Retaining walls can level a sloped yard, prevent erosion and look beautiful! Check out these distinctive retaining wall ideas ...

However, to get into that room, visitors will have to step over a steel beam that runs through the building and is part of the base of the water tower. The middle of the back room also contains the ...

Throughout its more than 20 years on Channel 4, Grand Designs has seen it all from caves, water towers, castles and even ... had a top layer of reclaimed wood along with the embedded fossils ...

The concrete bulk of the towers are framed by a permeable wooden skin that ... for a new way of designing water towers, which are beginning to see a wider range of designs compared to the recent ...

The porte-cochere looks like large planks of wood tied together. The theme of the Island Tower is wayfinding — the means of navigating the ocean using the stars and other natural elements. As such, ...

Just like the buildings, bunkers, and memorials that have been bestowed monument status by their monolithic solidity, the Våga Water Tower – Vattentornet Våga – is intended to have a long life. ’Our ...

Here’s the latest update on a Northants couple’s remarkable water tower conversion, which recently featured on Channel 4's Grand Designs ... Adam wouldn’t buy wood because it was four ...

deforestation for charcoal and wood and other factors that have diminished and threatened local water supplies. See All Key Ideas This is Part 1 of a two-part series on Kenya’s Eldoret-Iten ...

Grand Designs made a triumphant return to Channel ... Tassy embarked on the daunting task of transforming a 20-meter water tower into a whimsical family home. Despite their resolve, the couple ...

The latest episode of Channel 4's long-running series Grand Designs saw couple Adam and Tassy taking a frightening risk by modifying a Northamptonshire water tower. Having met its buyers, who got hold ...

SpawGlass is the project's contractor, with Robert A.M. Stern Architects leading design ... about lack of hot water and frequent elevator outages. After the Tower’s renovation is complete ...

Wood from New York City water towers will be attached to the facade ... recognize the theater’s familiar semicircular shape. The design, by Ennead Architects, kept to the same footprint, which ...