Unique buildings are Made of Unique Material

The residence is an urgent need in addition to clothing, as to have a place to shelter at least be able to protect people from exposure to the weather that is currently difficult to predict. But to get a place to stay was not easy, especially with the price of building materials are expensive. But the man who has a sense, creative and innovative always discount the way to overcome these problems. Here we summarize the five buildings are made of a unique material:
1. Home Plastic Bottles

Recycle materials that can not be decomposed naturally now intensively conducted by lovers and environmentalists, in addition to being an alternative material also can prevent further damage to the ecology. Being alternative materials because it is cheap and easy to obtain, such as beverage bottles. As in Taiwan, there is an exhibition space that the building materials made from the composition of bottles.
While in third world countries, some people must have shelter made of metallic materials were rusted and it was not healthy. While using the arrangement of bottles (already cleaned) indoor air can circulate quickly, and incoming light can be set, especially, the bright lights of sunlight coming through colorful bottles.

2. Home Used Tires

Millions of vehicle tires made of rubber disposed of each year, is burned or recycled. But there is also using old tires as a base material to make a home. Tires are arranged in such a way that has the strength and toughness, so it is good to be used as a wall of the house. And the rubber is a material that quickly absorbs heat, hot and cold, so that the air in the room houses the tire will be stabilized. And for those who do not like the color or smell, the wall can be coated by the wall paper or other plaster.

3. Buddhist Temple Of Beer Bottles

The latter is different from the second list above because it is a building which used to crowds and worship. Wat Pa Maha Chedi there is a Buddhist temple in Thailand, but that makes it unique is the mosaic walls are made of the composition of a beer bottle. In addition to making a mosaic, this bottle wall may at any time give a beautiful light in the temple. The monks who built this temple hopes that more people can take advantage of second-hand goods that are still useful. Especially of goods they buy as bottled drinks and so on.

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10 Most Unique Buildings in the World

Ordinary buildings built with the usual style, but not with the 10 building following its odd shape Constructing buildings building berikutini unique tanpak nah you want to know any kind of building it refer 10 Building the World's Most Unique below.
1.Cubic Houses, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Modern architecture has given the world many stunning buildings.
Unique shape, ambitious designs, new materials, and different styles have been applied to modern architecture in the construction of the current building. The purpose of the building is not always visible in the design.
Piet Blom had an idea cubic houses in 1970. There are several buildings built in Helmond and when the city of Rotterdam asked him to build housing on a pedestrian bridge he chose this concept.
2.Dancing Building, Prague, Czech Republic

 'Dancing Building' is the nickname given to the Nationale-Nederlanden building located in the center of Prague. Designed by Croatian-Czech architect Vlado Milunic collaboration with Frank Gehry, the building was completed in 1996.
3. The Ufo House, Sanjhih, Taiwan

Ufo home in Sanjhih, Taiwan is actually a resort project. It earned the nickname Ufo building for an odd futuristic design.
4.Kansas City Public Library, Missouri, United States

As an incentive to visit the library in downtown Kansas design is made in the form of books, Indeed looks to be a suitable building for storing books.
5.Ferdinand Cheval Palace, France

Ferdinand Cheval Palace was built by a postman in Hauterives, France, which is intended to use it as her own grave but have not received a license for it. The building is now known throughout the world.
6.Forest Spiral Hundertwasser Building, Darmstadt, Germany

Forests Spiral Hundertwasser was built in 2000. Designed by an architect and pelukisAustria, Friedensreich Hundertwasser, the building has 105 apartments and features a colorful and organic design.
7.Guggenheim Museum, Bilbao, Spain

Nervion Guggenheim Museum is a museum of modern and contemporary art designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry. Silhouette of the building resembles a ship, design a random distinguished by its architects to catch the light.
8.Baha'i House of Worship or Lotus Temple, Delhi, India

Baha'i House of Worship mostly known as the Lotus Temple was built in 1986 and is the Mother Temple of the Indian subcontinent. The building is open to people of all faiths.
9.Ripley's Building, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada

Known for a collection of strange things and unbelievable and artifacts Ripley's Believe It or Not !.
10.Crooked House, Sopot, Poland

Built in 2003, this Crooked House designs created by Polish artist Marcin Szancer January and illustrator of children's books Per Dahlberg.

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5 Unusual Architecture in Indonesia

How does it feel to sleep in the bottle house or in a dome-shaped house? Or praying in a temple-shaped mosque or in a mosque that resembled a famous cathedral in Russia?

Followings are five unique architectures in Indonesia that will amaze or perhaps even inspire you.

1. Gunongan in Aceh

Gunongan is a unique mountain-shaped building constructed by Sultan Iskandar Muda in the early 17th century. Rumor has it that gunongan was constructed to cure the longing of the sultan’s wife, Princess Phang, to her hometown in Pahang, Malaysia, which was surrounded by hills. The height of the building which is located in Teuku Umar street is around 9.5 meters and is consisted of three floors.

