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		<title>House moving</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Nov 2011 23:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Having a new home would be a very exciting especially for husband and wife who had just married. But then got one issue which is clean-up time. Often consumes more time and sometimes becomes annoying and troublesome.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Having a new home would be a very exciting especially for husband and wife who had just married. But then got one issue which is clean-up time. Often consumes more time and sometimes becomes annoying and troublesome.</p>
<p>Moreover, it takes time and extra energy to immediately clean up and re-arrange items around the furniture. Not to mention, the many cluttered crib luggage often make you emotional and upset. Issues doesn&#8217;t mean got no solutions, of course the easiest thing to do is get some help from some moving company such as <a href="http://www.movers.com/moving_companies/va_virginia_state.htm" target="_blank">Virginia Moving Companies</a>, below are some effective tips for you who want to moving.<br />
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1. Labeling Every Box<br />
Nothing is more annoying than to tear the box because you do not know what the contents in your luggage box. To make it easier to identify the luggage, while doing the packing, label on each box you. This can simplify your work at tidying back luggage. With the label, you&#8217;ll know what&#8217;s in the box that you carry. Label on the box can be easier for you to check back for goods was about to be taken. I believe this is the basic step, which also being used by <a href="http://www.movers.com/long_distance_movers/va_virginia_state.htm" target="_blank">Virginia Movers</a> for security purpose and kept your belonging unbroken.</p>
<p>2. Measure the dimensions of each room before moving furniture.<br />
When you wish to set the room to be filled furniture, you&#8217;ll want to measure the area of ​​the room. Do not move the furniture before measuring the area to be occupied. There are many advantages if you take measurements before moving items. First, it can prevent accidents that might make your furniture scratched or scraped. It&#8217;s also very helpful when you go shopping for furniture, can know the size of tables and chairs that fit if you want to put in a room.</p>
<p>3. Measure your window<br />
Along with dimensions, it is important to remember where the position of the window, because you might not want to block natural light sources. By knowing the length of the window, it will also give you a better idea where you can put tables and chairs and other furniture as well as wall ornaments ranging from paintings and family photographs are also proportionately. According to <a href="http://www.movers.com/international_movers/va_virginia_state.htm" target="_blank">Virginia International Movers</a>, this step is important, but most important is measure your door, we want to make sure all your belonging able to fit inside the house, and the first thing of course passing the door.</p>
<p>4. Choose the right time to move<br />
Begin to move to move house when you have free time, such as on weekends. You could start moving house in the morning. Why? because you would have a long time to carry heavy items. Especially for long distance move such as <a href="http://www.movers.com/long_distance_movers/va_virginia_state.htm" target="_blank">Moving To Virginia</a>, then you do need more time.</p>
<p>5. Do not buy in a hurry<br />
When shopping, you may see things that you think would be suitable if placed in a new home and immediately bought it. Try to resist the temptation, because the house was perfectly designed to take time. Make sure you do not be impetuous to buy additional furniture. Try to consider and adjust where the goods are more suitable and which are not suitable for your home. Ideally, you need two months to replace a few items that are deemed fit for any room in your house.</p>
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		<title>Modern around the classic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:17:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[London has a long and interesting history, so it is no surprise that the city is packed full of both high-quality old, and modern, architecture.
