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GROSVENOR Business Tower




Nice finishing and Architecture design in Dubai are always unique and giving the different  life style when you visit any building at Dubai, as you see down in the attached picture........




Lift lobby with nice wooden touch and hidden light .....




The fantastic elevator finishes and materials from the most famous elevators companies ........

But it reach to the pray time, i search and search for any place to do pray, when i had ask security guys they guide me to the location........



I reach basement floor, with car parking and a lot of CO2 and hot temperature, darkness and scary scene as you see with above pictures ......

And never you can believe what i found, i will let photos speak......


The place to set-down and take your shoes off to do ablution, it's some of damaged chairs donated by tenants.....



Prayer room and no need to show you the interior scene.......

OK guys, this is fine where we can do ablution, someone in darkness guide me to there ...... Have a look below .....



And here is Ablution interior design ..... 

You not believe in that, take your car to location of this post.

MBBM - ceilings and walls








Dear Friends
As the creative bug does not stop biting we at MBBM brings to you a very creative and high performance range of product for ceilings and walls - HERADESIGN from Knauf - Austria


 

 

Performance 

- Can be used for walls and ceilings for sound absorption

- Impact resistance

- Available in lots of colour and long panels

- Easy to install with concealed frames

 
 
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Download full specification from here ..............


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Car parking tent





The amazing render


How is this shot ?, if you can tell us which plugins used for render, which program has been used for visualization, and what is your note.

I will tell you .. this is a real still image by my cell phone.


CHINA - ROOFTOP VILLA





Beijing rooftop villa faces destruction
A man who built a large villa on top of a Beijing apartment block has been given 15 days to dismantle his eye-catching residence or it will be destroyed, authorities said on Tuesday (August 13).

The villa and mountain of imitation rocks and plants taking shape in recent months led residents of the 26-story building to complain to the local government.

Chen Yu, a deputy team leader from the Haidian District City Administration and Law Enforcement Bureau, told reporters on Tuesday (August 13) that he had placed an announcement on the owner's door demanding the construction be removed by August 27.

"(We) have ordered that he must come under investigation within 15 days. If he doesn't show up within 15 days, and we cannot reach him, we will apply for relevant procedures from the legal affairs office of the district government in accordance with the relevant laws and regulations," Chen told journalists.

When asked whether the construction would be demolished if the owner did not comply, Chen said: "There would be a demolition. Yes."

The construction, which Chen estimated covers around 800 square meters, also features a pavilion and a surveillance camera.

According to the state-run Xinhua news agency, the construction has been built over a period of six years by a resident of flat 2605 named Zhang Biqing.

But on Tuesday, Zhang was nowhere to be seen. Nobody answered the door of Zhang's apartment when a Reuters reporter knocked twice and rang the doorbell.

Chen said his department had been trying to contact Zhang since the end of 2008, but Zhang never appeared to meet them.

"First of all, its impact is an issue of safety. If Beijing experiences bad or extreme weather, it could be blown down or hit by lightning. More importantly, it has infringed the rights of other residents who disliked having a building constructed on their rooftop. According to the laws and regulations, anything that has not received permission is illegal," Chen said.

Residents living in the block said they were worried about the extra weight accumulating above their heads.

"It could collapse. Perhaps originally it was designed to withstand a certain weight, but now he has added so many things, it's not a question of a blade of grass. I also heard that there are big rocks and a big house up there. If it collapses, nobody knows how many casualties it would cause. I hope the government solves this problem," said Wen Tingshu, who lives on the 22nd floor.

Others also lodged complaints about construction noise.

Media reports about the villa in recent days have attracted some local residents to come and have a look for themselves.

Sixty-seven-year-old Chen Zhumin said she found it aesthetically pleasing.

"I've no idea about how it was constructed or designed, but viewed from outside, I think it's beautification. When we travel abroad, there are green plants on the rooftops of houses. So it plays a role in beautifying the city," she said

Staff working for the management office of the property refused to speak to media about the case on Tuesday.

Do you want to know how to control your sleep time?





Sleep is divided into several phases, including REM and deep sleep. We progress through these stages in cycles, each complete cycle taking on average 90 minutes. There is huge difference about how we feel after waking up depending on the stage we are in at the moment. We feel most refreshed waking up at the top of the cycle, whereas if the alarm clock wakes us up from deep sleep, we may feel groggy and not well rested, no matter how long we slept.

Using the calculator below you can calculate the right length of sleep in order to wake up right at the top of the cycle. It works best with gentle alarms, like a wake up lamp or quietly playing music. Still, if you need to be sure you won't oversleep, it's best to have a solid loud alarm (or a wake up call) set for later.

Of course this is a rough estimate, but it might be worth to try; be sure to let us know in the comments if it worked for you! We'd also appreciate any tips on sleeping better, waking up early, natural sleep aids etc.

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