Architectural Drawing Software: January 2013

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Architecture Quote #4 - Richard Meier

"Rome has not seen a modern building in more than half a century. It is a city frozen in time."
-Richard Meier

Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Apartment Design Focused On Minimalism, Hong Kong

Picture of small minimalist living room as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - living room
via Fixonic

Living space in Hong Kong is focused on small and mostly narrow areas for the big part of population. Just climb up on the hills surrounding the city and take a look at those canyons made of tall narrow apartment buildings. Having a larger living space is, I guess, one of the wishes residents of Hong Kong have.

That's why designers and architects from Fixonic Design & Production redesigned old 2 bedroom residence into this beautiful open modern apartment called G7.

New apartment design requested tearing down some of the existing walls in order to allow more of the daylight to break deeper in. As you can see, designers used light wood to point out that minimalist interior design which automatically made an apartment look bigger and brighter.

On the other hand, bathroom is unexpected contrast which, in our opinion, turned out great. Dark tiles in combination with white marble and white modern furniture gave one completely different atmosphere yet connected to the rest of the apartment design.

Picture of small round glass table in the dining room as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - dining room
via Fixonic

Picture of the entrance hallway with bathroom entrance as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - entrance and bathroom
via Fixonic

Picture of the entrance hallway and dining room as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - entrance and dining room
via Fixonic

Picture of small home office in the corner as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - home office
via Fixonic

Picture of the bedroom as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bedroom
via Fixonic

Picture of the king sized bed as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bedroom
via Fixonic

Picture of modern kitchen as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - kitchen
via Fixonic

Picture of modern kitchen and narrow hallway as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - kitchen and hallway
via Fixonic

Picture of black and white bathroom as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bathroom
via Fixonic

Picture of white modern bathroom furniture as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bathroom
via Fixonic

Picture of dark walls in the bathroom as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bathroom
via Fixonic

Picture of white furniture on the black wall as part of the Hong Kong apartment design

Apartment design focused on minimalism - bathroom
via Fixonic

Old floor plan of the small Hong Kong apartment

Apartment design focused on minimalism - old floor plan
via Fixonic

New floor plan of the small Hong Kong apartment

Apartment design focused on minimalism - new floor plan
via Fixonic

Monday, January 28, 2013

Construction Update: Kingdom Tower Site Preparations Done, Foundation Work Starting

Pictures of Kingdom Tower rendering and machines on the construction site

Construction update: Kingdom Tower site preparations done, foundation work starting
© Rody69/SSC

Getting construction pictures from the Kingdom Tower site in Jeddah, in the middle of desert, is really hard to get and every insight from the site feels like Christmas. Thanks to our friend Rody for this new update. Here are the news.

You heard in our last update that Bauer Group, German company which is in charge for the foundations started moving construction equipment to the site. Almost everything arrived, their temporary camp with 85 engineers and workers is built. According to Rody, they are still waiting for 8 machines to arrive, which should happen on February 2nd.

For those interested, here's the list:

- 3 Bauer BG40 Piling machines (with the power of 40nm of torque)
- 2 Bauer BG28 Piling machines (with the power of 28nm of torque)
- 2 Pumpers
- 1 crane

All of them will start doing their job till February 9th.

In the meantime, preparations on the site were done, footprint of the tower is marked along with more than 600 drilling points for the Kingdom Tower foundation piles which will reach even 100 m in depth below the hot desert sand.

Here are the pictures by Rody. Remember them, those are first pictures of real construction of the new tallest building in the world, after Burj Khalifa in Dubai.