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Apple Corp. is one of the most known, popular and expensive companies in the world. The same it's possible to tell and about architect Norman Foster — the real superstar among architects. And consequently it's not surprising, what Norman Foster has developed the project of new headquarters of Apple Corp.
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The great architect take order only on the most unusual architectural projects, thus the project of new headquarters of Apple will take place in Santa Clara area (California), in immediate proximity from present campus. And if the Pentagon it's a five-pointed star, the new Apple trend it's the circle.
In a new ultra-modern complex on four floors there will be 260,000 sq.m. of office premises, almost 28,000 sq.m. of research laboratories, and also a conference hall for more than one thousand person! Besides, "the green power station" (solar panels, wind turbines) should provide electricity for all floors of a building.
The parking for employees of this headquarters, and also for visitors of Apple Corp. will take place under ground.
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San Antonio City is the trading, tourist, entertaining and cultural center of the USA and consequently is considered one of the most interesting cities of the State of Texas.
Harmonious Cultures of Texas
In the San Antonio the American and Mexican cultures are harmoniously combined. Practically in any government establishment it's possible to communicate to employees both in English, and in Spanish languages. In other words, San Antonio — rather bilingual city. Together with language the city has incorporated also a considerable part of culture of the southern neighbors.
It's especially appreciable during of various musical and ethnographic festivals. Except festivals and holidays, in the city annually have a place various meetings, congresses and meetings among representatives of business elite.From San Antonio it's possible to go to long-day automobile trips across Texas. In total in 200 km to the southeast there are the beautiful sandy beaches of Gulf of Mexico (located at Corpus Christi City).
Other place popular among tourists is Fredericksburg — a city in 100 km to the north from the San Antonio known for the German community, cafe and restaurants.
The main industries of economy of San Antonio are financial services, public health services and tourism. In city center the set of the business centers is constructed not only is functional, but also with specificity of the local style. Besides it, always available an extensive choice of apartments San Antonio of any level of comfort and the price. All it does San Antonio by one of the most beautiful and charming cities of Texas.
Thus, availability of the rich history, beautiful local nature, historical architecture with various cultural mix, and the nice southern climate — is the main reasons to visit of this fine city.
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Property Hierarchy of the USA
Real property cost in the US is influenced by two major factors: a habitation class and disposition neighbouring commune. For example, the neighbouring communes occupied by natives of other countries (emigrants), uses a low demand (The Bronx), hence — such real estate will have a more low-cost price, than in the centre of New York City (Manhattan).
According to forecasts of reality experts, the US commercial real estate till 2012 will decrease in the price, and from this it is possible to draw for itself favourable enough conclusions.Hotel business has suffered from crisis also, it is caused by touristic decrease and total unemployment. Only one North American region costs real capital investments. This region it's Florida.
On Florida's beaches the great variety of entertainments for all tastes and a financial reserve is presented. After a breakfast you can walk along quay, swim for a while on the yacht, sunbathe on a nudist beach, simply look on a girls play into beach volleyball, or make set of other crazy things, for example — trampoline jumping in a step of the real Jamaican rastafari-drummers.
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Utilitarian Refuge
The architectural project by Lindsay Brown Studio on Santa Cruz Island has been inspired by passion of the client to swimming that was reflected on quite utilitarian design elements. The design should be especially steady and resist to the big loadings as the unusual house is constantly subject to gale-force winds.
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Probable Evacuation
On Monday, hurricane Earl behaved violently near to northeast Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico where have happened strong a wind and flooding. The population has been prepared for prospective evacuation. Besides hurricane in this district torrential rains which will lead to flooding of some houses (more attentively with Rent High Point, NC Apartments).The national centre of tracking hurricanes has informed on the fourth category of power of hurricane Earl. Presumably, this time hurricane will not reach East coast though still too early to do exact forecasts about that.
