Granite or Marble?

That is the question burning through every new homebuyer or remodele’s dreams.The ultimate answer is: Yes, please,some of both! But to understand  which applications are best for which stone variety, we first need to understand a little more about the stone themselves.

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Marble

Marble, formed limestone with heat and pressure over years in the earth’s crust. These pressure or forces cause the limestone to change in texture and makeup. The process is called recrystallization.

Fossilized materials in the limestone, along with its original carbonate minerals, recrystallize and form large,coarse grains of calcite. The minerals that result from impurities give marble a wide variety of colors. The purest calcite marble is white in color.  Marble containing hematite are reddish in color.

Marble that has limonite is yellow, and marble with serpentine is green in color Marble does not split easily into sheets of equal size and must be mined with care.

Uses of Marble

Marble has always been highly valued for its beauty, strength, and resistance to fire and erosion. The ancient Iranian & Greeks were good user of marble in their buildings and statues. The italian artist Michelangelo used marble from Carrara, Italy, in a number of sculptures.

Marble from Tennessee was used in parts of National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. ground marble is also used in paving roads and in manufacturing roofing materials and soil treatment products.

Granite

Granite, from igneous rock, is a very hard, crystalline, and primarily composed of feldspar, quartz accompanied by one or more dark minerals. It is visibly homogeneous in texture.
The term ” Granite ” means ” grain” in Latin word ” Granum ” because of its granular nature. The principal characteristics of granite also include high load bearing capacity, crushing strength, abrasive strength, amenability to cutting and shaping without secondary flaws, ability to yield thin and large slabs and – above all – durability.

Due to highly dense grain, it is impervious to stain. Polished granite has achieved a special status as building stones globally. Granite is also used for wall cladding, roofing, flooring, and a variety of other interior and eksterior applications.

Uses of Granite

* Roadstone, building blocks, but has poor resistance to fire as it crumbles when exposed to intense heat.
* Traditionally the main use of black granite is in tombstones and other monumental items, and to a lesser extent for various types of counters, especially in the financial world, decorative  applications, elegant trimmings and luxury floorings.
* Stones on bolo cord slides and pendants, paperweights, bookends, lazy susan turntables, etc.

When we compare marble to granite, we find that granite is stronger than marble, does not lose its polish after long term exposure to water ( like marble does ), and does not easily  stain in the presence of food acids like fruit juice, coffee, and wine ( like marble does ).

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Projects

Cape Schanck Residence – Victoria, Australia

A coastal retreat located south of Melbourne, comprising the main house and studio pavilion.

The principal two storey house is located to enjoy expansive ocean views from the top of a very steep site in the middle of a golf course.  The orthogonal black form is very clear and simple, but there is something odd to it.  The box tube is twisted in section, the cladding raked, the lower windows cranked and the chimney emerging from the wall is on the diagonal.  The house looks nothing like a house, but rather an object flying in from space and rotating along its long axis as it is about to land.  The house is a dynamic enigma in the windswept setting.

The studio is a further extrusion of the tube, positioned directly opposite the rear entrance of the earlier building, across the north-facing concrete paved courtyard.  A long concrete bench, set at an oblique angle, separates the two.

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This one is our Creation for RUKO or SHOP House  in wahidin street. Owner need a space to have  a Beauty Saloon business and a residence for her eldest son that’s going to married soon after this renovation finish. So with this RUKO, all the two function can delivered together precisely.

For this early presentation, we delivered to all of us, is the 2nd floor area  for living, pantry and dinning. For other space and function included photo image for  what have we done in the field is going to upload  as soon as we have update all the file.

1st floor is for beauty saloon business. with her experiences , our client decide it to open another competitive shop with other that’s have already there a long at the wahidin streets.

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Floor Plan design

Here is the floor plan design for this SHOP House, all the image is the final design result.

IMAGE Presentation in 3D

We have not yet get all image ready to put in on this post, but some of them is already set up in more good view. So here is some of the image in 3D and we hope all of us can enjoy for this presentation.

