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Wednesday, October 7, 2015

Enjoy the natural beauty of Green Hills is housed on the most popular hotels in Lonavala

Enjoy the natural beauty of Green Hills is housed on the most popular hotels in Lonavala - Located in the district of Pune in Maharashtra, Lonavala is a beautiful hill station in the high ranges of the Sahyadri Mountains. Set amid the forested ranges of the Western Ghats, this hill station is a weekend getaway perfect Pune and Mumbai. It also serves as a starting point to visit the famous Buddhist caves dug into the rock of Karla and Bhaja. Besides enjoying soaking in the beauty of this place, travelers also love to enjoy the excitement among their green valleys and peaks. Zigzag valleys have an ideal place to enjoy the adrenaline topography. Some of the most popular tourist places are Ryewood Park, Duke nose, Tiger Leap, Bhushi Dam and Fort Visapur. Besides enjoying a tour of this charming hill station, travelers can also enjoy a pleasant and peaceful stay in hotels in Lonavala.

The charm and delicacy of the place has always attracted the attention of nature lovers and honeymooners. Monsoons accentuate the beauty of the surrounding emerald, and therefore most travelers visit this place during this season. Therefore, it is always best to have a reservation in some of the finest budget hotels in Lonavala to avoid any last minute hassles.

Accommodation

Lonavala, being a popular hill station in Maharashtra, is all dotted with a number of luxury hotels and budget. As there is no shortage of hotels in Lonavala but finding the best one can be a bit tricky. It is the location and the surrounding area that most travelers focus on. Travelers have their own preferences and desires, and therefore seek some of the best options complacent. From 5-star and 3-star hotels to budget and cheap hotels, there are a number of options to choose amenities from the list. In general, all these properties are located near the train station and the bus stop so that travelers can reach them conveniently.

These establishments provide for a comfortable stay in well equipped and spacious rooms. These rooms are well furnished and boast all the basic and modern amenities like soft beds, sofas, bathrooms, closets and balconies. Most budget hotels in Lonavala also provides for services such as LCD, mini-bar, electronic safe, direct dial telephone and Internet.

Dining area

Famous for its hard candy jaggery delicacy - chikki, Lonavala offers travelers a number of opportunities to enjoy your gustatory delights with a dining room or street sumptuous delicacies. Most budget hotels in Lonavala have their cuisine restaurants on site. They cater to guests with a tray full of delicious flavors, so they can relieve their appetites. From delicious snacks refreshing beverages and delicious desserts, all these hotels organized for top class dining arrangements. Some hotels also have bars luxury house, where guests can sample some of the most famous alcoholic beverages.

Travelers can enjoy a comfortable stay in some of the best hotels in Lonavala for your vacation. So that they can make a selection from the range of ranging from star category of hotel accommodations at affordable prices. Luxury or budget hotels in Lonavala, most of these establishments offer beautiful views of the valleys and peaks, making the trip truly memorable vacation of your guests.

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Thursday, August 29, 2013

Easy Ways to Make Modern Minimalist Home Decoration

Easy Ways to Make Modern Minimalist Home Decoration
The dream of every homeowner is to make your home a pleasure to live if you have just moved into a new home or are looking to refresh your existing decor , here are some ideas to add a bit of novelty in your home.

Often the problem behind home interiors is poorly designed with too many elements competing for attention. It is very tempting to choose items that are large and showy to fill a living room , but this is counterproductive. An ideal room or room should contain both striking and complementary elements . Carpets and furniture go well together , and can serve as focal points in the room. Buy rugs that draw attention to the main piece of furniture in the room as the sofa . Or use carpets themselves as centerpieces other items around . School furniture and small tables or even cushions and flower vases are great when used for accent colors in the room. A room that is full of contrasting colors can be vibrant or tax .

The Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland

The Hotel Kakslauttanen in Finland is in fact an Igloo Village, at which you can have your pick of 20 unique glass and snow igloos for your stay. They aren’t ice houses, but 31 well-maintained log cabins – built from a very special thermo glass that keeps them warmth and comfortable. Because of that, the temperature inside the Igloos is always a normal room temperature and the igloos inhabitants won’t feel any of the polar cold.

