Beach House in Palabritas by Metropolis

Check out this great house located in the Palabritas Beach, Lima, Peru. The house is located on the first row of lots and was designed so that the architecture acted like a frame to the view of the beach and the islands that are found in front of the house. The esthetic of the house celebrates the summer with modern curves that remind us of the Brazilian architecture of the sixties.

The whole house has a white finish with color accents in red, in both main elements such as the swimming pool as well as furnishings. The house reminds the architects of competitive elements used in Stanley Kubrick films, with the white curved elements contrasted with details in red.

The exterior was designed as a white elevated box, exposed from its front side. One of the sides has a concrete lattice based on a contemporary composition with perforations that allow the interior to have a transparency without losing its intimacy. The dining and living room are placed so that they can be integrate with the terrace by sliding the glass doors. As a whole the house created a contrast of red color over white surfaces, in a way that the spaces give an appearance of amplitude.

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ATTRACTIVE MODERN BEDS

If you’re looking for an easy way to update the look of your bedroom, perhaps you might consider purchasing one of the many modern platform beds that are available.

Attractive modern platform beds

Once you begin your search, you’ll quickly realize what the attraction of modern platform beds is all about. Modern platform beds have a sleek shape that compliments practically any décor, whether it’s contemporary or traditional. You can find modern platform beds that boast a simple design or those with more ornate details. You can select from modern platform beds that come upholstered in sophisticated leather or even those constructed of fashionable metal. And you can find modern platform beds in a number of colors and materials. Choosing from the many options could be more difficult than you thought!

The cost of modern platform beds

Modern platform beds can vary greatly in cost depending on a number of factors, including their size and material. For example, modern platform beds that are upholstered with leather can cost over $1,000 for a king size, whereas modern platform beds made of wood generally start around $350.

Choosing the right modern platform bed

Shopping for modern platform beds can be quite entertaining. It’s selecting from all the modern platform beds that you like that’s tough. Try asking yourself a few questions to help select the right one. For instance, what type of material do you want? With so many different options to choose from, deciding in advance which material you prefer can help narrow your selection of modern platform beds. Out of all the modern platform beds you like, is there one that will blend better with your current décor or perhaps provide an interesting contrast? What amount are you willing to pay? The price range of modern platform beds varies greatly, so setting a budget in advance is good way to avoid overspending.

Bechtler Museum

Clad in a glazed terra cotta tile that lends it an orange hue and a sleek feel, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art in Charlotte, North Carolina, shows Swiss architect Mario Botta shifting subtly from his signature brick and stone.

A mortar-free terra cotta rain screen clads the essential forms of the small museum. The massing block of a fourth-floor gallery reaches out over an entry plaza below, underpinned by a column wrapped in a double-tapered sheath of tiles.



The building's exterior surface combines flat, single-thickness tiles with tiles of triangular cross section, forming textured patterns and creating a play of light and shadow throughout the day. In using the terra cotta, Botta has described his concept of the building as a clay mass carved out by light.

The museum opened on January 2, 2010, as only the second building of Botta's in the United States, after SFMOMA (1995), although his work has flourished in Europe and Asia in the meantime.

Botta says he maintained the open area in an Italian piazza style to give people on the street a sense of being part of the structure. He also aimed to create the feel of a welcoming Southern front porch. Throughout the 36,500-square-foot (3,400-square-meter) building, one gets the sense of being integrated — aware of and able to see what's going on, both inside and out, from all four levels of the building.

Greenpoint Stadium to House South Africa World Cup in 2010

It’s nice to see an example of how architecture and sports evolve together. The pictures below were made in Cape Town, South Africa and they represent the new Greenpoint Stadium which will house the South Africa World Cup in 2010. The previous stadium in Cape Town had a capacity of 18,000 spectators, which apparently was not nearly enough, as the project from Gmp Architekten has a capacity of no less than 65,000 seats. The stadium is not only famous for its future matches, but also for its great architecture. Here is some technical information from the architects concerning the giant building: “The lightweight membrane structure consists of extensive concave features forming a uniform, flowing facade that follows the undulations.