On Tuesday, hurricane went towards the Northern Carolina. Within the next few days torrential rains and flooding from which many highways can suffer there are expected. The authorities convincingly ask people to refrain from distant trips and not rented Luxury Durham, NC Apartments. Because of strong impulses of a wind there is a danger of falling of trees and electric mains. The greatest danger threatens east areas of Northern Carolina.The authorities declare, that evacuation of people from Ocracoke Island is required. The FEMA uses the best efforts, for as small as possible damages from Earl blow. The agency has informed that groups of rescuers are placed on the Virgin Islands, in Puerto Rico and Northern Carolina near to Charlotte, NC Apartments.
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Atlantic City — the Future US Gambling Centre
In particular, Revel Entertainment Group builds a huge gambling complex under name Revel, which will include hotel with 3900 apartments, and also casino & entertaining rooms. Besides it, already known gambling complexes, such as: Borgata, Trump Taj Mahal Casino Resort and Harrah's — also will be modernised.
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Despite the general principles of the work, the largest casinos of Las Vegas differ from smaller and less known casinos in the sizes, luxury, bright and grandiose shows, and, of course, the organisation of game process.
Among the largest casinos of Vegas: Wynn Las Vegas, Mirage, Bellagio.
By the way, in Bellagio takes place the poker championship — World Poker Classic. Entertainments in it a casino — only the best, besides it the meal at magnificent restaurants is presented by dishes from national cooks and the different countries of World.
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Futuristic Skyscraper of Skyscrapers
The Miapolis is conceived as the independent state with the large parkways and green avenues. Miapolis will represent the multipurpose skyscraper having own park of entertainments, an aquapark, an observatory, exotic restaurants, a large quantity of offices and apartments, and also a platform for a luxury panorama of Miami.Now the project searches for investors and, judging by financial forecasts, hardly in their presence the lack will be felt. It's necessary to wish only good luck to this courageous developing.
«It not simply spontaneous decision», — declared the Kobi Karp Company representative. «More than ten years the project of construction of a huge building was in working out. The given project it's not simple satisfaction of architectural ambitions, it also huge economic injections in economy of Miami.
2,5 billion dollars — here the sum which by estimation will annually fill up city treasury. Besides during developing is necessary 46,000 workers, and 35,000 workplaces will appear after building of Miapolis».
For today, the highest building in the World is the Dubai Tower under name Burj Khalifa. The skyscraper height makes 828 metres. The author of the given project is talented American architect Adrian Smith.
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Bachelors Retreat - Tom continues his streak of wining cabin designs, Chicken Point, Tye River and now the Salt Spring Cabin. Minimalism, with a true Masculine feel to it. Solid RSJ girders forming the framework, and a heavy duty shutter mean this vacation box is locked up tight during the week.
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Set on an island north of the San Juans, the exterior metal skin of this single room cabin will be allowed to weather naturally. Inside, wood-finished surfaces create a cozy refuge. A large, weathered steel panel slides across a window wall, securing the space when the owner is away. Tom Kundig
The cabin is harking me back to the simple lines and robust functionality I love. My realm of modern architecture.
Historically, the British Columbia cabin vernacular took materials in their raw state and moved little from them - stained log cabins, with barely the bark removed and flagstone bases.
The Salt Spring Cabin is in the same vein, but it takes raw construction materials and leverage their textures and durability. Usually (don't get me wrong, I'm glad to see the current Cortens binge) we'd see paint over the RSJs or a stain or three on the ply indoors, thankfully not in this case. Bravo to the client, who no doubt sought Tom out from precedence.
A singular structure, south facing, with great thermal mass, mean that the pot belly wood fire (I think its one of these) may not get much use in summer. The left and right doors to the rear though should provide good cross ventilation in summer, as with the front window when not shuttered up.
Winning a recent Residential Architect award the Judges described that fantastic door thus:"The panel —operated by hand like a barn door— is commodity steel pulled off a stack before fabrication. Kundig, FAIA, let the lettering stand as “an authentic mark of its history and in the spirit of allowing materials to age naturally with no ‘protective’ coating that needs maintenance."
I'm off to see what other forest retreats are out there.....
