Laundry
An overview of projects, products and exclusive articles about laundry
Product • By Fantech • DEDPV Dryer Exhaust Ventilator
DEDPV Dryer Exhaust Ventilator
The DEDPV, listed to UL705 & CSA 22.2, is a dryer exhaust duct power ventilator. It helps your dryer run more efficiently by assisting it in overcoming pressure losses caused by long or restricting exhaust duct designs and effects of high altitudes; higher exhaust rate means faster dry time. The product complies with the UL standard related to dryer exhaust (UL 705) and is suitable for gas and electric clothes dryers.
The DEDPV may be added to the dryer exhaust duct system when the equivalent duct length is between 25 feet and 125 feet. Each 90 degree elbow is equivalent to 5 feet of duct and each 45 degree elbow is equivalent to 2.5 feet.
The DEDPV is a cord connected product that features a pressure switch to automatically s... More
Project • By 3DM Architecture • Shops
Portughes Outlet
The Portughes brand is no stranger to the Maltese context, as it has a strong presence throughout the island as the leading laundry and dry cleaning company.
The proposal for this new self service outlet - a first of its kind for Malta - aims to give the Portughes brand a new, updated look and visual identity. The launderette is conceived as a singular, monolithic element, which is then carved out to accommodate the program. Using a monochromatic palette of greys - all rendered in different materials with various subtle contrasts in texture and hue; spaces are created via the playful exchange of line and curve. This language is not only applied on a plan level, but it's also found throughout in smaller scales found in various details. &... More
Project • By Acton Ostry Architects • Housing
The Duke
In recent years, the City of Vancouver introduced housing policies to address current and future needs for housing affordability and choice in the ever-evolving urban environment. The new policies allow strategically located sites to be rezoned to permit greater height and density in exchange for developers committing to provide and operate rental housing for a period of 60 years or for the life of the building. The Duke responds to these challenges with a new rental building typology inspired by precedents from the England.The Duke is a 14-storey mixed-use development with 12-storeys of residential rental accommodation located above a two-storey commercial podium. The unit mixcomprises 25% two-bedroom family units with one-bedroo... More
Project • By BoysPlayNice • Apartments
Rooftop Laundry
The late works of Siegfried Morkowitz are best represented by his poem Sentence recently published in the B O D Y Magazine. The melancholy fills the space while the poem is read. For us it worked better than any client specification.Our task was clear at the first sight, we needed to keep the soul of the space, while building a retreat for the creative mind. The disused laundry at the top of a 19th century mestansky dum had it all. In the very heart of the Prague’s Jewish quarters, hidden in the attic, five stories above the havoc of the Old Town. In the very center, though touching the sky. Years of labour soaked up in the walls created the perfect foundation for our design of a poets study.The conversion is a part of the regeneration proj... More