The light-colored glass fiber mesh boosts this effect, its coloration generating depth and vitality. The translucent surface absorbs and reflects the changing atmosphere of the daylight.The angle of inclination means that all the seats have the best possible sighting of the pitch. The interior of the stadium is designed to focus all attention on the pitch, thereby generating an atmosphere of intimacy and excitement”. How is this for an additional reason to stay in touch with the World Cup events?

List of Architecture Colleges in India

DELHI - Colleges of Architecture
School of Planning and Architecture - I P estate, New Delhi - 110002
Vastu Kala Academy School of Architecture and Interior Designing - Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi-110067
Jamia Millia Islamia - Jamia Nagar, New Delhi-110025
T V B School of Habitat Sstudies - Vasant Kunj, New Delhi -110070

ANDHRA PRADESH Architecture Colleges
College of Engineering - Andhra University, Visakhapatnam -530003
School of Planning and Architecture - Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University, Mahavir Marg, Hyderabad-500028

GOA Architecture Colleges
Goa College Of Architecture - Campal, Panaji, Goa-403001

CHANDIGARH Architecture Colleges
Chandigarh College of Architecture - Sector 12, Chandigarh-160012

GUJARAT Architecture Colleges
D C Patel school of Architecture - Gujarat
School of Architecture Centre for Environment Planning and Technology - Nevrangpura, Ahmedabad 380009
Faculty of Technology and Engineering - Baroda

BIHAR Architecture Colleges
Birla Instituteof Technology - Mesra 835 215
Bihar Institute of Technology - Patna-800 005

MAHARASHTRA Architecture Colleges
Shri Siddheshwar Shikshan Mandals College of Architecture - Siddeshwar Peth, Solapur 413 001
S S E Society's College of Engineering and Technology - Akola - 444001
BMC's Lalit Kala kendra - Jalgaon Dist 425 107
Kamla Raheja Vidyanidhi Institute for Architecture and Environmental Studies - Juhu scheme, Mumbai -400032
Manoharbhai Patel Institute of Engineering and Technology - Gondia-441614
Pillais College of Architecture - Sector-8, New Panvel - 400 206
Academy of Architecture - Prabhadevi, Mumbai - 400025
G S Mandal's Marathawada Institute of Technology - Aurangabad - 431005
Vivekanand Institute of Technology - Sadashiv Peth, Pune -411 030
Paravara Rural education society - Shrirampur, Ahmednagar 413 713
DY Patil College of Engineering & Technology - Kolhapur, Maharashtra.
Shri Prince Shivaji Maratha boarding House's coll of Architecture- Kolhapur, Maharashtra
Visveshwaraya Regional College of Engineering - Nagpur
Sir J J College of Architecture - D.N.Road, Mumbai - 400001
Shri V .B. Patil Trust's College of Architecture - Sangli 416 416
Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Architecture - Pune 411 043
N D M V P Samaj's College of Architecture - Nashik- 422 022
Dr. DY Patil College of Architecture - CBD, New Mumbai -400 614
Rizvi College of Architecture - Rizvi Complex, Bandra, Mumbai 400 050
Marathawada Mitra Mandal's College of Architecture - Pune 411011
Dr. Bhanuben Nanavati College of Architecture for women - Pune -411 052. Maharashtra
Kavikulguru Institute of Technology and service - Ramtek 441 106
L B H S S Trust's College of Architecture - Mumbai
B K P S College of Architecture - Pune -411 030. Maharashtra
Lady Amritbai Daga College for women - Nagpur
Priyadarshini College of Engineering - Nagpur
N T V's College of Architecture - Dhule
Bharati Vidyapeeth's College of Architecture - near Konkan Bhavan, CBD, New Mumbai- 400614
Jawaharlal Nehru Engineering College -Aurangabad - 431003
L S Raheja school of Architecture - Bandra, Mumbai - 400 050

HARYANA Architecture Colleges
C R State College of Engineering - Sonepat District, Haryana
Sushant School of Arts and Architecture - Sushant lok, Gurgaon - 122001

