Would you agree with the statement and why?
Americans and Europeans have very different ideas on home design
Before and after reading, listening, watching, communicating ….
пятница, 29 марта 2019 г.
Homes in Australia, in Spain
Australia
Design
This spacious four bedroom, two bathroom home was
designed to provide the highest standard of energy efficiency with
show-stopping designer options for growing families. This clever and
well-thought design offers a home that is incredibly spacious for its owners.
The separate master bedroom retreat at the side of the home comes with its own
ensuite, plus plenty of storage that has been designed with flexibility and
function in mind. Everyday living can be found at the rear of the home with the
open plan kitchen, meals and family areas the main feature. The Albero remains
a top choice as this unique floor plan is completed with a double car garage
and a two-way bathroom.
Energy efficient features
Energy efficient doors
Low eGlazing
LED lighting
Optimal air circulation
Super insulation
Solar hot water system
Water saving tapware from Reece
Premium kitchen appliances
Home in Spain - Why Build Green In Spain?
For life quality, economical considerations?
1. Build Green in Spain to Save Money
2. Build Green in Spain to Make Money
3. Build Green in Spain to Be More Comfortable
You might be slightly surprised by these rather
egotistical answers: more on them later. In the meantime here is the touchy
feely part you were expecting. By the way if you skip this you will miss my
best joke.
Build Green For Benevolent Reasons
If you accept that the world has finite resources then
the use of global resources has to be sustainable if we are to survive as a
civilisation or even as a species. You are probably familiar with the idea of
spaceship earth. You only have to see a picture of the earth from space to
realise we are stranded on it and floating helplessly through space. Polluting
the atmosphere on the earth is about as welcome as a fart in a spaceship!
My personal position on this topic is this. If the
Save-the-Planet fraternity turn out to be wrong and we have looked after the
environment…..well we all end up living in a cleaner environment. If the
climate change sceptics turn out to be wrong and we haven’t looked after the
environment…….we all die. So, on the balance of risks it probably makes sense
to look after the environment.
Happily there are compelling personal reasons to build
green. Even climate change sceptics with hard noses might be interested.
Green meets green – what would be the meaning?
having in mind the meanings below
East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet
Green meets green – what would be the meaning?
English Vocabulary & Expressions with HOUSE and HOME
What's the difference between
"housework" and "homework"? What does it mean if a person
is "homeless"? Do "house" and "home" mean the
same thing? In this lesson, I will answer all these questions and more. I will
also teach you common expressions that use the words "house" and
"home". You will learn the meaning of "hometown",
"homesick", "home sweet home", "on the house",
"make yourself at home", and many more. After watching, you can do
your homework by taking the quiz at http://www.engvid.com/english-vocabul...
Minecraft Build School: Building Different Styles
Keeping to explore tools
This is how to build in SOME different
minecraft styles where i talk about how to build in suburban, modern and
rustic, japanese, sky scrapers and castles. Hopefully i can inspire and
encourage you to try out new ways of building. This video is a little more
technical than what I
How Cultural Differences Impact Interior Design
Whether we know it or not, culture impacts almost everything we
do. Within business, one should always be aware of cultural differences. Yes,
even within interior design!
When thinking about cultural differences, interior design might not be the first area of business that comes to mind.
However, in a great article on Prime Resi, Joe Burns explains that luxury homes will only meet the client’s wishes if the designer knows the ins and outs of their culture.
Global Buyers = Global Tastes
According to Burns, managing director and co-founder of interior design company Oliver Burns, central London’s property market is increasingly dominated by international buyers. These buyers might be looking to buy a second home or an apartment where their children can stay when they travel to England’s capital for their studies, but they all have one thing in common: all nationalities have their own culture that shapes their lifestyle preferences.
Burns believes buyers and developers must try to understand the cultures of their clients to create a suitable home for them.
He says that even though many rich clients have the same “international” taste that focuses on unique items of high quality, there are also individual preferences that need to be taken into account.
Americans and Europeans have very different ideas on home design
But some things–like hardwood floors and an oceanfront view–are universal.
Porch, an app for finding contractors, recently conducted a survey of 600 people in the U.S. and Europe, hoping to identify differences in consumers’ preferences on home styles and materials. Some of the results are predictable: Americans and Europeans love the idea of waterfront living (44.8% and 51.9%, respectively), and both cultures prize the suburbs over rural and urban locations. But the survey also suggests striking differences: Almost a quarter of Europeans want to live in a greenbelt surrounded by nature, compared to 9.9% of Americans. Another stark contrast is the preferences of 23% Americans for gated communities and 28% for cul-de-sacs, compared to Europeans, among whom only 5.5% and 3.0% prefer those prototypically American inventions.
You don’t have to look far for scholarship on Americans’ love for gated communities, which are still soaring in the U.S. In the BBC documentary United Gates of America, journalist Charlie LeDuff and director Alex Cooke root it in a paranoid need for safety, and describe these communities as an expression of latent segregation and racism in America’s upper middle class. You can probably thank a Cold War-nurtured fixation on doomsday scenarios, too.
пятница, 22 марта 2019 г.
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