Popular Toys for Preschoolers
If you are searching for new toys for your preschooler, you will be pleasantly surprised with all the choices available ... . There are many toys that allow them to play house or to pretend they are building a new house or tall skyscraper ... . Some systems also teach writing, art, science and other subjects. There are laptop designs as well [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 07:00:48
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How To Make The Most Of Your Closets
When you build a new house or just move to a new home, a major task is deciding how to lay out and/or organize the Closets ... condition. You will find several closet designs offered in various stores. This will easily assist you in attaining your final goal of improved storage space. You may get closet designs that are plain [more...]
Date: 2009-01-02 13:35:01
Cai Guo-Giang Courtyard House by Studio Pei Zhu
This Residence for an artist calls for the restoration of a historically significant classical Chinese Siheyuan Courtyard House in Beijing, with a new building addition within its compound. “The house is about 200 years old. Here, we have had the budget to create a house that belongs to old beijing and to the modern city. It is simple [more...]
Date: 2009-01-15 22:56:59
A Slightly Worrying Thought...
Folks, I'm beginning to wonder if we haven't been slightly barking up the wrong tree with the Equestrian Events in the Park in 2012 ... Museum which we discussed recently. If you recall, they're going to knock down some Victorian buildings and build a new, unexciting but not particularly offensive wing to house - well - not very much [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 14:58:38
Local Color
I snapped these at the church before the social on Saturday night. The clouds were gorgeous, and the air smelled like rain ... websites for building plans for new old houses in the Craftsman and bungalow styles, some of which ... t turn out so well. Here is a charming brick house cue the soundtrack , complete with my beloved [more...]
Date: 2008-06-30 10:27:01
Decided to build a house
Yes folks, we’ve decided to build a house… There’s a few reasons.. For one, the government is kind enough to offer us $24,000 for a new home ... ! The down side, it’s a bit of a commute to work. We started looking around at house designs here at Home ... ; land package. Now for the uninformed, house & land packages are usually where the builder [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 12:18:17
Jump gives Engine the right Design
The well-known UK communications and marketing group Engine would definitely be pleased with their decision of hiring Jump Studios for designing its new five-storey building on Great Portland Street. The building ... that could house and appeal to a vast range of tastes and cultures. The designers have used [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 14:11:47
Parks for revitalization - Dr. King would approve, I think
The image just below, which photographer Bill Lim has made available to us through the wonder of the Creative Commons, ... buildings, run-down warehouses, and shoddy housing near the Tenderloin," according to a new article ... of development-and they often serve as the anchor for the old and new buildings around them. From Boston [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 14:47:43
How To Build A House, Construction Check Off List
2565422169_b230d1ab69.jpg Ok, here we are. We have a building lot that has been cleared and pilings are set for our new “ocean style” house on pilings in Holden Beach, NC but how did we get our construction to this point? As a builder, it’ ... House plans must be submitted to county for approval and permit. Costs are around $800 If you [more...]
Date: 2008-06-10 00:40:14
Modulex: Legos for grown-ups
Date: 2008-10-15 20:23:08
Notes from the Field: New Orleans Loses a Valued Leader
Rev. Marshall Truehill, a staunch ally in our battle over the demolition of the New Orleans public housing developments, and more recently, ... of this confident preacher. As the representative of the National Trust for Historic Preservation in New Orleans ... about saving and re-using old buildings, that it was really about whether housing policies for [more...]
Date: 2009-01-06 19:45:36
On Dream Homes
Looking for inspiration for your dream home? Are you ready to get started building? ... you a totally modernist style house on a realistic budget. Other plans that you can choose from are narrows, prairie styles, southern houses, colonial homes, new england plans, beach house and many [more...]
Date: 2008-08-06 17:06:00
Brentwood’s Town Center one step closer
Planning Commission Gives Nod to Two New Town Center Buildings By MELISSA WEBB Correspondent mwebb@charterinternet ... in the city. The Commission approved site plans and the revised final plat presented by Brookside Properties for two new buildings. Three lots (including the former home of the Carriage House Cleaners [more...]