Image 3d for 2nd floor area, function for living area, dinning and kitchen.

Others 3d image in this particular area , we put in together in this nextgen-gallery thumbnail image bellow, so just feel free to click on the thumbnail and it will automatically open in a new viewing nextgen windows 

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Still in modern style comes with domination of white color, and using hidden lighting on the top ceiling of this room , its really making a comfortable space.

For this presentation , we also insert the floor plan of this creation. Please enjoy for this post… and if you don’t mind, please add some comment at the end of this post, our team will very greatfull for your awsome comment.

Pencil Sketch for this design at a first presentation … more for giving all a great information.

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SHELL PROVIDES PERFECT HIDING PLACE

Kotaro Ide creates residential retreat in Karuizawa

Situated within a dense thickness of trees the Shell House by Kotaro Ide of Artechnic unravels itself displaying its contrasting underbelly to the private audience of its owners.

Brazen yet shy, the house’s open form hidden within the trees presents an honest display of relevance to its situation. The curved forms synonymous with the outer shell of a snail or sea-faring crustacean stand on a plinth of wood creating the illusion that the form floats above the forest bed.

Glazed at ends and with roof lights, an airy interior space is created with which to enjoy the surroundings in comfort and explore the curving concrete intricacies of an otherwise simplistic design. Unobtrusive landscaping ensures the structure can breath in the space whilst maintaining a rural aesthetic.

Artechnic

Image of this fabolous idea

24 City , Chengdu , China

Modern Chengdu development focuses on youth market

Just seven months ago 4.8 million residents in China were made homeless and more than 69,000 killed by the Sichuan earthquake which measured 7.9 on the Richter scale. Less than three months later this devastation was overshadowed by an international force as the Olympics came to Beijing. Now though, as the dust has settled on both the earthquake and the Games, the rebuilding of a region can start to be realised.

Chengdu was the worst hit city, being just 80 km away from the epicentre, but is now set to be the location of a new urban community, named 24 City, which will house 60,000 new residents. China Resources Land Limited as developer for the project have selected Callison to design phase one of the 3.3 million sq ft mixed-use project which will also include a 38-storey office tower and an indoor/outdoor retail center. In an effort to encourage and provide for young professionals moving into Chengdu, (Chengdu is host to 16 degree level universities), Callison’s design provides for a youthful and uplifting lifestyle. This is a design for living, not for relief. A hybrid retail complex modulates indoor/outdoor shopping and entertainment among lush landscaping and expansive view terraces. There is even an indoor skating rink, an 8-screen movie complex and a supermarket in the lower level of the office tower. Restaurants and the public garden will remain open after the center closes, offering public events and providing night-time entertainment for residents and visitors. While the complex will provide much needed housing in Chengdu and create a new wave of living quarter, it had been the subject of some controversy documented in a feature-length film by Chinese Director Jia Zhang Ke. ‘24 City’, a documentary-drama filmed before the earthquake struck, tells the story of the lives of those who worked in the factory which was demolished to make way for the complex. “420” factory was once a military aeroplane engine plant but in more recent, peaceful times produced consumer goods. Its closure left many who worked there for decades out of work. Despite the controversy the project is set to go ahead and design development will be completed by Callison before the Chinese New Year. Ground-breaking is scheduled for March 2009.

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Hadid with design for Library and Learning Centre in Vienna

a force to reckon with Zaha Hadid Architects have fended off competition from international rival firms Morphosis, Studio Massimiliano Fuksas, Kada Wittfeld Studio and Prof. Hans Hollein to win the design competition for the University of Economics & Business’s Library and Learning Centre (LLC) in Vienna.

A jury headed by Coop Himmelb(l)au’s Wolf Prix chose the deconstructivist design by Hadid and her counterpart Patrik Schumacher, to take central place in the new campus masterplan designed by BUSarchitecture. Described as a ‘polygonal block’ with ‘both inclined and straight edges’, ZHA’s design statement for the LLC reads: “The straight lines of the building’s exterior separate as they move inward, becoming curvilinear and fluid, generating a free-formed interior canyon that serves as the central public plaza. All the other facilities of the LLC are housed within a single volume that also divides, becoming two separate ribbons that wind around each other to enclose this glazed gathering space.”