The Igloo Village Kakslauttanen boasts a World’s Largest Snow Restaurant. You can enjoy a drink at the Ice Bar, or visit the Ice Gallery for local art, or try the world’s largest smoke sauna if you get a chance, or throw the most memorable wedding or christening at the Ice Chapel.

The surrounding Finnish Lapland scenery is incredible – it’s a prime spot for marveling at the northern lights throughout the winter. When sleeping in the glass igloos you are able to for viewing the amazing natural phenomena – Aurora Borealis and the millions of stars in the sky. The experience is also unforgettable when there is a snowstorm…

New 7 star hotel in Dubai

Apeiron Hotel is a design concept for a new 7 star hotel in Dubai. Developer and construction schedule have not been announced as of October 2007. The Apeiron Hotel would be the second 7 star hotel to be built in Dubai (The Burj Al Arab hotel was the first 7 star hotel). Designed by UKâ€™s Sybarite Architects, the hi-tech futuristic hotel would feature a two-storeyed jungle at the top of the 28-storeyed building. The seven star hotel is an US $350 million project that would be 300m from the coast of Dubai. Access to the hotel is restricted to water and air only. HOTEL STATISTICS: total floors: 28 (above ground), total suites: 438, suite sizes: 180mÂ² – 750mÂ², building height: 185m, gross floor area: 300,000mÂ², site footprint area:26,500mÂ², passenger lifts: 14, service lifts: 8, distance off shore: 300m (Building design is equally as powerful within a landlocked site), wind load factor: 350km per hour, structure: steel, reinforced concrete. apeiron

The hotel also contains private cinemas, luxury boutiques, conference rooms and restaurants. Other features will include an art gallery, shops, underwater spa & gym, an underwater restaurant. The hotelâ€™s internal facade has louvers to prevent direct sunlight and will made up of solar cells as is the ribbon that frames the building that can generate some energy for the entire hotel. The 28-storey hotel environs will have an artificial crescent-shaped beach, private lagoons and a central lagoon with colourful coral reefs surrounding it. apeiron-island-hotel-2

Full Moon Hotel Dubai

Full Moon Hotel

Despite the various differences between Baku and Dubai, it seems that the urge to translate oil wealth into extravagant hotel design projects is just too strong to resist. Thus, plans for the Full Moon Hotel in Baku, a 35 floor, 521 foot high behemoth planned for the Caspian waterfront.

Dubai Opera House Building

Dubai Opera House Building - News

Reports in the Press that this project is on hold, as are many in UAE.
Developer Sama Dubai recently merged with Dubai Properties and received a £6.9 billion government bailout

Information Courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects

Dubai Opera House - Introduction

Design: Zaha Hadid Architects

The Dubai Opera House design calls for an exciting new cultural centre in the new Seven Pearls district of Dubai. This landmark development will accommodate an opera house, playhouse, arts gallery, performing arts school and themed hotel on an island in Dubai Creek just off the mainland part of the district. All of these facilities will be state of the art to host world class performances and exhibitions. The Dubai Opera House will have a seating capacity of 2,500 while the playhouse will have a seating capacity of 800. The arts gallery with 5000m2 of exhibition space is indeed a full size exhibition facility comparable to the Guggenheim Museum in New York. The hotel will accommodate guests in a 6 star setting. Sited on an island in Dubai Creek, the development will be connected to Greater Dubai by a road connection to the mainland.

Design Concept and Programme Organisation
The Dubai Opera House proposal houses all of the facilities within a single striking structure. The gentle winding form evokes images of mountains or sand dunes. Rising out of the ground, this form is both a part of the landscape yet very much a distinct element in the skyline. The surrounding landscape forms build up to the main building. These constitute open park spaces as well as ancillary functions such as the parking facilities and the monorail station, which are either tucked under or integrated into the landscape forms.