KARNATAKA Architecture Colleges
P D A College of Engineering - Gulbarga 585102
B M S College of Engineering - Banglore -560 019
Dayanand Sagar College of Engineering - Kanakapura road, Banglore 560078
College of Engineering - Gulbarga.
R V College Of Engineering - Banglore - 560059
Manipal Institute of Technology - Manipal 576119
Banglore Institute of Technology - Visveswara puram, Banglore 560 004
BLDE Association's College of Engineering and Technology - Bijapur 586103
Siddagana Institute of Technology - Tumkur 572103
Maland College of Engineering - Hasan 573201
B V Bhoomraddi College of Engineering and Technology - Hubli -580031
University Visveswaraya College of Engineering - Janana Bharati campus, Banglore city.
Malik Sandal Institute of Art and Architecture - Bijapur 586 101
M S Ramaiah institute of Technology - Banglore 560054

KERALA Architecture Colleges
Regional Engineering College - Calicut - 673 601.
College of Engineering - Trivandrum
T K M College of Engineering - Quilon-691 005.

MADHYA PRADESH Architecture Colleges
Government Engineering College - Raipur 492010
Maulana Azad College of Technology - Bhopal 462007
Sthapatya Kala Bhawan society - Indore
Madhav Institute of Technology - Gwalior 474005
I P S Academy school of Architecture - Indore 452003
Institute of Environmental planning and Technology - Indore

ORISSA Architecture Colleges
Piloo Mody College of Architecture - Cuttuck 753012.
College of Engineering & Technology - Bhubaneshwar 7510053

PUNJAB Architecture Colleges
College of Engineering and Technology - Bhathinda 151 001
Guru Nanak Dev University - Amritsar 143005

RAJASTHAN Architecture Colleges
Malviya Regional Engineering College - Jaipur 302 017

UTTAR PRADESH Architecture Colleges
Government College of Architecture - Lucknow -226 007
University of Roorkee - Roorkee -247667
Zakir Hussain College of Engineering and Technology - Aligarh 202 002

TAMIL NADU Architecture Colleges
Mohamed Sathak Engineering College - Kilakarai -623806
Periyar Manimmai College of Technology for women - Thanjavur 613 403
Dr. M G R Engineering College - Maduravoyal, Chennai-602102
Arulmigu Meenakshi Amman College of Engineering
Regional Engineering College - Tiruchirapalli 620 015
Thiagarajar College of Engineering - Madurai -625 015
Sathyambama Engineering College - Jeppiaar nagar, Chennai -600 096
S R M Engineering College -Kattankulathur, Chengai-Anna District -603203
Adhiyamann College of Engineering - Hosur
Bharat Institute of science and Technology - Chennai 600 073
Hindustan College of Engineering - Chinglepet District- 603103

WEST BENGAL Architecture Colleges
Bengal Engineering College - Howrah 711103
Jadavpur University - Kolkata- 700032

The above list may be not complete. Please check with the relevant govt/ education boards for the complete list and their recognisation.

Holguin House in Peru by Metropolis Architecture

The white interior acts like a blank canvas to make the artwork really appealing. You feel as if you’re inside a resort more so than a home, and the outside “pergola” make “al fresco” dining an amazing experience. Wait until you see the pool.







The outside of the house not only features an edgeless pool, but with glass panel on one side, the pool becomes a complete 3D experience instead of a reflection of its surroundings.

Architecture Building of Serta International Headquarters

This is architecture building of Serta International Corporate Headquarters was designed by Epstein Metter Studio on 8,360 sqm constructed areas in 2009. This building located in the Prairie Stone Development of Hoffman Estates, IL. The selected site borders a protected wetlands area, resulting in all work spaces having sweeping views of the natural landscape.
The architectural composition of the building has been developed to express the two main programmatic functions: Research & Development and office work space. Each of these functions is distinctly articulated in the building massing. Located at the heart of the building are the public spaces such as showrooms, lunch room, and training Auditorium.
The building (700' long x 67' wide) has been designed to facilitate equal access to natural light, ventilation, and views of the wetlands for all employees. As a result, the building is expressed as a horizontal bar, generating a strong horizontal datum line.
To maintain this strong horizontal line, while accommodating excess program, finely detailed, projecting cantilevered bays have been developed which hover over the prairie landscape.

