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For several years, many people from the building industry had been trying to come up with some kind of a synthetic form of granite. Later on, this gave way to the birth of liquid granite. The term was coined because of the strength of the materials which will be used to create granite worktops. The synthetic version actually looks like granite and even feels like it. There are even a lot of paints right now in the market which resemble the appearance of granite. After a few years of the […]

From adding a simply marble vanity to refresh an old vanity to creating a completely new marble bathroom, the options for having this beautiful stone in your home or business are endless. Marble bathrooms are typically a great investment as the stone is waterproof, easy to clean and looks great. These are just a few of the reasons that top hotels around the world install marble bathrooms in their most luxurious suites. Marble has been a popular building material for thousands of years and throughout history this beautiful stone has […]

This week, my interest has been peaked by cube housing in Rotterdam, Netherlands. The houses, designed by Piet Blom, are designed to ‘furnish’ a pedestrian bridge covering a busy street in the centre of the city. The houses are based on the idea of a tree, where by a ‘canopy’ is created underneath which can be used for children to play in for example. You can see this effect in one of the images below, the houses leave only a very small area of light between them at the top […]