Rock the Block’s contestants reveal their reno do’s and don’ts |

Home renovations can be intense. Between budget and time constraints, the process is one that takes a lot of planning – and one that can make or break depending on the team completing the job. HGTV’s popular competition series, Rock the Block, takes the home renovation process and flips it (pun intended) on its head. Its latest season features four returning design duos, all of whom have extensive, yet diverse, renovation backgrounds. Bryan and Sarah Baeumler, Keith Bynum and Evan Thomas, Lyndsay Lamb, and Leslie Davis, and Page Turner and contractor extraordinaire Mitch Glew were all tasked with renovating attached…

Donald Lococo’s ‘Ocean Sundial’ stands against the conventional beach house architecture that lines the Delaware beaches

South Bethany, Delaware, USA Using light as a tool, Donald Lococo follows all the technical requirements of beachfront architecture, maximizing panoramic ocean sunrise and sunset views to a singular communal area, and then dialing back solar gains by limiting solar exposure, a responsible solar heat gain is achieved. Named Ocean Sundial, this private holiday residence has recently been awarded a 2023 American Architecture Award by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Center for Architecture, Design, and Urban Studies. The form of this vacation home for a family of five is derived from state guidelines mandating…

UW-Whitewater to use state funds for College of Education and Professional Studies renovations | News

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Major Renovation for Fire Station 98 Ahead

An extensive renovation of Fire Station 98 is planned which includes an overhaul of the fire station’s kitchen and bathroom facilities, among other critical upgrades. Fire Chief Roberto Lorenzo outlined the scope of the renovation work, which includes the modernization of the station’s kitchen, the installation of three unisex shower rooms, and the upgrade of existing bathroom facilities to meet current standards of functionality, health, safety, and accessibility. The project will introduce structural enhancements such as the installation of two exterior impact doors and an exterior perimeter camera system to bolster the station’s security and resilience against extreme weather conditions.…

JIS Revamp Update: Road Access Renovation in Sunter Completed

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – The provincial government of Jakarta reported that the road renovation on West Sunter Lake as part of the Jakarta International Stadium (JIS) access improvement has been finalized. “(The government) is now continuing its project to the renovation of the sidewalks,” said the Acting Chief of Jakarta Bina Marga Roads Agency, Heru Suwondo, when met in South Jakarta on Wednesday, August 2, 2023. Heru explained that the provincial government will renovate Jl. West Sunter Lake and Jl. Danau Sunter Permai by elevating the road, renovating the sidewalks, and providing streetlights. Both streets are located on the east side…

X’s new home icon frustrates designers

X (formerly known as Twitter) just doesn’t feel like home since Musk took the reins, and the social media platform has certainly seen some controversial design updates since its rebrand. Adding to its extensive list of design fails, X has recently done away with the twee little birdbox home icon, replacing it with an infuriatingly off-centre house design. As each day we wave goodbye to yet another remnant of old Twitter, this is a small but mighty change, to say the least – you might not even have noticed, but now you know, you won’t be able to unsee it,…