Date: 2008-10-06 11:43:00
Spoil Your Own Country BROWNSKI Not Ours’
Immigrants Have Taken 40% of all Homes Built in Last Decade December 4, ... European immigration since 2005. The Brown Government plans to build three million new houses in the UK ... by the Home Office. Nearly 600,000 properties have been needed to house immigrants since 1997 — [more...]
Date: 2008-12-04 17:31:20
A Strawbale House?
A Strawbale House? Author: Mrs. M / Category: framing, home building, insulation, methodology, trends This concept is new to me: ... other home: a concrete basement or slab, a wooden joist floor, a sill with wood studs that support ... . I mean… hay?? When I think of hay, I think of dusty, moldy, scratchy bales of yellow hay. Hay gets wet [more...]
Date: 2008-09-20 23:18:04
Upzoning approved for St. George
September 14, 2008 After several years of downzoning much of the borough to curb sprawling housing developments, ... say the office vacancy rate currently hovers around 13 percent and where plans to build a new $200 ... on building up retail on busier blocks by requiring storefronts of the first floor of residential [more...]
Date: 2008-09-14 02:43:14
Despite program, new members dis-oriented
Despite program, new members dis-oriented POSTED November 18, 2008 | 12: ... of Congress. Monday on Capitol Hill was Orientation Day for incoming House freshman — and it showed. As lots of new faces wandered the halls of the Cannon House Office Building, pols-to-be asked [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 18:47:26
BP reveal plans for Birmingham magistrates’ court.
18th November, 2008. — Simon Birmingham Post have revealed the new Birmingham magistrates’ court. O ... building is set to house 24 court rooms over 13 storeys. Work is expected to get under way ... glazed public entrance at ground floor level is accessed through a public courtyard [more...]
Date: 2008-11-18 21:40:06
Meta MoCo This Week
This week's MoCo picks. + Brad Pitt's Make it Right houses in New Orleans get built at TreeHugger ... . "13 of the world's top architects were commissioned to design green, sustainable houses and is building 150 of them.". modern_modular_the_shed.jpg + The Collins and Turner Bombala Farmhouse [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 20:19:06
It’s News To M_A - 1/20/09
cross-posted at WWL, M_A’s & OWL Stories of note from the WakeTheFuckUp news desk… ... had been building a new house for himself; it had been pulverised and lay in ruins. Earlier [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 12:38:07
A Sneak Peek at Frank Gehry's New Headquarters
As we reported back in early November, starchitect Frank Gehry is planning to move closer to the sea soon, ... new building. Here's a bit: The 3.53-acre campus consists of two 1950s warehouse buildings, which are being upgraded and expanded. A 50,000-square-foot main building will house Gehry offices [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:00:05
The Energy Challenge - No Furnaces but Heat Aplenty in Innovative ‘Passive Houses’ - Series - NYTimes.com
By ELISABETH ROSENTHAL DARMSTADT, Germany — From the outside, there is nothing unusual about the stylish new gray and orange row houses in the Kranichstein District, with wreaths on the doors and Christmas lights twinkling through a freezing drizzle. But these houses are part of a revolution in building design: There are no drafts, [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 13:16:00
Build your dream home
I am planning to buy a new house and only then I realized how tough a job it is as it involves a lot of careful planning ... from. I have always craved for having Contemporary house plans. I bumped into houseplansandmore.com website where I found almost all types of house plans like Bungalow House plans, English Cottage plans [more...]
Date: 2008-12-30 04:50:45
Corporate America sells Obama, message of change
The guys hawking Barack Obama T-shirts and trinkets on the corners of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building ... to mark the change in the White House. It is relatively rare for corporations leery of alienating ... . The hometown Washington Post plans four separate editions on Tuesday and Wednesday along with an [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 11:30:52
East Bay: Old Style Meets New Tech in New Oakland Listing
By Home Girl: Fresh on the block is a substantial contemporary home at 5881 Snake Avenue Road in Montclair, ... of the easy categories we assign to East Bay homes, such as Craftsman, brown-shingle, or post-fire new build. Completed this month — literally — it’s 4,000 ft of house with lots of crafty touches as well [more...]