The structural and architectural detailing has been designed to allow each bay to slide into the building, incorporating reveals between multiple wall layers, and sandwiched between the upper and lower concrete brows. This allows the program to grow organically, while reflecting the natural contours of the site.

The spectacular BMW World

Whatever BMW does, it does in style!

The iconic carmaker's exhibition centre, called the BMW Welt or BMW World, provides an awe-inspiring experience for customers and helps the company display its offerings in a dreamlike, almost other worldly, setting.

It sits cheek by jowl to the BMW headquarters in Munich, Germany.

The magnificent building was designed by architects Coop Himmelb(l)au for the BMW Group.

As many as 275 architecture firms submitted tenders for the BMW Welt, but in a unanimous decision the winning design was by Professor Wolf D Prix and the Viennese architecture firm Coop Himmelb(l)au.

After 800,000 hours of planning, and 120 architects and engineers collaborating to prepare 15,000 plans, the Munich Olympic Car Park was demolished on August 1, 2003 to make space for the construction of BMW (Welt) World.

On July 16, 2004 the first stone was set, and the final interior touches were given in June 2007. BMW Welt was open to the public in October.

The BMW Welt is located at the exact site where the company has had its base for 90 years: on the Oberwiesenfeld in Milbertshofen, right beside the BMW Group headquarters, which is a 4-cylinder building, and the BMW Museum.

In early 20th century, Oberwiesenfeld was used as an airstrip and two aviation pioneers founded their companies here. Gustav Otto founded Flugmaschinenfabrik (Flight Machine Factory) and Karl Rapp founded Motorenwerk (Motor Works).

In 1917, the two companies merged to form the Bayerische Motoren Werke (Bavarian Motor Works, or BMW).

The building has a huge solar power plant on its roof, lending it a futuristic, green look.

In addition to the various presentations, multi-media displays and exhibits about BMW cars and motorcycles, the main function of BMW World is to serve as a highly personalised delivery point of new cars to their owners.

The Plaza within the BMW Welt is the ideal starting point for touring all parts of the building and provides an overview of the very unusual architecture and the various areas within this unique achievement in modern design and engineering.

Directly next to the Northern Entrance the presentation of BMW cars starts at the right, with cars from all current model series being presented in the BMW Welt.

The Bistro is to the left, the Junior Campus a few steps further on to the right. The latter is a special encounter and event area for children and young people between 7 and 13.

BMW Welt Technology and Design Studio is where the enthusiast wishing to experience BMW's art of engineering and design will receive a comprehensive insight into new developments, enjoying interesting exhibitions and interactive exhibits.

The BMW Lifestyle & Original Accessories Shop within the BMW Welt is just a few metres behind the Junior Campus.

Here, aficionados of the brand, sophisticated accessories or Formula 1 will find a unique range of equally unique products.

And this is also where the customer picking up a new car is able to buy accessories on the spur of the moment, such as a roof rack for bicycles or child seats fitted into the car right on the spot.

The Double Cone structure of the BMW World serves as the ideal venue for exclusive cultural events.

The Premiere Level, the very heart of the Car Delivery Centre, is right in the middle of the BMW Welt, directly above the Technology and Design Studio.

BMW Munich Plant builds more than 800 BMW 3 Series (Touring and Saloon models) as well as more than 1,250 power units (straight-six, eight-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines, high-performance M-engines for the M3, M5, and M6, as well as twelve-cylinder gasoline and hydrogen engines) a day.

The BMW Welt is open to public from 9.00 in the morning to 8.00 in the evening.

Car buyers can collect their new automobiles at the BMW Welt from Mondays through Saturdays, as early as at 7.00 in the morning. However, customers cannot take delivery of new automobiles on Sundays or public holidays.