The two peaks correspond to the opera house and the playhouse. The tall requirements of the fly towers are nested under these peaks. From these peaks, the Dubai Opera House form gradually swoops down to touch the earth. The form is scalloped away where the three major entrances are to be found. The main entrances for audiences visiting either of the two performing arts auditoria are on the north side of the building. At the ground level will be the VIP entrance with car drop off right at the entrance and a separate foyer from the main foyer. This foyer serves both the opera house and the playhouse. The main foyer is a gentle multi-tiered landscape at one floor above the ground floor. It also serves the opera house and the playhouse as well as having an interior connection to the arts gallery. Floating above this foyer are further foyer spaces serving the balcony levels. The foyer levels from the main foyer level up are visually connected to each other through a series of voids. This allows for direct views between the main foyer at the first floor all the way up to the highest balcony foyer. Surprising views are abundant in this space.

The Dubai Opera House auditoria are contained in flowing shapes that seem to emerge from the underside of the main shell. This inner shell however, does not quite touch the main shell. Instead, the two surfaces disappear into a light gap between them. Supporting functions found off the foyer are defined by walls that merge into the underside of the main shell.

Dubai Opera Houe & Cultural Centre, Dubai, UAE - Building Information

Date: 2006-tbc
Program: Design for a Cultural Centre and Opera House in Dubai
Architect: Design Zaha Hadid with Patrik Schumacher
Project Director: Graham Modlen
Project Leader: Dillon Lin

Design Team: Christine Chow, Lourdes Sanchez, Yiching Liu, Swati Sharma,
Tyen Masten, Simone Fuchs, Johannes Schafelner
Competition Team: Christine Chow, Lourdes Sanchez, Yiching Liu, Larissa Henke, Claudia Wulf, Hooman Talebi, Daniel Dendra, Simon Yu, Komal Talreja
Engineering Consultant: Arup [London, UK]
Acoustics Consultant: Richard Cowell, Ian Knowles
Structural Engineering: Keith Jones
Building Services Engineers: Tim Thornton
Façade Engineering: Steve Bos

Burj Dubai

The Burj Dubai surpasses Taipei as tallest building in the world
Adrian Smith + Skidmore, Owings & Merrill

Burj Khalifa skyscraper

Burj Dubai Skyscraper - World's Tallest Building : Burj Khalifa status ratified - Mar 2010

Press Release : Burj Dubai reaches a record high

512.1m (1,680 ft) - 141 storeys, Burj Dubai is tallest building in the world
A human achievement without equal, says Emaar Chairman Alabbar

Dubai, UAE; July 21, 2007: Today the world has a new global landmark - Burj Dubai. At 512.1 metres (1,680 ft), Burj Dubai, developed by Emaar Properties, is the tallest building in the world. The achievement once again puts Dubai in the international spotlight and underlines Emaar’s arrival as a global developer.

Now a Financial Times Global 500 (FT Global 500) company, Emaar has a significant presence in 30 international markets.

Burj Dubai is now taller than Taipei 101 in Taiwan, which at 508 metres* (1,667 ft) has held the tallest-building-in-the-world title since it opened in 2004. Burj Dubai has now reached 141 storeys - more storeys than any other building in the world.

On schedule for completion in 2008, Burj Dubai will be the tallest structure in the world in all four of the criteria listed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). The council measures height to the structural top, the highest occupied floor, to the top of the roof, and to the tip of the spire, pinnacle, antenna, mast or flag pole.

During its construction, Burj Dubai has left behind the skyscrapers that previously defined tall tower architecture around the world, such as Petronas Towers in Malaysia (452 metres, 1,483 ft); Sears Tower, Chicago (442 metres, 1,451 ft); Jin Mao Building, Shanghai (421 metres, 1,381 ft) and Empire State Building, New York (381 metres, 1,250 ft).

The Burj Dubai story is only beginning. The final height and number of storeys, a topic of enthusiastic debate among media and experts alike, has not yet been revealed. But from now on, the tower will set new records for its technical and architectural ingenuity.

When completed, Burj Dubai will have consumed 330,000 cubic meters of concrete, 39,000 metric tons of steel rebar and 142,000 sq m of glass – and 22 million man hours. The tower will have 56 elevators travelling at 1.75 to 10 metres/sec and double-decker observatory elevators that can carry 42 people at a time.