London is a city known for its beautiful and historic buildings designed by some of the world’s most famous architects. Since the turn of the century, however, a new type of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>London has a long and interesting history, so it is no surprise that the city is packed full of both high-quality old, and modern, architecture.<br />
London is a city known for its beautiful and historic buildings designed by some of the world’s most famous architects. Since the turn of the century, however, a new type of architecture, constructed using concrete, steel and glass, has become an increasingly important part of the ever-changing cityscape. This modern architecture is a highly visible aspect of the city and deserves attention as much as its longstanding architectural counterparts.<br />
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As with all large, modern cities, London has its fair share of boring, uniform office high-rises, architecture that adds nothing to its surrounding environment. These and other ill-thought-out buildings tend to give modern architecture a bad name, though the reputation is unmerited. Home to an abundance of high-quality and visually stunning modern techniques, London proves that when done right, concrete, steel and glass can enrich and edify a city’s cultural heritage.<br />
These three highly visible buildings are great examples of how modern architecture is enhancing London’s built environment.</p>
<p>London Modern Architecture &#8211; Lloyd’s Building (1986)<br />
Richard Rogers’ Lloyd’s building is a breath of fresh air in a city full of concrete commercial office blocks. The daring design places the stairs, elevators, power cables, air ducts and water pipes on the exterior, creating a clean uncluttered working space inside the tower. The services, things that other buildings try to conceal, thus proudly ornament the outside of the Lloyd’s building, creating its unique look.<br />
The Lloyd’s building is located at 1 Lime Street and although not regularly open to the public the office does open each year as part of London Open House, when it’s free to visit.</p>
<p>London Modern Architecture &#8211; London Eye (1999)<br />
Similarly to the Eiffel Tower, in Paris, the London Eye was originally intended only to be a temporary construction. However, due to its immense popularity, much like the Eiffel Tower, the wheel has become a permanent landmark, an instantly recognizable symbol of the city.<br />
The Eye is located on the south bank of the River Thames opposite the houses of parliament. It is currently the most visited paid tourist attraction in country and the 30-minute ride will cost £17.50.</p>
<p>London Modern Architecture &#8211; 30 St Mary Axe: The Gherkin (2004)<br />
30 St Mary Axe, affectionately known as The Gherkin (the British word for a pickle) due to its shape, is a welcome addition to the city skyline. This visually striking postmodern tower is an extremely good example of how modern architecture can enhance its local environment. The building is appreciated by both the public and professionals alike and won its architect, Sir Norman Foster, Britain’s most prestigious architectural award, the RIBA Stirling Prize.<br />
Located, unsurprisingly, at 30 St Mary Axe, The Gherkin is only open to the public once a year as part of London Open House.</p>
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		<title>Modern Architecture Characteristic</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:14:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Modern architecture can be defined as that which is not traditional. A house built in the modern architectural style boasts clean lines and a flat roof, little ornamentation and no pretense as to its materials and workmanship.
The glass and metal appeal of modern homes and commercial buildings came into popularity in the years following World [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Modern architecture can be defined as that which is not traditional. A house built in the modern architectural style boasts clean lines and a flat roof, little ornamentation and no pretense as to its materials and workmanship.</p>
<p>The glass and metal appeal of modern homes and commercial buildings came into popularity in the years following World War II. Originally, modern architecture was more a social movement rooted in political rhetoric; form and function were more statement than artistry. Amid the ruins of war torn Europe in the 1920s and 1930s, there came into being the Bauhaus, a school for artist that included architectural pursuits. The &#8220;school motto&#8221; was Start from Zero.<br />
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Such notables as Mies Van der Rohe and Walter Gropius came to represent the modern architectural movement. The politics behind the movement were a complex weave of anti-war sentiments, socialism and machine age glorification.</p>
<p>These sentiments were embodied in basic materials such as concrete and stone, glass and metal. The function of space was to function as space, providing only that which man needed. The styling of traditional architecture, from gabled roofs to corbels to stained glass windows were eschewed. Windows were designed to allow in light and heat. Roofs were designed to protect the inhabitants from the elements. Any ornamentation was superfluous. Basic spaces to meet basic needs.</p>
