L’adéquation par rapport au paysage environnant, que ce soit l’architecture urbaine ou l’environnement rural, est une condition essentielle de toute maison harmonieuse. La toiture est une des parties essentielles de la maison. Le toit définit le style de la construction et, bien sûr, protège de la pluie, de la chaleur, de la neige et du vent.

Un environnement sain et un habitat bien agencé ont un effet favorable sur la santé et le bien-être. Comme nous passons beaucoup de temps chez nous, il est très important de maintenir une ambiance saine et de ne pas utiliser de produits chimiques ayant un impact négatif sur la santé. Dores Fabrika a émis des recommandations en ce qui concerne les tâches menagères quotidiennes afin de s’assurer que les produits de nettoyage respectent la nature, la maison et la santé de ses habitants.

La nature inspire et l’homme crée! Accueillez le printemps avec votre maison en bois Dores! Résidence secondaire, sauna, bungalow ou peut-être votre première maison tant revée?

Les rayons du soleil sont tellement chauds le matin, la lumière caresse le bureau et l’ambiance dans la maison devient si agréable, c’est pour toutes ces raisons que les fenêtres jouent un rôle majeur lors de la conception d’une maison. On dit que les fenêtres sont les yeux de la maison, donc une des choses les plus importantes lors de la construction. Comment choisir la meilleure solution pour votre logement ? Nous allons étudier les avantages des fenêtres en bois, leur valeur et l’entretien nécessaire garantissant presque 100 ans d’utilisation.

Lets partake a chance to explore the newly realized projects in Moscow. Beautiful residental houses in Moscow can give their owners the most precious experience and value of life – sharing love and caring for each other through out generations.    

A living testimonial of destinies of people and Latvia. A story about century-old wooden house and Dores’ patented corner joint, mixed with deeply rooted family traditions, joys and sorrows; the story of the family home of one of the founders of Dores Factory, Kristaps Drone.
   

DORES log house in a picturesque town Turaida in Latvia. A family home, finished this spring, inhabited by a lovely couple who most of all about their house love its big terrace, spacious and bright living room, sauna and a cosy kitchen where even washing dishes is a great pleasure.
Project architect: Mikus Zaķis
   

 “I’ve seen people come into my buildings and hug wooden columns. I’ve never seen them hug steel or concrete columns.”

Michael Green, architect,
TED Talks.    

The assembly of Dores most exciting project has started! Eagerly awaited, carefully planned and particularly cherished the Dore’s wooden house in Switzerland is being developed in a close cooperation with its owner engineer Max. As the house is located high in Swiss mountains, assembly becomes an adventure and the only way how to carry logs to the building site is by a helicopter. Take a look at the very begging of its assembly!    

We invite everyone to visit us at the Ecobuild 2014 exhibition in London from 4-6 March to take part in the world’s leading event for sustainable design, construction, energy and the built environment.    

Wood as a material is essentially everlasting; for instance, an 800-year-old wooden church in Norway serves as a living proof. In order to ensure that this living material serves well, one must understand it and know how to take care of a wooden house. Edgars tells about longevity of wooden houses and wood finishing solutions.    

Dores Factory was recently the first company in Latvia to try out the new online self-assessment tool called Responsible Business Evaluation. Previously a sustainability assessment index was available only for larger companies, however, now also smaller businesses can use the tool to evaluate their level of sustainability. Dores was praised for its foresight, determination and awareness.    

 “I’ve seen people come into my buildings and hug wooden columns. I’ve never seen them hug steel or concrete columns.”

Michael Green, architect,
TED Talks, watch the video here    

As of last year we have started a beautiful new tradition – planting forests on every Dore’s birthday! We aim to continue this tradition as long as there is space for young forest stands in Latvia. Have a look at this year’s celebration.    

When building a home, future homeowners have to take a number of decisions – from choosing the materials for the construction of the building to furnishing it. Our expert on ecological lifestyle highlights what should be taken in consideration when making choices for your future home to be sure that you’ve chosen sustainable building materials.    

The beginning of the year marked a release of a new book, “A Latvian’s home”. The author of the book, Janīna Kursīte, is well known in Latvia as a literature specialist, folklorist, linguist and a writer. Apart from being passionate about language and the written word, she is also passionate about wooden architecture and wooden houses. Since 1999 the writer has gone on many expeditions near and far; her travels have led her to homes of Latvians in Russia, Belarus and the West.    

A Dores’ home at the most romantic and most extreme tourism object in Latvia – by the aerial cable-way in Sigulda.    

Edgars Ivanovs, a supporter of sustainable lifestyle, will broaden your horizons on building an energy-efficient home and what it means to be living in one. It soon becomes evident that an energy-efficient home is not only a beautiful and logical choice, but also a beneficial one.    

When hearing of house fires, people automatically associate them with wooden houses. Edgars Bukšāns, the technical laboratory manager of Research and Development Institute of Forests and Wood Manufacturing (MeKa), explains how safe is wood and that the construction material makes little difference when acting recklessly.    

This week from 3^rd of March through 5^th of March Dores Factory is taking part in Ecobuild exhibition in London. Ecobuild is the largest marketplace of sustainable and environmentally conscious design, construction and energy in Europe.    

It is two and a half years since a Dores’ home has been a part of a long-term experiment. It pleases us to see that the unique study of the wooden house shows better results than predicted by Dores’ experts and the energy efficiency indexes surpass those of other popular construction materials.    

Dores Factory was exploring the east this February, taking part in “Eco House & Eco Building Expo” in Tokyo, Japan. To find out more about the importance of a home and traditions in this distant land we engaged in a conversation with the first Ambassador of Latvia in Japan Pēteris Vaivars and his wife Rina.     

Ideologist and creator of Dores Factory Egons Garklavs tells his recent observations in global construction trends that people are returning to wooden houses.