Камины и отопление №45 6 № (45)’2009 Contents 5 5 Festive spirit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Magic of Christmas and New Year’s days: aromas of pies, tangerines, needles, blinking of Christmas tree decorations and — crackling of wood in the fireplace. Exactly at this time a fireplace as symbol of the family centre gets a special meaning. In many countries celebrating and home decorating traditions are associated with fireplace. Shapes of fire . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 A matter of style is a matter of form. Philosophy-and-aesthetics disputes on either a form or a content is primary and defining will hardly end once. The form is a matter to vary much. And the main problem to be solved is, perhaps, a merging with the content. The history of fireplace’s decoration styles is inseparable from the human culture, it is linked to a household and aesthetic context of every epoch. But whatever the fireplace is, whatever style it is designed in and what materials it is made of, — its main idea is fire. Vladimir Kovalyov’s fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 The fireplace gives heat and attracts you with the magic of living fire. It always becomes an interior’s main element, a highlight, an environment’s dominance. And when the fireplace is a work of art, its importance in the interior increases significantly. Designer’s fireplaces . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 The fireplaces presented in this article feature a modern lifestyle: they are compact, most of them are not fixed, therefore you may take them with you to a picnic or in a camping, they are durable and easy to operate and maintain. Besides designers have a sense of humor: the modern fireplace can look like a laptop or a TV. Heritage of the Babylon kingdom. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 The sculptor started a creation of that fireplace while the interior of a two-level apartment had already been half-realized. As a modernist style was that interior’s main one, the author’s first offer was to support and to develop that idea. However the owner asked for another fancy wish: the hearth should be designed with the use of the Babylon kingdom’s features. Synthesis of romance and usability . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 A fireplace or a stove is an architectural form which can become a unique embodiment of style and realization of an art idea. Creators of modern fireplaces are inspired not only by wishes and inquiries of their contemporaries, but also by architectural thoughts of the passed epochs. However, the art works of the well-known Catalan architect Antonio Gaudi look modern even today, as they remain unsurpassed in their key features. Union of Nancy school and Jugendstil. . . . . . . . . . . 68 Work of a ceramic tile workshop’s artist is often restricted by constant interaction with the customer. The vast number of orders for facing of a fireplace comes from the people who supposed they need only the «AI» workshop’s tiles. This fireplace is not an exception. The authors started work from a detailed research and examination of the Russian masters’ tile work of the XVII-th century, then they addressed tthe Russian modernist style’s artists, but neither authors nor the customer could not have come to an agreement. Dominating personality. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 A fireplace almost always acts as an interior dominant; putting all other elements around, it is often a room space’s composition centre. At the same time it fully illustrates the owners’ personal preferences, tastes, cultural and social positions with its look, stylistics and decoration. Chimney harmony . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102 Damaged brick flue pipe on the expensive roof of a prestigious country house is not uncommon today. The reason is the lack of the owner’s and the architect’s knowledge and skills in heating by the modern highly effective boiler equipment and corresponding requirements to flue gases’ disposal. Fancy lines of heat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110 «Cersaie-2009», the well-known exhibition in Bologna, Italy, reminded again that within the recent 10 years radiators have turned from heating devices into some kind of art objects and home interior’s construction elements. Keeping in mind what the radiators are aimed for, the present time’s best designers assimilate them to the bamboo sprouts which have unexpectedly spindled on a window sill, they make them to be bent with intricate lines, to hide under a mirror or a children’s toy. Direct heating . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 Besides the heating systems which include contours with a circulating heat-carrier, there are also other heating schemes without the given thermal «intermediary». In particular, convectors are used there; they transform the electric power into the heat, transferred to the room air. Fine point . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 Everyone knows water is life. But a pleasant dialogue with it depends on its modular condition. But water can turn to ice, and then, not considering sports situations, an interaction with it — for both a person and buildings — can deliver many troubles. 26 56 62 82 86 120 110
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