Monday, November 2, 2009
Some time ago we’ve offered you an interesting collection of 55 glass top dining tables with original bases created by different world famous companies. We got a lot of questions about the first model and we’ve decided to show it more detailed. This dining table is a product of one of the leading Italian furniture producers – Selva. This company tries to build not only qualitative and beautiful furniture, but offers really exclusive solutions to surround its consumers by opulence and remarkable style. The table, which is a part of its Tzsar collection, is an excellent example of magnificent and timeless furniture. This glass top table could perfectly enrich as beautiful dining room as stylish home office. The combination of original massive base and transparent glass top looks great. The curved lines add a refine touch to the table and make it adaptable to all interior styles. If you want the further information then you could visit Selva site and get it.
Labels: dining room, dining room table, Glass table design
Sunday, November 1, 2009

Would you like to see a building twisting itself into different shapes night and day on the New York skyline? Would you like to live in an apartment with a view that rotates 360 degrees? It may be a little hard at the moment to arrange financing for such tower — or any other new skyscraper in Manhattan — but the architect David Fisher is looking for a place to build it here someday.
He’s already designed such an edifice in Dubai called the Dynamic Tower, billed as the “world’s first building in motion.” Dr. Fisher, an architect based in Florence, he told me that he hopes groundbreaking for the Dubai tower will occur “within a matter of weeks,” and said that the problems in the credit market haven’t affected the project.
The tower is supposed to generate enough electricity to supply the power needs for itself as well as buildings nearby. The electricity will come from horizontal wind turbines tucked away between each of its 80 floors, and from solar photovoltaic cells on the roof each story. As the individual floors move, about 20 percent of each roof is expected to be exposed to the sun at any time of the day.
Dr. Fisher, who’s working on another of these towers for Moscow, was in town this week to discuss plans for New York. Where might it go? “We are currently looking at a few sites,” he told me. “It should be a place from where the view is attractive and also where people can stand and watch the building changing its shape.”
Any suggestions for him? Any predictions on how well those turbines and photovoltaic cells will work? And would you pay a premium to live in a room with a moving view?
Labels: BUILDING REVIEW