More than 313,700 cubic metres of reinforced concrete and 62,200 tonnes of reinforcing steel have been used in the tower’s construction so far. Burj Dubai has already set a new world record for vertical concrete pumping for a building by pumping to over 460 metres (1,509 ft). The previous record of 448 metres (1,470 ft) was held by Taipei 101.

Reflecting a no-compromise approach to safety, Burj Dubai has been designed to manage the effect of wind and seismic movements. High-strength concrete makes up the tower’s super-structure, which is supported by large reinforced concrete mats and piles. The 80,000 sq ft foundation slab and 50-metre deep piling are waterproofed and feature cathodic protection.

Burj Dubai became the tallest building in the world in just 1,276 days; excavation work started in January, 2004. More than 5,000 consultants and skilled construction workers are employed on site, and the world’s fastest high-capacity construction hoists, with a speed of up to 2 m/sec (120 metres/min), move men and materials.

Structural steel work for the tower will begin soon, and cladding work using a high-performance system has already started.

The primary cladding materials of reflective glazing, aluminium and textured stainless steel spandrel panels and vertical stainless tubular fins accentuate the tower’s height and slenderness to the eye.

“Four years ago Burj Dubai was conceived by Emaar Properties as a 90-storey structure. It was the UAE Vice President and Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, who inspired us to ‘resist the usual’ and build a global icon,” said Mr Mohamed Ali Alabbar, Chairman, Emaar Properties.

He said: “Burj Dubai is not just an architectural and engineering masterpiece in concrete, steel and glass. It is a human achievement without equal. Burj Dubai will inspire future generations to think beyond the ordinary and to challenge their mind and spirit.”

Emaar Properties has partnered with best-in-class consultants such as South Korean construction major Samsung Corporation and New York-based Project Manager Turner Construction to realise the design of internationally admired architect Adrian Smith and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill of Chicago.

Burj Dubai will be at the centre of Downtown Burj Dubai, a US$20 billion, 500-acre downtown development billed as the most prestigious square kilometre on earth.

Burj Dubai will feature residential, commercial and retail components including the world’s first Armani Hotel & Residences, exclusive corporate suites, a business centre, four luxurious pools and spas, an observation platform on Level 124 and 150,000 sq ft of fitness facilities.

Burj Dubai images / information from Edelman 210707 for Emaar Properties

*Note: All figures on the height of various towers as listed by the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat, Chicago

Burj Dubai - Fast Facts : Milestones

Feb 2003: Emaar Properties announces Burj Dubai

Jan 2004: Excavation work for Burj Dubai begins

Jun 2004: Launches Downtown Burj Dubai

Sep 2004: UAE Vice President & Prime Minister and Ruler of Dubai His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum witnesses the first pouring of cement for Burj Dubai

May 2005: Inks deal with Giorgio Armani to open The Armani Hotel & Residences in Burj Dubai

Jun 2006: Burj Dubai scales 50 levels

Jan 2007: Burj Dubai reaches Level 100

Mar 2007: Burj Dubai, at Level 110, is the tallest structure in the Middle East and Europe

Apr 2007: At Level 120, Burj Dubai sets new global record for having more floors than any building in the world

May 2007: At Level 130, Burj Dubai is second tallest tower in the world

Jul 2007: At Level 141, Burj Dubai is tallest tower in the world

Jan 2010 : Burj Dubai renamed Burj Khalifa + inauguration of the world's tallest building

Burj Dubai - Fast Facts : Highlights

The tip of the spire can be seen by a person 95 km (60 miles) away.

An estimated 330,000 sq m of cement, 39,000 metric tones of steel rebar and 142,000 sq m of glass will be utilized in the construction of Burj Dubai.

22 million man hours will go into building the landmark.

The foundation slab is 80,000 sq ft in size and the piling is 50 metres deep.

Burj Dubai will set a new global record in vertical concrete pumping in any construction activity.

