Herzog's and de Meuron's works: theme of archetypal house and theme of stack volumes. The primary aim of this 5-storeyed building is to present furniture and interior accessories. That's the reason why this... Read more>>

Factory No. 8, Humpolec

During the building repair, the layout plan has been opened maximally emphasizing the interior flexibility. Windows leading to Kamarytova St. were broken through and new shop windows and an entrance were made. The unifying colour of the exterior is black with gold complements on... Read more>>

Social Centre, Prague 4 - Michle

Our task was to integrate the Social Ecclesiastical Centre into the Municipal Park. It was challenging task for us to make this simple and modest building looking adequate in neighbourhood of office buildings having completely different scale. We decided to use, as the only means... Read more>>

Reconstruction of the Grobe Pavilion, Havlíčkovy sady, Praha 2

The authentic historic building was reconstructed including significantly damaged art-and-crafts elements. Certain elements preserved only in drawings and sketches - skittle alley, wooden wall lining and entrance portals returned to their original positions. The newly built... Read more>>

Prefab Homes by Jeriko House LLC

With figures for sales of existing homes declining for the sixth straight month and prices continuing to drop, so called ‘bubbles’ are bursting across the nation. Home buyers are finally in a position to shop for their dream house. With their new found power, these home buyers are... Read more>>

Beam him back to Burnside Bridgehead

Oregonian columnist Steve Duin reports today that Brad Malsin's Beam Development may be in the running to eventually kick-start the moribund Burnside Bridgehead project. Beam, as you may remember, was recommended back in 2005 by an advisory group to the Portland Development... Read more>>

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