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World House News Tuesday, June 9, 2009 House price fell again in April The average house price fell by 0.3% that month, with the yearly rate of decline remaining at 16.2%, the same as it was in March. The average home was value £152,898 in April, down by £29,659 over the year. Last week the nationwide building society, one of the UK's biggest mortgage lenders, suggested that UK house prices chosen up by 1.2% in May, the second increase it had recorded in the past three months. That was the newest of a number of pointers suggesting that the slump in the property market may be slowing down. But with lenders still rationing their lending to both new and existing borrowers, sales are still far lesser than a year ago. Over the past year though prices have fallen sharply in all places, with the largest fall being recorded in the South West, where prices fell by 18% in the twelve months to April. posted by cedar @ 11:00 PM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Thursday, June 4, 2009 Copenhagen's Newer Koncerthuset and Oslo new Opera House When Oslo's Opera House opened in April of last year, it immediately became one of the Norwegian capital's central attractions. A side promotes to the award-winning building, designed by the local architectural firm Snohetta and popular for its sloping walk-way roof that juts over the harbor, is that after nearly a century of lobbying, Norwegian Opera has a special home and thus a crack at international prominence. Then, in January, Copenhagen unveiled a big blue cube that also is a main new concert hall. Designed by the French architecture star, Jean Nouvel, this is the largest venue since Walt Disney Concert Hall opened in Los Angeles in 2003 to have acoustics by Yasuhisa Toyota. It was built for the different ensembles supported by Danish Radio, but the DR Symphony, Denmark's most important orchestra, gets the biggest boost. posted by cedar @ 11:25 PM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Thursday, May 7, 2009 Best Five Most Expensive houses 1. Formerly the home of Bill Gates, but now belonging to really rather rich Roman Abramovich, the Villa La Leopolda in Nice, France would set you back approximately £250,000,000 ($1/2 a billion). 2. The billionaire establish of the Renco Group, Ira Rennert, owns a place in Sagaponack, New York, and at 63 acres of grounds, is considered by many to be the largest residential compound in the whole of America. The house itself has 29 bedrooms, 39 bathrooms, as well as the common gigantic dining room, sport courts and bowling alley. The property is appreciated at roughly $170,000,000-180,000,000. 3. With neighbors like Elton John and the Queen of England, Updown Court in Surrey, UK is going to be a rather corrupt household. Launched with a cost of £70,000,000 (roughly $140,000,000) and still unsold as of May this year. 4. Donald Trump owns this 18-bedroom waterfront palace, which is scheduled as costing £125,000,000. Situated in Florida. 5. In Bridgehampton, New York, there sits a $75,000,000 estate that has its own golf course! Called "Three Ponds" due to the fact that it has, er, three, and the liberal grounds also house 14 different gardens, each with their own theme! posted by cedar @ 4:51 AM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Monday, April 27, 2009 Synopsis on Passive house Passive house refers to the rigorous, voluntary, Passivhaus standard for energy efficiency in buildings. It results in ultra low energy buildings that require little energy for space heating or cooling. A passive House is a very well-insulated, virtually air-tight building that is primarily heated by passive solar gain and by internal gains from people, electrical equipment etc. Energy losses are minimized. Any remaining heat demand is provided by an extremely small source. This house is constructed not only for residential properties but also for office buildings, schools, kindergartens and supermarket. There are nearly 15,000 to 20,000 passive houses in the world. Windows play an important role in passive ways. It can reduce heat loss despite their large areas of glazing and allow the sunlight to produce additional heat through the glass. posted by cedar @ 9:33 PM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Monday, March 2, 2009 Known about building materials Building materials usually considered to be 'green' include rapidly renewable plant materials like bamboo and straw, lumber from forests certified to be sustainably managed, ecology blocks, dimension stone, recycled stone, recycled metal, and other products that are non-toxic, reusable, renewable, and/or recyclable (e.g. Trass, Linoleum, sheep wool, panels made from paper flakes, compressed earth block, adobe, baked earth, rammed earth, clay, vermiculite, flax linen, sisal, seagrass, cork, expanded clay grains, coconut, wood fibre plates, calcium sand stone, high and ultra high performance concrete, etc. ) Building materials should be extracted and manufactured locally to the building site to reduce the energy embedded in their transportation. posted by cedar @ 3:00 AM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Monday, February 23, 2009 Architectural style of 20th century This period is rich in style and texture as architects looked to the future with design innovation that were optimistic and influenced by international trends. At the same time, they continued to draw inspiration from the past and those traditional American styles that have become established in various regions. From the International, Art Deco, and Modern styles with their cosmopolitan flair and Bauhaus roots to the traditional Colonial Revival styles in its various guises, American architecture had something for everyone. During this period, architects and builders regularly borrowed stylistic elements from various periods. In some respects it’s difficult to assign many homes any single style. posted by cedar @ 12:39 AM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share   Sunday, February 15, 2009 Qualities of passive houses The air is fresh, and very clean. Note that for the parameters tested, and provided the filters (minimum F6) are maintained. This can be counteracted somewhat via opening the window for a very short time, plants and indoor fountains. However, it must be noted that failure to exchange air with the outside during occupied periods is not advisable. Because of the high resistance to heat flow (high R-value insulation), there are no "outside walls" which are colder than other walls. Since there are no radiators, there is additional space on the rooms' walls. Inside temperature is homogeneous; it is not possible to have single rooms (e.g. the sleeping rooms) at a different temperature from the rest of the house. Bedroom windows can be cracked somewhat to alleviate this when necessary. The temperature changes only very slowly - with ventilation and heating systems switched off, a passive house naturally loses less than 0.5 °C (1 °F) per day (in winter), stabilizing at around 15 °C (59 °F) in the central European climate. Opening windows or doors for a little time has only a very limited effect; after the windows are closed, the air very quickly returns to the "normal" temperature. The air inside Passive Houses, due to the lack of ventilating cold air, is much drier than in 'Standard' Houses. posted by cedar @ 11:33 PM permanent link   | Post a Comment | 0 comments  Share

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