Date: 2008-12-05 13:15:37
Corporate America Cashes In With Obama
Big business, the supposedly right-wing, conservative entity that thwarts "progress" ... of downtown Washington have some new competition in the selling frenzy building up to the president ... in the White House. It is relatively rare for corporations leery of alienating consumers with any whiff [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:49:28
Britain’s Eleco (ELCO) Offers Recession-Proof Profit Stream
Building suppliers aren't exactly popular right now. Today, US housing market data revealed existing home prices fell by a record 9.5% in August ... by subsidiary Bell & Webster, which has just opened a new facility at Haveringham. Work for the public sector should provide some defence against the slowdown of house building that affects 14 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-25 14:59:22
The House
The House Mr. A wants to refinance. I want to move. If not now, in two years when he leaves the new job. I am a rolling stone ... of my childhood, my parents talked about the dream house they were going to build. They built it when I was 16 ... . I have imagined my house for a variety of styles of homes available in our town. I could [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 02:32:35
All hail the new Eater in Chief
We may not have gotten the Farmer in Chief we were dreaming for, ... - not only to create new jobs, but to lay a new foundation for growth. We will build the roads ... speeches. And check it out — the White House website now has a blog! ShareThis [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 17:49:08
TV Tonight: Rum Ration
(TV Tonight, Friday, January 16th, 2009) A new episode of Colossal Construction builds a container ship, and we also get a new How It’s Made. All times are central. This Old House (DIY, 5:30 pm) How It’s Made: Springs, Pavers, Pianos [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:00:19
Club House Revamp Causes Concern by Lee Landor - Queens Chronicle
Read original... A landmarked Richmond Hill building riddled with uncertainty since 2001 will have a new future, ... on the Colonial Revival-style building earlier this month by demolishing its interior. He has left its outer ... Hill Republican Club House, a 100-year-old structure that sits on Lefferts Boulevard facing [more...]
Date: 2008-06-28 22:06:41
Review: Home Girl
Date: 2008-11-01 10:06:00
A portal into space, and it's in my backyard
Posted 12/17/2008 01:00:00 PM New Mexico got final approval this week to build a commercial spaceport 40 miles from my house ... near my home in Las Cruces are a go. There’s one final hurdle before the spaceport will be built ... more than $200 million developing SpaceShipTwo, which it plans to use to ferry paying customers into space [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 20:00:00
Opposition to demolition of building near New Acropolis Museum
I am not entirely clear why this is a news item again - as nothing seems to have changejd significantly in the case since the decision by Greece’s ... Marcus Binney, Architecture Correspondent Plans to demolish a handsome Art Deco house that will block ... member of the Athens Academy who worked in Paris, Istanbul and Dublin. The house was initially [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 13:52:41
Obama Gets Personal Google Earth Update
Today, the 20th of January 2009, the USA inaugurates its 44th President: Mr Barack Obama ... . Then a parade is held from the Capitol Building to the White House. Google Maps Mania has a summary ... through some clever blending of new aerial and older satellite images. Read more about this on Ogle [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 14:16:00
Volunteers Build A House To Celebrate Obama’s Inauguration
Date: 2009-01-21 03:54:46
Welcome to Washington! Visitors Center Opens Late & Hugely Over Budget
ABC's Tom Shine from Washington, DC: I hope Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid can find the time to give the auto execs a tour of the new 621 million ... ." Phillip Kennicott, writing in the same paper this morning calls "it is a historic and aesthetic ... buildings." While House and Senate leaders congratulate each other over a project that is hundreds [more...]
Date: 2008-12-02 14:58:30
Is ‘New Yorker’ Critic James Wood Creating an Army of Like-minded Young Novelists?
