This house in Dunsborough, Western Australia designed by Australian architect Dane Richardson. Called House 11, is a beach side home, a framed and timber clad structure over concrete base. The timber “perfect” at adding that lovely natural texture and weather boards have a traditional connection to beach side architecture.
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This rural home in the North Island of New Zealand designed by Studio John Irving. Called New Northland Home, is a farmhouse for a very busy family with 4 young children. The design responds to this as three separate blocks for sleeping, living and working with its own separate farm entry. The house provides a backdrop to the theatre of this family’s daily life, and will adapt well to their changing needs. Read more
This house in Eagle Bay, Western Australia. Called House 14 designed by Australian architect Dane Richardson. The north facing terrace with its built in “fire box” is the focus of all outside entertaining. The open “fire box” provides a fantastic place to sit and star gaze in the evening. The planning divides the building into three wings. Children’s bedrooms, guest room, bathroom and games/tv room to the western side. The master bedroom and study to the eastern side and the main living volume & court yard central to these wings.
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2GIG to Launch First-Of-Its-Kind Z-Wave-Enabled Security System
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Mellville, NY (PRWEB) — 2GIG Technologies announced today that it has joined the Z-Wave Alliance, an open consortium of manufacturers building products based on Z-Wave, the first technology to bring affordable, reliable and easy to deploy wireless home control to every aspect of daily life – the home environment, consumer electronics, healthcare, and energy management – to create a truly “connected home.”
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Stay in touch with friends and like-minded people with a new microblogging website.
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Chicago, IL (PRWEB) — Tired of being stuck with 140 character limits? Net Shouts (http://www.netshouts.com/) is a new microblog that allows you to communicate via 350 character messages or “shouts”. Start up a conversation about music, beer, wine, food, grilling, sports, gadgets, offbeat stories, humor or any other topic. You have the option of posting directly to other social networking sites. Net Shouts also allows you to post photographs and embed some videos.
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