2. Dome-shaped Houses in Yogyakarta

You may still remember the great earthquake that struck Yogyakarta and surrounding areas in 2006. The earthquake not only claimed thousand lives but also destroyed thousand buildings and houses. In order to prevent similar disaster in the future, a foreign NGO designed an earthquake proof house. The interesting part is that the architecture of this building is very unique, with its dome structure that resembles an eskimo or Teletubbies house!

The construction of these earthquake-proof houses has changed the landscape of the village which makes it different from other nearby villages. Interested to see the houses yourself? Go to Ngelepen Sub-Village, Sumberharjo Village, Prambanan, Yogyakarta.

3. The Bottle House in Bandung

Energy drink is not only useful for improving the body stamina but can also be used to strengthen a house. The Bandung Mayor’s residence in Cigadung street, Bandung, is the perfect example for this.

It use energy drink bottles for the building construction. The use of these bottles were not only function to support the building but also enable the sunlight burst through them. Therefore, you will not need to turn on the lights during the day.

The unique architecture was awarded Green Design Award by BCI (Building Construction Information) Asia in 2009. In addition to helping reduce the amount of waste, it can also reduce the use of air conditioners because the hot air will be trapped inside the bottle. This will eventually reduce electricity consumption and save cost.

4. “Temple” Mosque in Surabaya

Muhammad Cheng Hoo Mosque in Surabaya is located in Gading street Surabaya. This mosque has an unusual shape due to its resemblance to a Chinese temple. The mosque was established by Chinese Muslim community of Surabaya and was completed in 2002. The Chinese architectural style dominates this mosque, from the doorway that resembles a Chinese pagoda to the presence of dragon relief and lion statues.

The name of Cheng Ho is derived from the name of an admiral of Ming Dynasty, China, who led an expedition to Indonesia in early 15th century. The building itself was inspired by Niu Jie Mosque in Beijing and also influenced by Middle Eastern and Javanese architectural styles.

5. “Kremlin” Mosque in Jogja

If you travel from Jogja to Solo, don’t forget to visit “Kremlin” or “Lollipop” Mosque in Solo street, Candisari,  Kalasan, Sleman. This mosque is unique because the dome resembles the St. Basil’s Cathedral dome in Red Square, Moscow, Russia. Many people mistakenly believe that the building is a game centre or a souvenir shop due to the unique and colourful architecture that looks like a candy or fairy castle. The exterior was Russian-inspired. However, it turned out that the pulpit and the interior of An-Nurumi Mosque features a Javanese architectural style.

Curious to witness with your own eyes?

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Luxury Home Design Concepts Mediterranean

Quite difficult to define luxury homes in the most specific sense because in general the type of house has models, shapes, sizes, and designs vary. However, a brief overview of a luxury home is a magnificent house, spacious, interior beautiful exterior design, and synonymous with expensive furniture and classy. Luxury house itself including high-value investment property that belongs only to certain circles. Manufacture of luxury home design must necessarily involve more than one power of professional architects as many variations of both exterior and interior design, so that each part requires special handling. Unlike the kind of minimalist home that maximize the function due to a certain extent, luxury homes tend to prioritize decorations to beautify the appearance of the house to make it look more luxurious and modern. Practically almost all models of luxury homes in Indonesia refers to the European-style architectural design. It can be seen from the model building luxury house itself has large pillars that are common to the front and side of the house. Of course, the placement of this pillar is the character of mansions stately, sturdy, and impressed 'masculine'. Luxury homes are generally designed with a lot of points and geometric elements are formed pillars, porch, or facades. This obviously varies inversely with the general concept of a minimalist home is dominated by box, plain, and almost without ornamentation.

Living in luxury homes such as houses in Italy, Spain, Turkey, Greece, and other European countries today are not just limited to the dream. In Indonesia today has developed a luxury home designs which adopts the architectural style of the houses in developed countries such as the countries in Europe. The architectural design of this model is the Mediterranean-style home, with a concept like this we hope to someone can live in modern luxury housing and can be easily realized. Decorative Elements Luxury Home Design Concepts Mediterranean Decorative elements as well as ground color is applied to the wall of the house into one characteristic Mediterranean building design. Indeed, most of the houses with a Mediterranean concept tend to use natural terracotta color or other colors such as classic European home. The thickness and density of the results of the process of painting in general is not the same as compared to the minimalist house or other houses in general. Interestingly, the design of the Mediterranean can be applied to any size home. In fact, the design is very suitable for occupancy in tropical countries such as Indonesia. Typical character Luxury Home Design Concepts Mediterranean Mediterranean style home design that is more flexible and has a distinctive character. There is a certain part of the field of home design that distinguishes the Mediterranean with other home design. Mediterranean house roof design models generally use gable design, while on the walls dominated by natural materials such as marble or stone art is worth more. The window size is smaller than the usual home and generally rectangular box with the top of the semicircle curved design. The main door of the design of most of the Spanish Renaissance style and classic European home. But there is also a rectangular door model is also equipped with a ventilation rectangular or half circle. The presence of Mediterranean design should be considered as well as a solution for those who need a modern dwelling house that looks more luxurious, especially for us who live in big cities. And what about us who do not have more budget to build a model house Mediterranean? Mediterranean style home is not always synonymous with luxury home design, but tend to be more flexible so as to adjust the size of the house. In other words, the house with the concept and design of the Mediterranean can be applied in a minimalist house with all its limitations. The most important in the design of the house is the comfort and ease of factors must be a priority, and the concept of the Mediterranean is the answer to these factors.

