How To Add Character to Your Home

Does your house seem bland and uninteresting? Here are some ways to add charm and character. Be creative... and have fun!

1. For an inexpensive solution, give that blah house a fresh coat of paint using several accent colors.
2. Remove outdated aluminum or vinyl siding. Wonderful features may be hidden beneath.
3. Consider using a new exterior surface treatment such as stucco or stone relief.
4. Place new windows in existing openings. Or, fill in some windows and enlarge others.
5. Add window and door moldings, cornices and other details.
6. Transform the landscaping. Plant new trees or hedges.
7. Add interest with shutters, awnings and arches.
8. Build a covered entry way.
9. Build a deck, covered patio, porch or other outdoor living space.
10. Open interior ceilings to create vaulting heights.
11. Change the entire profile with a raised roof or gabled dormers.
12. Build a new addition to the front or side of your existing home. Add a porch. Enclose a porch.
13. Add character through elimination. Change the entire profile of your house by removing something already there -- a tree or shrubbery that hides a charming exterior; an addition that throws off the symmetry; a modern skylight or metal door that seemed like a good idea at the time.

Tips:

1. Keep it simple: Too many ornaments or an oversized addition will overwhelm your house.
2. Preserve light and space: Make sure that new additions don't fill your entire lot.
3. Consider resale value: Costly additions won't raise your home's price above neighborhood standards.
4. and last is Go slow - Style cannot be rushed!

CBZ Resort - A Hidden Village in Myanmar

Luxury hotel of 12 individual chalet rooms, 8 suites, and 5 three to four bedroom private villas set within a largely natural woodland of Teakwood.

Much of the site will be reafforested with single species groups of plants located at stategic locations.  An existing marsh has been extended and rehabilitated as a lagoon with marsh planting around the edges

Design Architecture of Luxury House in Surabaya, Period 2013

Another solution of Sustainable Architecture for Luxury Residential in Surabaya from Yulianto Maliang is a combination tropical and contemporer design on 2013.

An interesting facade design combination of line and colour

A big open space to give a natural light inside the room

A spacious sense for each of the room, and given detail attention on each room and room layout.

Each of project value is above USD 200,000.- with built up area above 350 sqm
Design and built quality is a priority.

Best regards,

Yulianto Maliang

(081 216 10178)

New Carnoustie Villa Series

The architecture of Kerala tells many stories. The way its architecture has been designed not only speaks about the artistic and technical capabilities of the craftsmen, but also about the progression and evolution of its society. 

Kerala has an abundance of architectural styles. Places of worship have been reworked over centuries, the styles differing according to the period of renovation, resulting in a vivid representation of an eventful political and cultural life. 

The new villa for carnoustie resort is has architecture designs that radiate warmth and an aura of timelessness

designs which are the realization of a desire to integrate the natural Kerala element.

A Three Bedroom Among Palms and Rice Paddies

This 2,300-square-foot house, completed in 2013, It was built in the traditional Balinese style, on a single level, with white stucco walls and a roof made of ironwood. Each room has access to the outdoors; flooring is mostly terra cotta tile; the woodwork on cabinets and windows is reclaimed old-growth teak. 

The entry is approached via a stone path that winds among frangipani trees. Orchids and staghorn ferns cling to the trunks of palms. The teak front doors open into a hallway flanked by the living room and the dining room. The kitchen, farther back, has a wood-topped breakfast bar and a sink handmade by a local steel worker; the countertops are Italian black granite. A covered outdoor walkway leads to the master bedroom, which has a timbered cathedral ceiling. Three walls enclose its en-suite bathroom; in place of the fourth is a private walled garden. The other two bedrooms, on the opposite side of the house, also have open-air bathrooms. 

The house is surrounded by countryside planted with rice paddies and coconut palms. Ubud is about 10 minutes away by car, although most people prefer to navigate the island’s narrow streets on scooters. Well known as a hub for the fashion industry, Ubud is home to many expatriate artists and spiritual seekers. The airport is an hour and a half away, in Denpasar. 

Published in New York Times

Green School Nature Art Work

Nature is the best artist and a limitless source of inspiration! And what better place to be inspired than here at Green School?  

What evolved was a collaborative art project that allowed for each of us to view our campus with ‘fresh’ eyes. Here is a sneak preview of the work produced...

A Model For Sustainable Development

Yulianto Maliang was commissioned to prepare a Master Layout Plan for an integrated Township on 600 ha of land in Indramayu, located outside of Cirebon City. The development is envisaged to be an mid-market Township that will accommodate a growing population within Indramayu seeking a different way of life.  The development is based on a vibrant, safe and secure, ecologically sustainable and modern environment, with national standard public and civic amenities, as well as places of leisure and recreation. 

The Master Layout Plan takes advantage of the Site’s strengths in terms of its existing natural environment, green vegetation, water bodies and mountain views which will be utilised as a backdrop to create a clean, green environment with extensive parks and recreation areas.  Viewpoints have been maximized throughout the Site with and a large Central Park acting as the development’s key central amenity.  A large institutional campus will be located on the largest site, acting as a catalyst for the region by becoming the focal point of research, development and education for the region’s industries and communities.  An adjoining site will include a large residential development and supporting town centre, while the smaller site on the other side of the Central Park will feature exclusive mid end villa communities, as well as a Nature Resort and Landscape, and a Convention Centre and adjoining Hotel.

Using the site’s unique and dramatic landscape, the vision developed by Yulianto Maliang is ambitious and innovative, borrowing ideas and strategies from the most modern and forward-thinking international approaches to design and planning. Stepping away from the typical style of other projects currently underway in the Country, this Project emphasizes and utilizes the natural attributes of the site to create a strong contrast using modern contemporary angular designs against the hilly, soft landscape that defines the Site.