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Tropical Modern Architecture

December 18th, 2010 -- Posted in General | Comments Off

A In addition to tropical modern architecture and traditional architecture with modern society to develop life adjustment. Tropical modern architecture building modern aesthetic value tropical (tropical eco-friendly, according to today’s) model is built design, and art in terms of greater efficiency, as well as correct functioning, needs, climate and the surrounding environment.

Typhoon should tropical climate conditions and building energy efficient home is the ability to meet additional needs. Typhoon is a modern town with an attractive design is presented as a comfortable home, and were resistant to tropical climate. Living in the tropics home eco-friendly tropical weather is rainy and hot and humid summer the owner will be protected as necessary, and during the year. House consideration and use of natural light breeze in the house are designed to custom.

Natural light in every room in the house all day, door openings wide, the buildings in the vicinity window holes (vents), and in some corners of the roof terrace entrance illuminated by skylights. Cross circulation needs fresh air to flow smoothly into the roof and the ceiling height can be adjusted (2.5 to 3 meters). Air flow will not be room fresh, damp or musty, and the use of fans or air conditioning, at least.

No shelter from sun or rain home, but the town is a socialization process in one place. A number of the room with family room, living room, kitchen with dining area and living room, study, construction, etc. to give shade on a wide platform and buildings as multi-functional living room with eaves in a range of activities, as provided in the space mixing. Recipient countries will increase storm water filtering. The coral is made from dried. In rain, dirty walls and floors, clean the wall of water splashing mud and slippery.

modern house that serves tropical climate of the house to feel more alive and warm. A mix of traditional architecture and tropical weather to meet the needs of modern life. Modern materials (concrete, steel, glass, fiberglass) and would be a natural material (wood, bricks, stones) with a good basis of a combination of tropical modern architecture.

Timber Frame Houses

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Timber Frame Houses have become very popular lately. The structure originally constructed entirely of heavy wood. Open space between the timber has been filled with plaster, Bali, etc. resulting brick structure “is called half-timbered. The structure mainly in the past but recently re-entered the field of architecture used in is. open spaces and huge demand for these structures led to an increase compassion in the collective consciousness of the environment. modern design to make a choice or a home plan is almost infinite has been introduced. structure still being made and traditional methods, but using many new techniques have been designed to implement them have been implemented

Wood frame structure built in a large warehouse of a rule. Only skilled craftsmen and carpenters using the traditional and conventional approaches to building structures. In this regards, has now initially have a baby with jointing pegged mortise joints and spine to replace. No metal brackets or splines used in the structure. The frame is such that only the entire structure is rich in weight bearing. Solid oak, pine, Douglas fir as a durable wood, and Eastern White Pine as well as with the use of other construction. Felled trees and sizes with the required specifications. They are then kiln dried to increase their endurance. Dry wood is beautiful and elegant. He added the resulting structure with a rural feel. Frame takes about 3 to 6 weeks to build. It is the systematic de-assembled and inserted into the container. Container to rebuild a building site where they are sent.

Houses are very durable and very strong. They can withstand many environmental factors. Although wood can be coated with the whole can be attached to the protection of varnish. But the stucco exterior of the structure will take up most of its beauty.

Priority to build homes for health and safety needs. There is usually an expert on team building to health and safety personnel and to share everything with code to help. Because these homes are intended to last a lifetime of security measures is in fact no guarantee of future problems. Houses built with wood frame structure is not only. Warehouses and granaries are also becoming increasingly popular too. The stables are built the same way.

How to Make a Small House Look Bigger

December 18th, 2010 -- Posted in General | Comments Off

Living is a small house doesn’t mean it has to feel small. It also doesn’t mean that the house has to look small either. I had a client to tell once that they wanted a ranch house, but wanted it to look like a two-story house. The statement was funny, but I understood what my client was trying to convey to me. Basically, the couple wanted the coziness of a one story home with the look and feel of a two-story home. So how do you go about doing it?

From a design stand point, you would have to manipulate different elements of the exterior and interior of the house plans to achieve this goal. This involves forward thinking of the floor plan layout as well as the style or styles of architecture the designer will employ. Once the desired home style is determined, you can then begin the floor plan concept. The two have to work harmoniously otherwise the design will look awkward.

On the exterior, you have there primary options in which to utilize. You can increase the roof pitch to add more height to the overall building. Anything above a 7:12 roof pitch will present a large girth. The second option is to play with wall heights. Having 10 foot, 12 foot, or 14 foot tall walls can break up the monotony of a single level building quite nicely if done sparingly and in-line with the styles of architecture you are mimicking. The third exterior option is to use tall windows to break up the horizontal lines. By doing so it allow your eyes to travel vertical giving you a sense of height.

The interior of a small house is indirectly affected by what happens on the exterior. You are still afforded several options there as well though. One huge option is ceiling treatments. With one-story house plans there are no rooms above and all you have is attic space. This gives you the opportunity to include tray ceilings or vaulted ceilings giving you more interior height. A second interior option would be to design the house using an open floor plan concept. Minimize the use of non-load bearing walls to let rooms flow more freely. It also allows for more natural light to enter the home too. In conjunction with the second option, the third option includes minimizing the number of rooms in a small house. Nothing makes a home more congested than small, choppy, and dysfunctional rooms. Outside of bedrooms, make your living areas as large as the design will allow and consider making some of the spaces multi-purpose.

Using these techniques, anyone can take a small house and make it look and feel bigger. It all starts with the design of a good set of house plans.

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