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TIPS & IDEAS
3 YEARS AGO
As part of a building enclosure, a ceiling helps protect the house from heat and externalities. As part of the interior, it can also enhance the aesthetics with its various designs, shapes, and materials. An attractive ceiling can even change the overall theme of the room. Here are six ceiling designs for your inspiration.
NEWS
3 YEARS AGO
The benefits of utilizing a heat sink at a higher temperature.
NEWS
3 YEARS AGO
Bona announced the European launch of Bona Quantum, a silane based adhesive specifically formulated for the installation of wooden floors that also acts as a moisture barrier.
NEWS
3 YEARS AGO
Beca, EECA, Firstgas Group and Fonterra are backing a study to assess the potential of raw biogas by treating it so it becomes a possible substitute for natural gas.
EDUCATION
3 YEARS AGO
Large format tiles comes in various sizes and thickness, and are usually made from porcelain and, as such, have a low rate of absorbency. Slim tiles are around 3-5mm thickness and may be reinforced with glass fibremesh backing.
NEWS
3 YEARS AGO
TOLI just launched "Dynamic Stone", homogeneous vinyl tile. Visit the special website: https://www.toli.co.jp/product_floor/dynamic_stone/
TIPS & IDEAS
3 YEARS AGO
One detail in home interior design that is clearly visible but often overlooked is ceramic tile pattern. Although it may seem trivial, the arrangement of your ceramic tiles can have a significant visual effect on your home interior. Ceramic tile patterns come in different styles and like any other interior styles, they also have their own eras—gaining popularity in a certain period and losing it first before remerging and becomes popular again. Here are several classic ceramic tile patterns that regains popularity in many contemporary home interior designs.
PROJECT
3 YEARS AGO
Among the typical home office buildings in Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, the office of Mantab Group stands quite prominently thanks to its gleaming gold-coloured façade. Hovering over the second floor of the building, the metallic façade wraps the front-facing part of the building with its folded surface. Yet, in contrast with the grandiose façade, a modest and small timber finished box figure stands next to it, marking the entrance to the office.
TIPS & IDEAS
3 YEARS AGO
There are many alternatives to decorate walls, with wall paint being the most common one. Another way is by using wallpapers, which are available in a wide variety of colours and motifs/patterns that can be suited to the overall theme of your home, from the classic to modern. But if you want to personalise your wall to the next level, your choice is probably decal.
TIPS & IDEAS
3 YEARS AGO
The time for a kitchen to be seen only as a service area is over. Nowadays, a kitchen is a prominent part of a residence and is increasingly set as a main feature of a house, which is why the design and elements should be well thought-out. One of the elements in the kitchen that becomes a major consideration is the backsplash.
PROJECT
4 YEARS AGO
Sitting on a generous 3,500-square-metre land plot, House68 is a private residence that tries to integrate its surrounding natural feature seamlessly. The architecture firm, Design Collective Architects (DCA) takes a bold viewpoint of how a building in the tropics should be, “Tropical architecture is not to shield and protect the users from the elements but to enhance the experience and bridge the relationship between them.”
EVENTS
4 YEARS AGO
We are thankful for being part of this exciting project!
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
A good balance between natural and artificial lighting can certainly give you a few benefits. First, it is a way to save energy as a small but meaningful contribution to mitigate climate change. If you have enough daylight in your home interior, you don’t need to use artificial lights during the day. Effective use of lighting such as this will certainly reduce your electricity bill.
EDUCATION
4 YEARS AGO
Risking our health over expensive and unsafe drinking water is not so smart.
EDUCATION
4 YEARS AGO
When choosing the most appropriate installation system, a good knowledge of the materials to be installed is essential.
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
Partitions in a home interior are used to separate one rooms and to create some sense of privacy. A well-designed partition made of the right material will for sure make your room look beautiful and functional. Here are several choices of room partition based on its main material.
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
One way to make your home interior appear more beautiful is by adding indoor plants. Nowadays, there are various choices of indoor plants that not only function as decorative elements, but also bring health benefits. Let’s take a look at seven indoor plants that you can choose to complement your rooms.
PROJECT
4 YEARS AGO
Among its typical neighbouring houses, 73M Jalan Senang that stands on a corner land plot appears unique with its monolithic look. Designed by ipli Architects, the house is a resemblance of the simple, ubiquitous gabled-roof house icon. Instead of defining the each part of the house differently, the building displays a unified look from the bottom to the top as if the shape is carved from a massive rectangular block. From its voluminous exterior, multiple randomly placed square openings create a slight giveaway of a light and porous interior.
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
One of the elements that are rising in popularity in a contemporary kitchen design these days is a kitchen island. You may have called it a kitchen table, but a kitchen island is more than an ordinary table.
PROJECT
4 YEARS AGO
Recently, the trend of incorporating an edible garden in one’s living quarter has grown significantly. Be it in a kitchen’s corner with plenty of natural lighting or on the whole rooftop area, edible home garden is regarded as one of the easiest and most effective way to introduce sustainable living to the masses.
EDUCATION
4 YEARS AGO
Have you ever noticed white deposits on the wall and floor surfaces of your tile or stone installations? This white residue is the result of efflorescence. Efflorescence is a natural occurrence in Portland cement applications.
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
A house renovation project takes a lot of preparation, not only the budgeting but also the design and the timeline planning. Without such careful planning, the project may be stopped or the result end up being undesirable. If this is the case, homeowners have to spend more money on repairing. Here are five common mistakes to avoid while renovating. Hope they help!
TIPS & IDEAS
4 YEARS AGO
Children need a room for playing because doing fun activities is part of their development process. Therefore, a lot of parents set up a playroom for their kids at home. Not only functioning as a storage room for dolls and toys, a playroom should be safe as well.
EDUCATION
4 YEARS AGO
Most concrete structures have joints as part of their design. Joints are necessary to accommodate movements in the concrete units caused by thermal contractions and expansions as well as exposure to loading conditions.
