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| September 21, 2017
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Isabel’s Picks for Autumn 2017

WISHING FOR PEACE

Relax and feel grateful

 

 

Isabel's Autumn Picks 2017, Vzor Armchair, AROMA DIFFUSER, Pollmeier,BauBuche, abbeywoods, Sembla, door handle, Ultrafabrics lever handle, Allgood

 

 

 

1. ARMCHAIR

Brand: Vzor

Designer: Professor Roman Modzelewski

Name: RM58 Soft Armchair

Price range: from €780

Key facts: Available in a wide range of colours (Camira Synergy fabrics).

Available to Ireland from:  eporta.

 

2. AROMA DIFFUSER  

Product Name: Scented Oil Diffuser

Price range: €34.39

Material: PP/ABS (plastic)

Key Features: Operates quietly under 35 decibels. Generates vapor without heat, which best preserves the integrity of the essential oil. 7 colourful dimmable LED light.

Available to Ireland from:  HappyNesty

 

3. FLOORING

Manufacturer: Pollmeier

Name: BauBuche

Price range: n/a

Material: Beech

Key Facts: With only razor thin glued joints in between the veneer, layers are precisely fit into one another. The flooring is very robust and extremely hard (Brinell hardness HB = 38,2 N/mm2).

Available in Ireland from:  Abbeywoods

 

4. DOOR HANDLE

Brand: Sembla

Product name: 3623UF Sembla Ultrafabrics lever handle

Price range: n/a

Available to Ireland from: Allgood plc

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| September 8, 2017
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The 15,000 Tile Building

 

 

Covering external walls with ceramic tiles is a Portuguese tradition with at least 500 years. The new MAAT (Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology) in Lisbon took this tradition one step further and used 15,000 3D wall tiles to cover its walls.

 

 

Traditional Portuguese tiles ('azulejos')

Traditional Portuguese tiles

 

The MAAT tiles were manufactured in Barcelona by the same company that worked with Antoni Gaudí, and it’s still working in ‘La Sagrada Família’.

Wall tiles, MAAT Lisbon

Wall tiles, MAAT Lisbon

 

The 60cm high tiles are hollow to reduce the weight. The architect says they will (intentionally) start cracking very soon.

 

Some interesting facts about MAAT:

  • 15,000 hexagonal wall tiles cover the building.
  • The tiles are mechanically fixed.
  • Designed by Amanda Levete Architects by direct invitation.
  • The Museum Director is an Architect – Pedro Gadanho (former MoMA curator).
  • 420 m2 of minimal frame windows – PanoramAH system.
  • The central gallery has an oval shape and it is below the river level.
  • Construction cost: €20 million.
  • Construction cost per m²: €2,702. (Gross internal floor area 7,400m²).
  • It is possible to walk over the roof.
  • Owned by the Portuguese electricity and gas provider EDP.

15,000 wall tiles cover the MAAT’s walls

 

It is possible to walk over the MAAT’s roof.

 

 

Visit MAAT’s website here.

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