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Photographer: Tim Bies
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World financial crisis has put to the largest city of the State of Texas, Houston, not so significant loss, as to many other American cities. For example, it agree to the data of the Brooklyn institute of researches, the prices for housing accommodation from I quarter of 2008 till I quarter 2009 here have grown on 5%. But even if not to take in attention this positive trend, it is possible to be assured that the megacity has a powerful potential for dynamical development. Low taxes and a favorable investment climate involve new employers to Houston and stimulate growth of the local economy which basis is made by power and medical branches.The city is recognized by the largest medical center of the world. Here, in territory of 400 hectares have taken places 46 medical institutions and institutes in which every year accept 5,5 million patients.
It is interesting that if Houston was the independent state on economic indicators would take of 30th item in the world. In 2006 the journal "Forbes" named a city the best in Texas a place for business dealing, and in a rating on the country it has placed on the third line.
Houston — the sixth mother country on size in the USA with the population of 5,5 million persons. The city is divided into nine municipal districts, possessed on either side of a ring highway. The territory in line of a ring is a business area and the inhabited quarters adjoining to it which have developed still to the Second World War. Downtown it is built up by high-rise office buildings which belong to representations of corporate giants. In several miles to the south from Downtown there is an area where leading museums of the southeast USA, the Texas university and Rice University, and also the Texas medical center are possessed. In 15 minutes of driving to the West from Downtown — a large commercial district Gallery. It is territory of department stores, boutiques, luxury houston apartments, restaurants and hotels which supplies development of the whole municipal district — Uptown Houston. Further modern suburbs with high density of building are possessed. From an outer side the ring is adjoined by so-called sattelite — towns with the population in some thousand persons which are in administrative submission of Houston.
Certainly, the most expensive apartments in Houston is in city boundaries. The prices for apartments and houses here usually begin from $400,000US.But also behind city borders it is impossible to name some objects cheap.
Sattelite-town Clear Lake City is that, for example. This area is considered one of the most prestigious though the prices for housing accommodation here in comparison with elite cottage settlements situated near Moscow seem quite accessible, cost of houses begins from $120-130,000US, apartments — from $90-100,000US.
Is in Houston and housing accommodation of category Luxury. The most expensive area considers Memorial Park (on the hearings, one of manors here belongs to a family of J. Bush). It is one of the first prestigious areas of Houston, with houses-estates on plots with the big trees (that is important for the hot South). Most poor — South Houston which shape reminds traditional descriptions of a ghetto: the old houses, badly dressed people, dust in streets.It is necessary to tell that prestigiousness of area the educational institutions possessed in it — schools not in the last instance define, kindergartens, universities. The housing accommodation price also increases, if nearby there is a golf field or a park zone.
To the market of the real estate of Houston has carried much more, than to the markets of other American cities.
Here the bubble of the prices for square foots was never inflated. Local developers do not test deficiency of plots under building — the blessing the Texas open spaces and not so strict laws of territorial zoning allow to erect one after another new areas of low building, as a matter of fact, cottage settlements in suburbs of Houston (here they are called suburban planned communities). The real estate as it was already mentioned, is quite accessible — the average price of the house of one family makes 221,5 thousand dollars.
It is the highest average cost of housing accommodation since August of last year. A sign of stable development of the market is and the demand which has increased recently for real estate purchase. Experts explain it to that some leasers have realized necessity of acquisition of own living space. Growth is promoted also also by the credit in 8 thousand dollars, issued within the limits of the governmental program on support of buyers of the first housing accommodation, and the low percentage hypothecary rate — 5% annual.The accessible housing accommodation, low cost of an infrastructure and great number of the enterprises granting jobs, have created in Houston favorable conditions for formation and development of the American middle class. Recently the city has entered into the five of the best places of America for residing (according to Apartment Guide). That is why the population here promptly grows. It is expected that within next several years it will increase by one million. In a word, today Houston does not have problems!interior decoration
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Realization time has increased for more than one year, to finish building is planned in the end of 2015 year. Besides an elevated part, the underground station of a high-speed train here will be built. Under the old plan the Ry station should be constructed after terminal start, but simultaneous start saves 100 million dollars and increases chances of attraction of the federal grant in volume of 400 million. Redesign will manage in 15 million.
However in this situation there are some risks. If the grant is not received, 15 million, spent for redesign, will be simply lost. Chris Daly, director Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA), considers, that such risks are justified: “I am a player. And I wish to make a course”.
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