The Burj Dubai’s Observatory Elevators (double deck cabs) will have the world’s longest travel distance from lowest to highest stop.

Burj Dubai will contain the world’s highest elevator installation.

A Condensate Collection System will collect condensed water from the hot and humid air, which will be used for irrigation requirements for the tower’s gardens. This system will provide about 15 million gallons of supplemental water per year, equivalent to nearly 20 Olympic-sized swimming pools.

The curtain wall of the Burj Dubai will be equivalent to 17 football (soccer) fields or 25 American football fields.

The concrete used for the Burj Dubai is equivalent to a sidewalk 1,900 km long (1,200 miles).

Burj Dubai tower : main page with more images

Burj Dubai renamed to Burj Khalifa

Burj Dubai designer : SOM Architects

Burj Dubai Developers - Emaar Properties PJSC:

Emaar Properties PJSC is one of the world’s largest real estate companies and is rapidly evolving to become a global provider of premier lifestyles. Powered by its Vision 2010 to become one of the most valuable companies in the world, Emaar is charting a new course of growth with a two-pronged strategy of geographical expansion and business segmentation.

Emaar has highlighted its remarkable global growth by debuting on the Financial Times Global 500 ranking, which provides an annual snapshot of the world’s largest companies. Emaar has been assigned A- and A3 ratings with stable outlook by Standard & Poor’s and Moody’s Investor Services, respectively.

Replicating its successful business model in Dubai, Emaar is extending its expertise in creating master-planned communities to international markets. Emaar is also developing new competencies in retail, hospitality and leisure, education, healthcare, finance and industry, which have evolved from its integrated approach to customer service and property development.

Listed on the Dubai Financial Market, part of the Dow Jones Arabia Titans Index and certified to ISO9001:2000 for quality standards, Emaar is developing Burj Dubai, the world’s tallest tower , and The Dubai Mall, one of the world’s largest shopping and entertainment destinations. In Saudi Arabia, Emaar is developing the US$26.6 billion King Abdullah Economic City, the region’s largest private sector-led project. Emaar’s portfolio currently covers the following countries: the UAE, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, Morocco, Egypt, Turkey, Libya, India, Pakistan, Indonesia, the US, the UK, France and Canada.

An award-winning developer, Emaar has strengthened its product sale competencies, market reach and best practices through strategic acquisitions and joint ventures. Emaar acquired John Laing Homes, America’s second largest privately held home builder; Hamptons International, UK’s premier realtor; and formed a joint venture with US-based Turner International to strengthen execution capabilities.

Emaar has joined hands with Giorgio Armani and Accor Hotels to strengthen its presence in hospitality, and will launch ten luxury Armani resorts and hotels world-wide and 100 Formule 1 budget hotels in India. The company is opening educational institutions and healthcare centres in South Asia, Middle East and North Africa and the Subcontinent. Emaar acquired Singapore-based leading education provider, Raffles Campus, to extend expertise to its educational institutions.

Emaar holds 30 per cent equity in Dubai Bank, focused on retail and commercial banking. Emaar is also the largest shareholder in Amlak Finance, UAE's leading Islamic home financing company.

Dubai Palm Island

Dubai Palm

The Dubai Palm has been called the eighth wonder of the world: we outline key property aspects with images + design information about the island below.

island picture : Palm Jumeirah

UAE Villas

Dubai Palm Island will be built in the shape of 17 huge fronds surrounded by 12 km of protective barrier reefs, extending 5 km into the sea south of Dubai city. The islands will be accessible by 300m bridges from the mainland or boat to two marinas; the main causeway will have a monorail system. This Dubai island project will be built on 80m cubic metres of land dredged from the approach channel to the emirate's Jebel Ali port, an operation that will deepen the channel to 17m.

island picture : Palm Jebel Ali

Dubai's palm tree-shaped resort island on land reclaimed from the sea will add 120 km of sandy beaches to the UAE and be visible from the moon. Dubai Palm Island will include 2,000 villas, up to 40 luxury hotels all as or more luxurious as any Chicago hotels, shopping complexes, cinemas and the Middle East's first marine park.

