The big difference between a condo and an apartment is that you generally own a condo, while you rent an apartment. Apartment buildings are usually owned by a single owner (such as a property management company) and the buildings are used solely for rental purposes. However, condos that are ...
Unfortunately, not everyone can have floor-to-ceiling windows, and some rooms bring in natural light more effectively than others. But no matter what direction your apartment is facing or how few windows your living room has, there are plenty of ways to fake natural lighting to create a cozy...
If you have small rooms in your house or apartment, you know it can be tricky to decorate them so they don’t look crowded. Whether you are decorating your living room, office or bedroom, these ideas on how to make a small room look bigger will help it feel like you have more space...
ÂAt its most basic, atunnelis a tube hollowed through soil or stone. Constructing a tunnel, however, is one of the most complÂex challenges in the field of civil engineering. Many tunnels are considered technological masterpieces and governments have honored tunnel engineers as heroes...
When it comes down to it, the main reason is simple: they want to help people who’re less fortunate than they are. Advertisements I’ve given away money to charities over the years. You may have too, and millionaires and billionaires are no different. They want to give cash to causes...
A six foot tall mechanical figure strode calmly into the room. “Human, I’m going to freeze you until the medical personnel arrive.” A green light started blinking in its eye socket. “Do not be alarmed, it is for your own safety.” Hugh was half way out of the bathtub before the...
a 450-bed residence where every bedroom has an 8-foot-tall, floor-to-ceiling window. “Students are expecting that now,” says Krissy Ferguson, an associate principal at LS3P. For universities, student housing is in competition with off-campus housing. Attractive dorms that convince students to...
(better). Most permanent installations, however, end up with the projector mounted upside down from the ceiling or placed on a tall shelf or in a cubby at the back of the room. These installations may require not just physical mounting of the projector, but possibly the wiring of a power...
In the past I would often get asked if it was possible to live in Bangkok on a 30,000 baht salary? However, that was in the past. Thankfully nowadays the average Bangkok salary is showing signs of creeping up further towards the 40,000 baht mark (and about time as well!) ...
Across the board, Americans overestimate how high the government’s poverty line is and how many people live below it. Asked to estimate the poverty line for a family of four, those polled, on average, put it at just over $32,000, which is about a third higher than the actual figure ...