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Model Minimalist Simple

Regardless of the extent or size of which varies, many factors that confer a benefit if we choose simple minimalist model homes. This type of model homes in addition to the relatively low price / low, the shape is also more simple and compact so it is easier in terms of treatment. Minimalist simplicity of the look of the building of this size is not too large and is located on a plot of land is limited. In the context of a minimalist home is simple but it tends to be easier to maintain because it only consists of a standard room like a living room, family room, bedroom, kitchen and bathroom. Although there is usually minimal ornamentation, does not mean at all that simple minimalist home is not allowed to have ornaments. Ornaments may exist but this part does not become excessive so that the element of simplicity becomes a higher priority. Minimalist design characteristics generally is the dominance of straight lines and bold field elongated box. Geometric designs such as field curve, circle like a ball may be only part of certain parts and even then it was minimal. In terms of color, apply a model of a house is more neutral colors which tend to be soft. Bright colors like red, orange, or yellow usually just as an accent or color variation that is not too flashy looks minimalist and boring. Simple minimalist home design itself is usually followed by the exterior design is also minimalist, as part of the fence and the house garden. For the interior you can see Simple Home Interior Design.

Fence Minimalist Simple Minimalist fence is usually a simple model, bantang series designed iron rods perpendicular, but there is also a straight sloping shape with variations in the upper arch. Referring to building design that uses the concept of minimalism, the fence is also no carving at all. If there is a slight accent in the middle, usually only in the form of rod-bantang with the position in the opposite direction. Or it could be a box full of accent or triangle model in the middle of the fence. Simple minimalist model homes rarely use a fence with iron materials are generally expensive. If using metal and even then the price can be considered medium or low. Here, all focused on the design, which means that although the materials are cheap, but it must be modern and special designs. The choice of colors for the fence is usually aligned with the front wall color. For example, if the wall color is gray, the color of the fence is usually black. Another if the fence dark brown if the walls ivory colored beige. If the fence element is designed without ornaments, as well as minimalist colors and smooth without any variation. Parks Minimalist Simple Garden houses including the house exterior or exterior which is needed to meet the criteria for a healthy home. Despite the small size, but the existence of the park was able to increase the overall beauty of the landscape of home. Small gardens are lush usually placed in front of the house and like the fence that implements the concept of minimalism, this park also uses the same concept, that there are many types of plants or flowers, but only a few plants are simple and not too dense. In addition to a small garden, usually the corner of the front page there is a rather large plants. In addition to these plants as decoration are used to produce oxygen into the atmosphere so that simple minimalist house remains cool and comfortable. Complementary Minimalist Simple Completing a simple model of a minimalist home, bathroom section also requires the same design with a touch of another room. But generally bathrooms have characteristics much simpler than any other room in the house. It can be seen from the ceramic motif that is not too crowded or inclined plain. Usually tiles for bathroom floor tiles from the rough texture that is applied to the wall. Do not forget to see the Newest Model Prefabricated Houses

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Modern Minimalist House photo

Quite relevant if we interpret as modern minimalist house with furniture and ornaments Minimal, but more dynamic, precise, and functional. Given the basic principles of minimalist house itself further maximize functionality and minimize decoration, so natural that most people prefer this type of model homes because in terms of making apparently does not require excessive budgets. With at least we can see from the pictures or photos modern minimalist house where the house is synonymous with vertical lines and horizontal firm, combined with the dominance of neutral colors such as white, gray, black, and beige. But remember, not all houses with characteristics such as the present can be considered a minimalist home. In fact, sometimes the word "minimalist" to be followed by a minimalist budget, but too far from the truth. This is the cost to build a house that is said to be not completely minimalist comparable with the cost to be minimal. It is not uncommon for building houses at a unit cost of construction is supposed minimalist tend to be more expensive than homes without minimalist concept. Well, in anticipation of the unnecessary expenditure of funds while gaining the modern minimalist house in a real sense, there are certain criteria that must be met in a minimalist house itself.