<p>After World War II, the basic rectangular form that functioned as modern architecture became more appealing to the populations of the now super industrialized West. All things modern were considered desirable, and modern architecture as seen today came into its own.</p>
<p>Though still lean in design, current forms of modern architecture have become more stylized, particularly in residential design. Roofs with one-sided slopes to encourage passive heat flow, rectangular structures with interior curved walls to encourage air distribution throughout, and honest materials of reclaimed wood, concrete and stone all find their way into modern architecture.</p>
<p>The form of the structure itself becomes the ornamentation of the style. Though originally boxy and cubicle in nature, modern design now follows the land&#8217;s contours while still retaining basic geometric structure. The results are decidedly non-traditional, yet are decidedly different from the intentions of the founders of Bauhaus.</p>
<p>The idea behind their rally cry of Start from Zero was one of a deconstructionist ideal. The founders wanted to take apart all that had come before and reconstruct architecture, and indeed societies, to suit a leaner, more streamlined way of living.</p>
<p>The simplification of living spaces by eliminating ornamentation and making no effort to hide the origins of materials and craftsmanship was, and remains, the primary characteristic of modern architecture. But that modern architecture has become a stylish and exclusive design for those who can afford such homes would surely disturb the socialist thinking of Walter Gropius and the followers of Bauhaus design. </p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jun 2010 04:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Throughout the year Amsterdam is one of Europe&#8217;s foremost architecture and design city, not only because of 17-th century rings of canals. Amsterdam is where modern architecture developed organically between facades of historical buildings. Since it is not a very big city, all sites of interest are within acceptable distance, this is why Amsterdam is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.manchesterfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/amsterdam.jpg"><img src="http://www.manchesterfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/amsterdam-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="amsterdam" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-21" /></a>Throughout the year Amsterdam is one of Europe&#8217;s foremost architecture and design city, not only because of 17-th century rings of canals. Amsterdam is where modern architecture developed organically between facades of historical buildings. Since it is not a very big city, all sites of interest are within acceptable distance, this is why Amsterdam is so popular with lovers of architecture.</p>
<p>Canal rings houses<br />
The old centre was formed by rings of canals with unique mostly 17th century residences of wealthy merchants, financiers, craftsmen, doctors, lawyers, politicians and artists. Because of lack of space, these houses were mostly narrow, not more than 30ft wide (9 meters). They are are characterized by big narrow windows, decorative gable tops, very narrow stairs inside and pulley outside to transport larger objects to upper floors. Very often the residences served also as businesses. Merchant’s houses had their storage in attics and cellars. Sometimes the lift was installed in the middle of the house plan, to transport the goods between floors. The office of the merchant was usually on the ground floor. Like in Venice the canals were the main way of transporting the goods.<br />
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Classicism<br />
At the end of the 18th century classicism produced in Amsterdam several monumental buildings, with probably the most interesting called Felix Meritis by Jacob Otten.</p>
<p>Historicism and Art Deco<br />
The development of Amsterdam into the modern city at the end of the 19th century resulted in construction of the several landmark city buildings as Central Station, Central Post Office (today rebuilt into a shopping mall Magna Plaza), Rijksmuseum (State Museum), Stedelijk Museum (Municipal Museum), Stadsschouwburg (City Theater), Concertgebouw (City Philharmonic)and St. Nicolaaskerk. The foremost architect of this was P.J.H.Cuypers. Architecture of these building was searching for the historical inspiration, using elements of gothic and renaissance.<br />
Art Deco popular at the turn of the 19th century in the whole Europe, left several interesting buildings in Amsterdam with the American Hotel as its foremost example with wonderful interior of the café and lunch room.</p>
<p>Hendrik Petrus Berlage<br />
At the beginning of the 20th century an important milestone has been a vast plan of the expansion of Amsterdam into the dimension of the European metropolis, called Plan Zuid (Plan South &#8211; 1915) by an architect H.P.Berlage, often regarded as the Father of the Modern Dutch architecture.<br />
Located just near the Dam square the Stock Exchange building (1903, now called Beurs van Berlage and used as exhibition and concert hall) also by the architect Berlage precedes the Amsterdam School style and is often regarded as influential to the whole Dutch architecture of the first half of the 20th.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.manchesterfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/school.jpg"><img src="http://www.manchesterfacts.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/school-150x150.jpg" alt="" title="school" width="150" height="150" class="alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-22" /></a>The Amsterdam School style<br />
