Are you wondering what the difference is between onyx vs. marble" Onyx is actually a type of marble and it has many of the same properties. The difference is the stunning patterns and veining in each slab.
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In the Negev Desert of Israel, SAGA Space Architects are collaborating with D-MARS to build a Mars Lab Habitat that will simulate the conditions of living in a confined space on the hazardous surface of the red planet. The laboratory structure... -
Born as a reaction to a systematic misuse of clad stone in Palestine, Stone matters is an experimentation-based research project examining the potential of including structural stone within the language of contemporary architecture and combining... -
This duplex apartment is part of the Mirage Development in De Waterkant, a trendy suburb located in the heart of Cape Town. The brief was to create a sanctuary for slickers and to create a space that captures ?urban chic,? combining contemporary... -
Many references to historic architecture are still being used in contemporary projects. Whether it is ancient building techniques, use of material, or the relationship between architecture and nature, the past remains prominent. -
In the U.S., fire departments respond to one fire every 88 seconds, according to the National Fire Protection Association. Cooking is the most common cause of home fires and smoking is the leading cause of home fire deaths. But there are many other... -
The first design incubator in the region of SEE is now open. NOVA ISKRA, co-working space dedicated to the professionalization of designers in Serbia and the region, as well as to establishing connections between the sectors of creative industries... -
The showpiece of a planned new development at Edinburgh Park will be UK-artist David Mach?s first-ever building, named ?Mach 1? by the project?s developers and investors, Parabola. Working with Stirling Prize-nominated architects Dixon Jones, Mach?s... -
A large part of your home office is the color scheme. The color scheme will define the look and feel of the space, so it?s important to think about it as you plan or redesign a home office.
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Knight Architects has completed St Philips Footbridge across the River Avon in Bristol; a new pedestrian and cycle bridge providing improved connectivity to Temple Island behind Temple Meads railway station, which will be developed into a new... -
built 1939Well.....it\'s been a long time....hasn\'t it"I never meant to be gone so long but your know life gets very busy these days.I\'ll catch you up with what I\'ve been doing in other posts. Not that it\'s fascinating. It\'s... -
Uppsala Concert and Congress Hall unite the historic city center with the new city district of Vaksala. Standing out as a distinctive split crystal, the building draws in the city and invites everyone inside. -
BriefThe auditorium of Shanghai University, Weichang Building, located in the eastern part of Baoshan Campus of Shanghai University, was built from 2002 to 2004. It was the main venue for various ceremonies and conferences held by Shanghai... -
Magasin et atelier - Cycles PrineauThe Cycle store occupies a strategic position between the city center and the peripheral infrastructures. The store?s implementation unveils the site?s "genius loci" and its kinetic flows. Along the... -
Nikoloz Lekveishvili (b. 1986), originally from Tbilisi, Georgia, has left his country in 2004 for his bachelor studies to Istanbul Mimar Sinan Fine Arts University and to get Master of Architecture at Politecnico Di Milano. He then practiced... -
?We want light, light and more light, we want to be aware of the mountains around us and we want to still enjoy relaxing under the huge Tipuana tree in the back garden. We live close to the earth, we are not clinical and we prefer the texture to... -
Box House is one of 10 pioneering self-built houses, built at Graven Hill in Bicester: a development which will eventually comprise 1900 Custom and Self Build (CSB) homes. The Graven Hill development is of national significance, a ?vanguard? project... -
A house at the end of the street of a private condominium. Inside the city and distant of urban life. Isolated from its neighbors due to the position of the plot in the neighborhood and by the forest that defines the back end boundary of the land.... -
Jinji Shangshuli is a high-quality urban residential project located in the east of Nanjing?s city fabrics in adjacent to South Jiefang Road with a total floor area of 35,000 m2 and construction area over 110,000 m2. Due to the readjustment of sales... -