Terms minimalist Model homes modern minimalist simple and dynamic when viewed from the side of the house, especially for the interior design, the main core of the house is minimalist. Departing from the design here is really minimalist is not confined to specific rules or grip there. Not only that, minimalist concept synonymous with simple impression and expressly does not make the design of the house seemed 'arrogant'. To realize a minimalist house building pure, minimalist house design must meet the following criteria: Has a land / Area Open Modern minimalist house image usually only show the physical shape of the building from the outside while the interior is still less attention. So here also must be told that the house is minimalist, especially the inside there is a lot more open area, and is dominated by a large wall. In a minimalist house itself usually use natural light including a main priority. That is why the type of house a more open area that is visualized on the large size windows and vents. The goal for the overall space supply gets enough light and facilitate air circulation. Minimalist home there is not much plot. In other words, all designed to tighten and straight from front to back. Dominant Color White and Grey In terms of choice of color modern minimalist house design almost certainly apply a minimalist white color as well as the dominant color. As a complement or accent usually use wood elements and metal gray, or use black. Special interior space, minimalist home decoration accessories there are many types such as paintings, calligraphy and artwork. Quite often there is wallpaper on the wall, but not too many patterns and motifs. Kitchen Set For a minimalist kitchen space generally apply the same color as the other chamber, which is white. The reason is obvious that for the kitchen looks clean and tidy. In the design of modern minimalist house two floors of this section is usually equipped with a kitchen set with matching color. Not only for storage of kitchen utensils and cutlery, kitchen set placement are able to make the kitchen look more luxurious, modern and aesthetic. Parks and Plant minimalist Parks may be less exposed clearly in the photo minimalist home, but this part is also an important component in modern minimalist house. Parks too many flowers and plants was also not too good, in fact it is often regarded as an error. Examples of plants in accordance with the character of a minimalist home is a cactus, a plant or flower that is neutral.

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Minimalist Luxury Homes

Either because the model is minimalist or because of other factors, kind of minimalist home is so popular in the community, but it is now almost every design is always followed by the word "minimalist". For example, a simple minimalist house, minimalist luxury homes, fences minimalist, minimalist garden, minimalist kitchen, and more. It seems like all the designs, especially with regard to the house is not complete without frills minimalism, although minimalist taste itself is not necessarily understood let alone implemented. So what exactly is the definition of a word, this minimalist and what effect if applied to the design concept of the house? Minimalist words that are popular into an appendage after the word home and other words can be defined as a form of simple design and simple. Simple in this case can be interpreted using minimal materials and are not too expensive, but it can produce a tiny house design, beautiful, precise, neat, combined with bold colors. So even though there is the nature and extent of any size, minimalist house prioritize functionality with features clean house and there are many geometric lines so as to create a more streamlined design. To get the full effect of minimalist typically use multifunctional elements that promote effectiveness. Minimalist look is also reinforced with a mixture of vertical or horizontal lines so that the design looks more open and neatly on the wall.

Minimalist Design Concepts Luxury Homes Similarly, luxury homes around which also uses the same concept. Perhaps the only difference is the size of the home. As the concept of minimalist home in general, factors lighting (lighting) plays an important role to realize a minimalist model homes. To further highlight the general home lighting minimalist elements by placing good quality and bright lights. Purpose lighting to give the effect of a more clean and modern covers an entire room in the house. Not only the space that should be highlighted lighting, basic colors in a luxury home should also be taken into account, and aims to maximize the minimalist elements. To strengthen the minimalist style that is applied is usually home only use neutral colors such as white and black. In this case the white color is used as the dominant color, while the black color for the accent firmly. As with simple minimalist, white and black colors are often applied in equal portions. An example can be seen in the design of the floor using wood materials tend darker. In contrast to the minimalist house simple, minimalist design luxury homes might be a concept to explore some of the colors in the room, especially the bedrooms. Bright colors that give effect to light such as orange, red, or yellow when combined in a single color will give a more interesting contrast effect. Of course, for some applications this color should be distinguished where the dominant color and the colors that are used as accents for a luxury home. In other words, the application of each color to be distinguished. The combination of colors is not only applied to the wall but can also be obtained from the whole room elements such as furniture or furniture, trinkets and accessories. With a portion of balance, of course, this color combination could give effect more attractive, bright, and estesis. Given the topic this time is a luxury minimalist, then less afdol if we only pay attention to every part of the minimalist. Here the impression of luxury can be obtained from the proper arrangement of the room layout minimalist home. Basically the layout of all the elements in the room needs to be considered, such as the arrangement of sofas, cabinets, tables, and other furniture. Not only provide space more space, but the setting right and systematic layout is one of the key interior design of luxury homes.

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