Photo-illustration: Everett Bogue; Photos: Getty Images, istockphoto Indisputably, the answer is yes, as revealed by Leon Neyfakh in the Observer ... to do with them once he's got them assembled? Are his plans peaceful? Or does he intend for his armies to depose Sam Tanenhaus at the Times Book Review? Storm the Random House building? Take over [more...]
Date: 2008-07-23 20:45:45
Custom Home Building
Custom Home Building Categories: Uncategorized Purchasing homes today due to the economic turmoil the whole world is facing is definitely harder ... , has found a new residence in the White House. It’s quite an irony that an economic meltdown ... for most. Even if we have a new president inaugurated just this morning, I think the words [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 22:22:51
Everhouse: A new plan for post-Katrina homes
John Sawyer’s vision for the next phase of Katrina recovery revolves around a simple home. Three years after hurricanes Katrina and Rita battered the Gulf Coast, housing remains a major problem in the region. There’s a shortage of skilled labor to build new homes, insurance rates have skyrocketed, [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 15:36:54
Stimulus spending, transportation and bicycling
The U.S. House of Representatives Appropriations Committee has been working on "The American Economic Recovery and Reinvestment Act" ... that public transit in the recovery package builds a foundation for the new economy and lifts up low-income ... of our economy, ourselves, our environment, and our wallets. Use your tax cut to buy, fix, repair or upgrade [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 22:16:51
Calvin Klein Battles Preservation Board and Neighbor Over Design of His Future Southampton Home
One of the reasons you probably chosen to not own an oceanfront house in the Hamptons is because it sounds like a major ... it all the more, as he's in the middle of an ongoing back and forth with the Southampton Village's Board of Historic ... neighbor Mr. William J. Williams Jr. wrote that the proposed new buildings do not fit [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 11:01:38
US Ambassador Fraker’s Farewell to the Kingdom
It’s not widely known, but all US Ambassadors, career or politically appointed, ... . The decision retain them or accept the resignation is held by the White House as ambassadors serve ... and Technology. In addition, the United States has purchased land in Jeddah upon which to build a new [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 16:08:05
If You Build It Green, They Will Come…
Date: 2009-01-19 17:25:29
Shaw Foundation Alumni House
The new Alumni House for the National University of Singapore graduates.It looks ultra modern ya? Love the design of this building. [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 18:45:13
President Obama’s First Address
After hours in the cold watching Barack Obama be sworn in and give his first address as president of the United States, ... And while writing this, I’m discovering this statement on the new White House website under foreign ... assistance to achieve that goal. This will help the world’s weakest states build healthy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 21:19:12
CC & A.J. press conference roundup
CC & A.J. press conference roundup December 19, 2008 A few thoughts from Thursday's initial-crazy press conference .. ... that dream house he was building in Southern California? It's history. He and his family plan to buy a home in northern New Jersey and make it their residence year-round - for at least the next seven years [more...]
Date: 2008-12-19 05:49:55
O'zapft is! ... in Fredericksburg
O'zapft is! Originally uploaded by cizauskasHomebrewer Lyle Brown celebrated, Friday evening, ... to move smoothly (other than a line to get in at about 8pm). The restoration of the old building ... as a keg of his award-winning beer was tapped at the new Fredericksburg, Va. Capital Ale House [more...]
Date: 2008-11-08 12:56:21
Congressional Motors Introduces 2012 Top of the Line
The New Detroit - An aerial view of the Capitol Building in Washington, where the Democrat Party-controlled House of Representatives conduct the public’s business. If the actions of Congress pass the proposed $14 billion bailout package for GM, Chrysler, and Ford [more...]
Date: 2008-12-11 21:05:00
High/Low Prices for 2008
It's almost time to say goodbye to 2008.As the year heads to the rear-view mirror, ... there is a downside: one side of the house abuts 2nd St., one of the busiest streets in the Hills.The ... cottage (3br/2ba, 1550 sq. ft.) that unfortunately backs up onto a new commercial building and is only [more...]
Date: 2008-12-31 03:48:00