The new 5-floor, 42,000 sq m LLC will house a learning centre as well as training rooms, admin offices, a library, clubroom, auditorium, book shop and ancillary service areas. Cornelius Schlotthauer of Zaha Hadid Architects will see the project through to completion which is due by the end of 2012.

Design for High School #9 realised as building completes

The design by Austrian architects Coop Himmelb(l)au for the Central Los Angeles Area High School #9 for the visual and performing arts has completed and will open in September 2009 for the new term.

Central to the building is the suitably dramatic theatre which holds just short of 1,000 audience members and will be open to the public as well as the 1,800 students providing a public space which was previously lacking in the Grand Avenue area.

Each student is matriculated within one of four academies representing each of the arts disciplines, accordingly there are 4 separate classroom buildings as well as the theatre, the library and the cafeteria making up the seven building campus.

Coop Himmelb(l)au’s design concept is to use architectural signs as symbols to communicate the commitment of the Los Angeles community to Art. Like chess figures three sculptural buildings, which relate to the context of downtown Los Angeles and the program, redefine spatially and energetically the otherwise orthogonal arrangement of the master plan.

A Tower figure with spiralling ramp in the shape of the number 9 located on top of the theater’s flyloft serves as a widely visible sign for the Arts in the city and a point of identification for the students.

Inside the tower, an event, conference and exhibition space with a view across the city is planned to be located.

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Marble is from the Greek word for SHINING STONE. Architecturally, marble is a term applied to any metamorphosed limestone or serpentine rock which is able to be polished. The crystalline structure of marble gives it its beauty. It is heat and scratch resistance is far better than any other solid surface material.

Nero Portoro is a black marble from Italy. It is naturally elegant, easy to work with and strong material. Nero Portoro have special gold color with dark black background. This is makes it an exclusive and expensive marble. There is only one active quarry of Nero Portoro still working today which makes it an extremely limited material.

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In 1952, Siddons Drop Forgings Limited, a company founded by John Siddons secured the rights to the world’s first commercially viable powder actuated fixing system.

The new company, Ramset™ Fasteners (Aust.) Pty  Limited was destined to become a leader in developing,  manufacturing and supplying the latest technology for  the construction industry.

Principle among this technology was concrete fixing, drilling and anchoring systems as well as construction  hemicals.

By the late 1980’s, Ramset™ was an integral part of the  wholly Australian owned group, Siddons Ramset™ Limited; a diverse corporation that included leading  manufacturing, importing and distribution companies.

Today, more than 50 years after being founded,  Ramset™ is part of ITW Inc., an international  industrial  corporation of over 700 companies and 50,000 employees with a turnover in 2006 of $US13 billion.

Other leading Australian based companies within the group include ITW Buildex, Pryda, Reid, Paslode, FH  Prager and Epirez. 50 years on, Ramset™ is a company with a proud history and an exciting future.

MADE IN AUSTRALIA

A “dedicated” approach to product manufacture has simplified the process, from raw materials through production, quality control to packing and freight, which in turn has resulted in increased efficiencies, greater flexibility, the ability to adapt product to specific needs and higher levels of product reaching the customer  “in-full, on-time”.

Ramset™ is a “Quality Endorsed Company” and accredited to AS/NZS ISO9001:2000, Quality Management System – Requirements, which encompasses Research and Development, Manufacturing, Marketing, Sales as well as delivery of Products and Services to customers. Ramset™, Australian made…quality assured.

This upper image is showing a construction person using chemical anchor technology for improving the structure of the building construction.

This chemical anchor,  is one of the best product we often use in fixing structure specially if we have a case that’s our client want to change the main structure of the building . Of course with some analyze for the structure   so we can get the best results in changing the main structure, safety is come for the number one condition.

