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17Feb/170

Design the Home of Your Dreams Now!

Dreaming About Your Perfect Home?

Have you been dreaming of the perfect home design? Your dream home may be somewhere in the city that overlooks a beautiful view of London with large spacious rooms, an entrance hall that makes a great first impression. Perhaps a couple of bathrooms with a large corner bath tub with all the best fittings and of course a large open plan kitchen to entertain in as well as enjoy the mastery of cooking.

Dream no longer... dblo Associates architects London will transform your home into the dream! They offer the perfect solution to lifestyle changes with their architectural services based in London and surrounds.

Dblo Associates are a team of dedicated professionals whom individually offer unique expertise and combine these, make a formidable and highly talented team to transform your life and home. They believe in enhancing life through design and that’s exactly what they will do.

Bringing together the best in architecture, interior design and development they were founded as an architectural and development practice in 1999 and is based in west London. Contact them today!

10Jun/160

dblo Associates enhance living through design

Ancient architecture is characterized by this tension between the divine and mortal world. Cities would mark a contained sacred space over the wilderness of nature outside, and the temple or palace continued this order by acting as a house for the gods. The architect, be he priest or king, was not the sole important figure; he was merely part of a continuing tradition.

dblo Associates architects Kensington are a team of innovative and forward thinking architects who are passionate about the history of architecture and how this influences modern day design.

  

There is nothing more beautiful than architecture, some of which shapes the world we live in and formed our history. Many architecture buildings or pyramids tell us much about the people who went before us and the history in those times. For instance ancient Egyptian architecture is the architecture of Ancient Egypt, one of the most influential civilizations throughout history, which developed a vast array of diverse structures and great architectural monuments along the Nile, including pyramids and temples. Much of our modern day architecture is based on history.

The well preserved Temple of Horus at Edfu is an example of Egyptian architecture and architectural sculpture.

In Ancient Egypt and other early societies, people believed in the omnipotence of Gods, with many aspects of daily life carried out with respect to the idea of the divine or supernatural and the way it was manifest in the mortal cycles of generations, years, seasons, days and nights.

Due to the scarcity of wood, the two predominant building materials used in ancient Egypt were sun-baked mud brick and stone, mainly limestone, but also sandstone and granite in considerable quantities.

The core of the pyramids consisted of locally quarried stone, mudbricks, sand or gravel. For the casing stones were used that had to be transported from father away, predominantly white limestone from Tura and red granite from upper Egypt.

Ancient Egyptian houses were made out of mud collected from the Nile river. It was placed in molds and left to dry in the hot sun to harden for use in construction.

Many Egyptian towns have disappeared because they were situated near the cultivated area of the Nile Valley and were flooded as the river bed slowly rose during the millennia, or the mud bricks of which they were built were used by peasants as fertilizer.

Thus, our understanding of ancient Egyptian architecture is based mainly on religious monuments, massive structures characterized by thick, sloping walls with few openings, possibly echoing a method of construction used to obtain stability in mud walls.

dblo associates studio brings together a team of architects with a wide experience and knowledge across a variety of project and contract types. dblo associates work covers architecture, interior design and development. working as a studio, allows us the flexibility to expand and contract to suit work loads and to draw on the wider expertise of our associate studios across London. we believe that the quality of our surrounding have a direct influence on the quality of our lives, whether in public, the work place, or the home. dblo associates is an organisation dedicated to creating and enhancing value through design.

The Pyramids of Giza is just one of the many pyramids that have fascinated people for hundreds of centuries. If you are looking to enhance your living though design, look no further than dblo Associates architects Holland Park to help achieve this.

9Feb/150

Grand Designs Live London are pleased to have DBLO Associates exhibiting this year

DBLO after

Creative living at its best!

This small terraced cottage in South West London is a gem of a project - humble and modest at a glance, with the potential to sparkle. Commissioned by a visitor to last year's Grand Designs Live, the Architects responsible for making 'the worst house on the street' shine, were Grand Designs Live London based exhibitors DBLO Associates architects Fulham.

Folding glass doors replaced the exterior kitchen wall, small window and door – allowing light and life to seamlessly flow through the house from outside in and vice versa and creating a flush floor threshold with the same floor finish inside and outside. The highly insulated extension with cedum green roof incorporates western red cedar timber cladding, which frames the glass opening - maintaining the nostalgia and personality of the cottage, whilst adding new contemporary and eco credentials to the property. Given a limited budget and the fact that it had to include a first floor extension, two bathrooms and full redecoration, the design team sought to use readily available, affordable materials and products including tiles, flooring and lighting. 'The kitchen came from IKEA and the tiles from Topps Tiles'- Claire Hale (Partner) - which kept cost low whilst cleverly detailed style remained high and resulted in this flexible and bespoke living space which will be enjoyed year round during family time and for entertaining.

DBLO before

DBLO architects Clapham worked closely with the client to make their Grand Design a reality - proving that budget doesn't have to be an obstacle, that with good interpretation of your clients brief, an innovative approach and imagination - you can achieve a grand solution that suits you. The total cost for this project excluding VAT came in at £145,000.

DBLO Associates Architects will be exhibiting at the show in May. Find them in Grand Build stand B21

20May/140

A dedicated team of architects deliver time and time again

  

We recently needed some commercial work undertaken and after spending many months researching different architects in London we found dblo associates to be the company that is the most recommended in the industry. 

There are many architects Kensington around so when looking for a good architect make sure you do your homework and research the different firms around. Some things to make sure you find out: 

Previous projects/case studies that have been worked on by the architects, commercial and residential. Word of mouth is always a great way to find a reputable company. Ask to view some of the projects they have worked on and speak to the consultants directly. You will soon get a feel as to how good the company is. 

Click here for further information or to contact dblo associates Architects Notting Hill and Architects Clapham.