Dubai Palm Island

Information re UAE Island from RMJM Architects

RMJM wins contract to design centrepieces for groundbreaking Palm Island development in Dubai. RMJM were selected from a shortlist of 11 architects to design the Village Centre for Palm Jebel Ali and Palm Jumeirah, two of the world’s largest man-made islands currently under construction off the coast of the UAE.

Dubai Palm Island - image © RMJM

The construction value of each Dubai Palm Island development is £250m and will feature extensive retail, residential, business and leisure facilities. RMJM’s proposal is an all-skills design including master planning, civil and structural engineering and landscape architecture. Tony Kettle, Director at RMJM Edinburgh is leading the Dubai Palm Island project team of multi-skilled professionals from the company’s Scotland, London and UAE offices.
“The RMJM design concept for the Dubai Palm Village Centre is based on a composition of Islamic geometry and organic structural forms. Combined with the integration of water in the form of canals and a central basin, they create highly attractive environments which can be developed to maximise the value of the mixed uses on the site", explained architect Tony Kettle.

Dubai Palm Island picture © RMJM

The design for the centrepiece of The Palm, Jebel Ali is inspired by the Nymphea or Water Lily and resembles the large flower sitting on a reflecting pool. This concept is used for the design of shading elements, which radiate from a central opening dome structure on the island. These provide shade from the desert sun during the day and opening up to allow the sea breeze to pass through the building at night. Below these shading components is a geometric layout of buildings derived from a simple Islamic decorative motif of rotated squares and which provides shade to the functional orthogonal architecture below.

The Dubai Palm Island centrepiece will also represent a major transport interchange for boat users coupled with an outstanding retail experience and will include several boatlifts, utilising RMJM’s previous experience on the award-winning Falkirk Wheel.

RMJM are designing the Village Centres on the island for the German-based international developers Innpro, who signed an agreement with The Dubai Palm developers in August 2002. These man-made UAE islands were conceived by His Highness General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and UAE Defence Minister.

Dubai Palm Islands comprise of approx. 100m cubic metres of rock and sand and will increase UAE's shoreline by a total of 120km.

The first Dubai Palm Island is set to be finished in 2006. Property on the islands went on sale in 2004. Residential island properties on The Palm, Jumeirah sold out in days.

Monday, September 5, 2011

Luxury house owned by Chris Tucker's Tarzana

Luxury house owned by Chris Tucker, a comedian best known for playing the foil Jackie Chan in Rush Hour movies times, has put his home on Mulholland Park Estates in Tarzana on the market. Real Estalker Mama excavated finds for us and also reports that he has a house next door so it is not clear that Tucker's house to live in. This makes sense because it is luxurious but the brain-numbingly boring house does not seem to reflect the antic spirit Tucker. The house is a real possibility of earlier models and are equipped to neutrality by home stagers. Five-bedroom home 6500 square feet and also has a home theater, game room above and libraries.

The pool area is particularly over the top with its statues and water features. The master bedroom also has a very shiny campagne bedspread and some curious lighting and a rather small television tucked into a bookshelf. The master bath includes a very large spa tub which looks a little dated (the home was built in 1995 and already seems to be showing its age). This home does seem to have a decent location for the valley, it looks to be up on a hill and has views over the valley. The home is listed at $3.8 million.

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Saturday, September 3, 2011

10 Modern Design Point Loma House in San Diego

10 Modern Design Point Loma House in San Diego

According to the architects, “the house has been conceived according to passive solar and natural ventilation design principles. Horizontal sunshades shield glass from summer heat gain, while the interior is naturally ventilated via the central atrium and clerestory windows. The house’s simple form is compact (48’ L x 40’ W x 23’ H), minimizing the exterior surface area, maximizing thermal performance, and reducing electrical and plumbing runs. The living, dining, kitchen and master bedroom are located on the upper level and oriented to capture views of the Pacific Ocean, Mission Bay and La Jolla“. You could say that the most striking thing about this home is the fact that 95% of anticipated electrical needs are ensured by a roof-mounted photovoltaic system. A clever way to go, especially for a residence of these dimensions.