Floor plans also observed feng shui: Stairwells, for example, don't directly face the front door, for ideal energy-flow.
These houses are decidedly modern, incorporating open floor plans, integrated exterior and interior spaces and sliding glass walls.
Another major player in the indoor positioning market is Google with over 10, 000 floor plans in 13 countries.
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Meanwhile, institutions interested in joining forces with Google can use the company's Floor Plans tool to get the process started.
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Wright utilized open floor plans, screens, panel detailing, window placement and doors to organically integrate the home with nature, says Maier.
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An informative, illustrated "walking guide" includes concise and lucid historical texts, floor plans and even a chronology of the Met's major painting acquisitions.
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Another advantage: Small builders are more willing to offer extra services such as flexible floor plans, as opposed to a handful of cookie-cutter layouts.
He obsesses with presentation, from the floor plans to the lighting.
"We had up to a thousand floor plans supposed to be delivered every day, " says Mr. Bergman, whose firm, Diakrit, produces virtual tours and three-dimensional models for housing developments.
Some designers say the sprawling closets are in part a reaction to the rise of modern, open floor plans, particularly loftlike great rooms that include both kitchens and dens.
Yet the way people live has become increasingly contemporary, say architects and designers, so more owners are demanding interior changes to incorporate bigger kitchens, cleaner lines and open floor plans.
Some are quite roomy, with open floor plans, vaulted ceilings, upgraded cabinetry, faucets and fixtures, and exterior touches like porches and stucco exteriors that make them look more like a site-built home.
For example, it is calling for floor area to be included in marketing material and floor plans to include furniture, so that people can get a clearer idea of the size of a property.
In addition to well-designed floor plans and interacting with products and specialists, part of the Apple store experience is engaging with fellow Mac enthusiasts, both casually and in training programs and classes that the stores host.
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And that's why last week Ed and Karen Mills, my Small Business Administration chief, traveled to Indiana to announce a new plan to provide loans to auto, RV, and boat dealers to help finance floor plans.
While the 103 guest rooms and suites are now light-splashed and modern, the familiar Spanish-style architecture remains it now matches the new 12, 000-square-foot building which houses a bell tower, fitness studio, Spa by La Prairie and three airy guest rooms with open floor plans and retractable interior walls.
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The plans consist of ground floor restaurants and retail units on the site of the old market, with six floors of office space on top.
Enzi's bill on Association Health Plans hit the Senate floor in May, Snowe worked on a number of compromise amendments, including making more medical benefits mandatory, to address Democratic concerns.
It plans to turn the ground floor into a community centre with the upstairs turned into a boutique hotel.
The plans would also see the ground floor of Reading Museum redeveloped, with more Abbey artefacts and improved signage.
She said she plans to install new equipment on a higher floor to protect it from future floods.
Under the new plans by businessman Noah Redfern, the ground floor and first floor of the observatory will be turned into a cafe.
Bingaman plans to introduce the measure on the Senate floor rather than in committee, where he is likely to encounter opposition from several members, most notably Sen.
After ten months of Lokomat training and other rehab, she can walk five blocks with a cane and plans to move back into her third-floor walk-up apartment this month.
Mr. Ryan, a Wisconsin Republican, plans to move his budget resolution to the House floor by next week.
The engineers and technical workers in the union work on plans for new planes and solve problems that arise on the factory floor.
The plans include a cafe, some study and social space and a dedicated floor for meetings.
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Awe aside, locals are skeptical of living under the shadow of a three-floor behemoth of a house and their grumblings may spell an end to Duffield's plans.
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