High Strength Epoxy

This left image is the one of product we often use for.

The epoxy resin and hardener are completely mixed as they are dispensed from the dual cartridge through a static mixing nozzle, directly into the anchor hole. A7 can be used with threaded rod or rebar.

Product Advantages :

• High performance acrylic resin
• Fast dispensing and curing times
• Ideal for damp conditions
• Easy to use ( no heating ) even at cold temperatures
• Easy handling and installation
• One solution for both hollow and solid base materials
• Attained NSF Approval for portable drinking water

Substrates :

• Concrete
• Hollow block wall
• Solid block
• Solid brick
• Hollow floor beams

Our own project manager , showing how to use “Ramset” in the field…

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There is a lot of another product comes with this company … for further information , just click here.

Hope this can be use full.

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World Architecture News House of  Year competition brings out strongest design talents

Last year, Marbach made its architectural ascent in status when the city’s Museum of Modern Literature, designed by David Chipperfield to reconnect Germany’s literature once separated by the East/West divide, won the Sterling Prize – a most coveted architecture award. This year, perched on 6900 m2 of land atop a hill facing the museum, a private house responds with originality and thoughtful design, elevating the bar in the region. 

Submitted for WAN’s House of the Year 2008, Dupli Casa displays sophisticated shape manipulation to transform a simplistic design into a complex yet comprehensible super-home.

“The geometry of the building is based on the footprint of the house that previously was located on the site,” say Dupli Casa’s designers J. Mayer H. Architects. “Originally built in 1984 and with many extensions and modifications since then, the new building echoes the ‘family archaeology’ by duplication and rotation. Lifted up, it creates a semi-public space on ground level between two layers of discretion.”

The design therefore reflects a family vernacular – the different levels of a family presenting as twisted versions of the next, performing different functions but communicating as a whole.

“The skin of the villa performs a sophisticated connection between inside and outside and offers spectacular views onto the old town of Marbach and the German national literature archive on the other side of the Neckar valley,” the architects explain. In such close proximity to Chipperfield’s masterpiece Dupli Casa’s design is able to feature the Museum of Modern Literature as an asset in its own design, responding to the simple lines and blanched colouring.

And just as RIBA, who deliver the annual Sterling Prize, commended Chipperfield for his “control and discrimination in the choice of materials” the same could be saluted in Dupli Casa’s design. Concrete walls and wooden floors are used creating a connection between the modern and the old, the natural and the man-made and the inside and outside, similarly achieved in Chipperfield’s columned design which integrates the indoors and out. While the three storey house holds a standing of its own, as a piece defining responsive architecture, its stature grows to reflect this

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Barbara Residence, Miami Beach, United States

New residential work from Beilinson Gomez Architects PA

This oceanfront house in the Altos Del Mar district of Miami Beach utilizes the full extents of its site by creating a site perimeter envelope at the lot setback lines and then organizing both exterior and interior spaces within that perimeter frame, creating semi-exterior spaces between the marked envelope and the interior spaces.

Programmatically, this creates a public zone to the East (on the ocean) and a private / bedroom zone to the west (on Atlantic Way), and provides all of the interior spaces with a dramatic adjacency to vertical spaces that are exterior, yet still within the perimeter frame of the site.

The amount of square footage that is removed at this second level is then stacked above as a third level penthouse. Beilinson Gomez Architects PA received the Merit Award in the “Unbuilt Work” category of the 2008 AIA Miami Chapter Design Awards for this project.

Beilinson Gomez Architects PAlinsonarchitectspa.com

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Since it’s the first home you see as you enter the community, we wanted it to make a strong statement.

Before accepting restoration, the appearance of this building was very bad, and by not having many we could safely maintained solution… we change a lot of the appearance construction.

Still using wash coloring technique with light brown color we give some art color touch for this front view appearance. Bali stone carve with an abstract style is using a lot in interior appearance.

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Image Before Renovation

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Image Under Construction

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