Building Components

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Designer / Brand: Bien Design Team Work: Wall Tile and Glazed Porcelain Tag: Building Components

Famous

Famous is a collection of glazed porcelain wall and floor tiles. The surface reproduces the appearance of natural stone, with a uniform small stone texture inspired by beach stones. Digital printing technology and glazed porcelain technology are used in the production of the collection. The tiles are made in gray tones to keep a natural look. Available sizes include 40 by 120 and 30 by 90 wall tiles, 60 by 60 glazed porcelain and 45 by 45 floor tiles. The rich texture adds balance and visual interest to plain interior spaces.

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Designer / Brand: Bora Yıldırım Work: Staircase Tag: Building Components

U Step

U Step staircase is formed by interlocking two u-shaped square box profile pieces having different dimensions. This way, the staircase becomes self-supporting provided that the dimensions do not exceed a threshold. In-advance preparation of these pieces provides assembly convenience. Packaging and transportation of these straight pieces are also greatly simplified.

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Designer / Brand: Yael Issacharov Work: Air Conditioning System Tag: Building Components

NAVE

Nave is a terracotta tile system combined with water flow, used to cool indoor spaces in desertic environments. The cooling method is based on a local traditional cooling solution, and answers a local need. In the project, the tile transforms form a generic product, back into a local, tailored to place product. The system operates on minimal energy and water consumption and is used for green building. The system has three variations: wall tiles, partition and a totem vertical cooling body.

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Designer / Brand: Chi-Hao Chiang Work: Water Filtration Staircase Tag: Building Components

Karst

Karst, a modular staircase designed for Governors Island in New York, is like a solutional cave for people to see and hear the flowing water, with a water filtering system that brings the sensation of nature into the house, connecting the community of humans and water. Each module has a pocket for placing a bag of crushed oyster shells. The shells composed of calcium carbonate can react with acid rain to help neutralize acidified ocean by absorbing carbon dioxide. In the end, it is a filter system that can blur the boundary between humans and nature on Governors Island.

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Designer / Brand: Celil Kilinc Work: Covering Material Tag: Building Components

Marble Hexagon Tile

Marble Hexagon Tile is a natural stone covering material produced in a hexagonal format. Traditionally, marble hexagon tiles are cut with waterjets, a slow and costly process. Ionic Stone developed a technique that cuts rectangular marble tiles into hexagonal shapes using traditional diamond disc cutting. The method holds high precision in dimensions and costs a fraction of waterjet cutting, so large volumes can be produced. Each hexagon side can measure from 15 to 30 centimetres. The aim was to make hexagonal marble tiles affordable.

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Designer / Brand: Xenofon Hector Grigorelis Work: Radiator Tag: Building Components

No Way Out

The vertical designed lines are self connected with a special shape and give the object its defined outline. The oversized dimensions 1800X450mm and its shape offer a unique character. Its aluminium metal construction and the ability to use any desired colour, produce a special and commonly acceptable piece of work.

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Designer / Brand: Jarosław Markowicz Work: Photovoltaic Facade Shutter Tag: Building Components

Solarbreaker

Solarbreaker is a photovoltaic facade shutter that turns building surfaces into energy producing elements. The system is based on extruded aluminium profiles onto which solar panels are mounted. Each panel is tilted at forty five degrees for higher efficiency, and one module of one square metre can power sixteen LED bulbs. Assembly requires almost no tools, because the profiles are placed on the mounting and lock under their own weight. Cables are hidden inside the profiles. Besides facades, the same components can form fences, barriers and blinds.

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Designer / Brand: Tim Siahatgar Work: Structural Aluminum Framing Design Tag: Building Components

MHS Building Systems

MHS Building Systems, designed, patented and developed by Tim M Siahatgar, Architectural Engineer located in Irvine California. A strong, yet lightweight, Aluminum Construction Systems, it's the perfect solution to meet the creative demands of modular unique projects, with endless possibilities, designer and contractors work together, to deliver sustainable prefabricated projects using MHS Structural Aluminum Framing and paneling systems. Almost any architectural residential and commercial buildings design up to 3 stories can be built with this certified method of modular prefab construction.

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Designer / Brand: Yi Zhang Work: Floor Tile Tag: Building Components

Youoy

Youoy is a multifunctional tile designed for floors and walls. The tile is made of stone plastic composite in five layers, produced with high temperature and high pressure, without formaldehyde, heavy metals or phthalates. The surface pattern is based on splash-ink landscape painting, and combines gray wood grain with modern geometric shapes. Semicircles stand for the sun and the moon, while triangles stand for mountains. A mortise and tenon lock joins the tiles for quick and stable installation. The tile suits high-humidity spaces.

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Designer / Brand: Otis Electric Elevator Co.Ltd. Work: Elevator Tag: Building Components

Hbp22 Series

Hbp22 Series is an elevator control panel designed for lift halls of various decorative styles. The panel is made of one piece of tempered glass, which creates a borderless visual effect. A fingerprint resistant surface treatment keeps the appearance clean during long public use, and the bacteriostatic material limits the spread of viruses. Linked to an internet of things platform, the display presents key information such as accumulated running time and energy consumption. The slightly tilted display allows comfortable viewing in narrow spaces.

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Designer / Brand: Jarosław Markowicz Work: Photovoltaic Metal Roof Tag: Building Components

Etile

Etile is a photovoltaic metal roof tile designed for use on many types of buildings. Each module is based on a traditional galvanized steel roof tile and carries five micro photovoltaic panels that generate electricity. The modules measure 1200 by 360 by 30 millimetres and are joined together like ordinary roof tiles, with cable connections hidden under the roof sheathing. The power line is connected to the building power grid. The steel panel can be separated at the end of the product life. Etile adds energy generation without changing the roof structure.

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Designer / Brand: Evgeny Arinin Work: Multi-shaped Outlet Tag: Building Components

Fdo

Fdo is a power outlet designed to accept plugs of different shapes. About fourteen socket types exist worldwide, which creates difficulties for travellers and for buyers of imported appliances. Fdo is built from thousands of small metal pipes that shift to match the form of the inserted plug within seconds. A processor detects the shape and supplies the suitable voltage, and the same system keeps the outlet safe for children. The matrix holding the pipes is produced with CNC machinery. The outlet measures 110 by 110 by 50 millimetres.

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