At the beginning of the 20th century, the new housing law in the Netherlands started the boom of the low cost housing for the working class. Most of these quarters were built in a new distinctive style called the Amsterdam School (Dutch: Amsterdamse School). It was first applied by Michel de Kerk is a housing block called Het Schip (The Ship) &#8211; today regarded as a monument, with the museum of this architecture style in a former post office.</p>
<p>Functionalism (1920-1970) and after<br />
As in many other European countries Dutch architecture after 1920 has been influenced by the ideas of the French architect Le Corbusier. New technologies – use of concrete, prefabrication, standardization as well as strongly emphasized function of the building are characteristic for architecture of this movement. The most imprtant architects were Gerrit Rietveld, Jacobus Oud, Johannes Duiker, Cornelis van Eesteren, Michiel Brinkman and Leendert van der Vlugt. The finest examples of functionalism were, still influenced by the Amsterdam School style housing district Betondorp (1921-1928) and Van Gogh Museum, by Gerrit Rietveld (1963-1973).<br />
Later years (before 1990) brought several different streams in Dutch architecture. The most interesting architects of the 1960-1990 in Amsterdam were Aldo van Eyck, Herman Hertzberger. Still, it may seem that functionalism has been heavily influencing new projects.</p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since its independence in 1965 the country of Singapore has used modern architecture to both define its identity and attract global business. Singapore, one of the Asia’s most vibrant cities, is home to some of the world’s best modern architecture. This, at least in part, is due to the government of Singapore actively promoting the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since its independence in 1965 the country of Singapore has used modern architecture to both define its identity and attract global business. Singapore, one of the Asia’s most vibrant cities, is home to some of the world’s best modern architecture. This, at least in part, is due to the government of Singapore actively promoting the construction of high quality modern buildings.</p>
<p>As the population of Singapore is drawn from many ethnic origins, and the island has been ruled by a succession of foreign powers, the country has struggled to find its identity since gaining independence in 1965. First the city’s banks and then the government have actively aimed to develop high-quality landmark buildings with the aim of not only defining a sense of national identity, but also to boosting business and tourism. For this reason the city is full of high quality architecture.<br />
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Singapore’s Modern Architecture: Skyscrapers<br />
In the late seventies and eighties Singapore’s businesses and hotels drew attention to themselves by constructing high-quality skyscrapers. The city became synonymous with the high-rise as buildings by some of the world’s leading architects, including Pritzker Prize winners, I.M. Pei and Kenzo Tange, rose in the city. In 1986 Singapore was the focus of the world’s attention, as the 280-meter Overseas Union Bank Centre became the tallest building outside of North America. This building would start a trend as Asian cities constructed higher and higher buildings.</p>
<p>First Kuala Lumpur (Petronas Towers), then Taipei (Taipei 101) and most recently Dubai (Burj Dubai) have all constructed visually interesting &#8220;world’s tallest&#8221;, skyscrapers that have focused the world&#8217;s attention on the host city. However, Singapore&#8217;s could not follow this route due to a height restriction imposed by the downtown&#8217;s proximity to the airport.</p>
<p>Singapore’s Modern Architecture: Municipal Buildings<br />
Denied the chance to increase it’s exposure through the construction of the “world’s tallest building”, Singapore has tried to find other ways to distinguish itself and increase people&#8217;s awareness of the city through its architecture. City officials knew this could be achieved by creating an iconic landmark building, an Eiffel Tower or a Sydney Opera House, which would become synonymous with the city&#8217;s prosperity.</p>
<p>Since the beginning of the millennium three extremely high quality municipal buildings designed by internationally famous architects have been constructed in the city. First Michael Wilford and DP Architects’ Esplanade Theatre in 2002, followed by T.R. Hamzah &#038; Yeang’s National Library of Singapore in 2005, and most recently Stirling Prize winner Norman Foster’s Supreme Law Court of Singapore in 2006. All three are examples of excellent modern architecture that Singapore can be proud of.</p>
<p>These buildings, and the recently completed Singapore Flyer, (which like the London Eye has become a major attraction) have drawn business and tourists to the city, however, although each building is a striking and successful addition to the city none has become the iconic symbol of Singapore.</p>
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