11.2.07 | Muscatine, IA | Allsteel's Santa Monica Resource Center has earned silver certification in LEED for Commercial Interiors. Allsteel's Santa Monica showroom, which measures 16,000 square feet, was designed by the architectural firm HOK. Allsteel and the HOK design team also incorporated a day-lighting system that adjusts the level of interior lighting based on how much natural light is coming in and maintains a constant lighting level all day, while decreasing overall energy consumption.
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11.2.07 | Detroit, MI | Allsteel hosted more that 260 of Detroit's architecture, design, real estate, and corporte professionals, dressed in costume, for the fifth annual Allsteel Spooktacular. This year's party, organized by Allsteel, Gunlocke, and local dealer Interior Environments, took place at Forte restaurant in Birmingham, MI. Rossetti Associates
took home the top prize in the group costume contest when they came dressed as a garden complete with
flowers, a farmer and a weed.
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11.2.07 | New York, NY | Humanscale’s Cinto stacking chair has picked up four awards. The 2007 International Design Awards named the Cinto its Product Design of the Year. In addition, Cinto was a First Category Winner and first-place finisher in the Interior Furniture category. The Japan Industrial Design Promotion Organization also recognized Cinto with a 2007 Good Design Award in its Product Design category.Cinto, which is 100% recyclable, was designed for quick and easy disassembly. Molded into the bottom of each Cinto is a phone number that owners may
call when their chair reaches the end of its life.Humanscale will
provide assistance to owners to help ensure that their Cintos get
recycled.
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11.2.07 | New York, NY | Jennifer Hatton was promoted to Director of Global Business Development for IA Interior Architects. In her expanded role, Ms. Hatton will be responsible for pursuing major
opportunities, generating profitable growth, recruiting and managing
talent, and increasing market share.
Arch & Design >>, People >>
11.2.07 | New York, NY | Kimball Office will host the opening
reception for the American Architecture Awards in the company's New York showroom, 215 Park Avenue South, on Thursday, November 15, from 5-7pm. Images and models of the winning projects will be on exhibit in the Kimball Office New York showroom through December 14.
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11.02.07 | Washington, DC | The AIA issued a Request for Qualitifications for major renovations of its headquarters. The project will become an example for architects and the general public on how to renovate an occupied building, utlize a geo-thermal system, utilize photvoltaic panels, use water heated by the sun, improve thermal performance, harvest 100% of the rain water, maximize flexibility and adaptability in space planning and space allocation, incorporate workplace technology, provide natural daylight and view while respecting the characteristics of the existing structure. To request the Request for Qualifications email: aiarfq@lyris.aia.org.
Deadline to submit RFQ is November 6, 2007
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11.02.07 | Washington, DC | David A. Thurm was elected Public Director for a two year term by the American Institute of Architects. One of two non-architect public members, he will share his knowledge on information technology, the media and strategic planning. Mr. Thurm is currently the Senior Vice President and Chief Information Officer for the New York Times.
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11.02.07 | City of Industry, CA | Bentley Prince Street was named one of the Best Places to Work in Los Angles in a Los Angeles Business Journal report. Over 10,000 employees in the Los Angeles County were surveyed and Bentley Prince Street ranked 3rd among large companies with 250 or more employees.
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11.02.07 | New York, NY | Cook And Fox Architects designed Bank of America in NYC, which is
considered to be one of the city's most environmentally friendly
buildings. A New York Times Article describes in detail how the
firm followed their own advice when it came to their office
space as well. Their use of natural light, energy and water saving features, and their choices in paint, carpets and furniture all led to platinum LEED certification.
Arch & Design >>, Environment >>
11.02.07 | New York, NY | The IIDA invites students to join in for the 6th Annual Student Mentoring Week from February 4-8, 2008, where students are matched to a member of the interior design community to spend a day in their area of design practice. The student newsletter, Custom, will feature some of the mentoring experience in their spring issue. All forms must be received
by December 17, 2007 and there is no cost to participate in IIDA Mentoring
Week 2008. Anyone interested in participating in
Mentoring Week as a mentor or a Student Member, please contact Christa
Koskosky at 312.467.1950 or ckoskosky@iida.org. Applications can be
downloaded at
www.iida.org.
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11.02.07 | Grand Rapids, MI | The Fortis Table, designed by Gary Lee Partners for the Cumberland Designers Speak Series features wood or stone tops in a variety of top shapes and edge options. Removable panels provide
convenient access to wires and cables and are available in wood, faux leather,
back-painted glass, or select 3form Varia materials.
Products >>
11.2.07 | North Bergen, NJ | ActionEmco held their Annual Business Show last month featuring over 150 exhibitors, numerous seminars and contests. A strategic alliance between ActionEmco and Educators Resource was announced during the day long event. ActionEmco also used this event to introduce it's first independent dealer private label brand, Legacy. An awards dinner capped off the day where The Richard Moroniak Memorial Award, which recognizes outstanding sales service to ActionEmco, was given to Lisa Gaines of LindenMeyr Munroe. Vendor of the Year, recognizing overall superior service levels encompassing all ActionEmco departments, was awarded to Smead. In addition, Matt Dodd of City of Hope accepted a $10,000 check fromthe employees of ActionEmco as part of the company’s ongoingfundraising campaign.
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11.01.07 | San Francisco, CA | Claire Bonham-Carter joined
AECOM Technology Corporation as Director of Sustainable Development for DMJM H&N, a facilities design, technology and management service and EDAW, a landscape architecture, urban design, and environmental and economic planning service. She will be responsible for sustainability practices and business operations.
People >>
11.02.07 | New York, NY | NY Designs/ CUNY is sponsoring an interactive workshop, How to Design and Sell Green Products, on Saturday, November 17 from 9:30-4:00 at 45-50 30th Street, Long Island City, NY. Led by Jacquelyn Ottman and David Bergman, the workshop will cover how to use eco-design strategies to trigger enhanced and new products that are innovative, sustainable, able to compete in a green market and are profitable. Insights into customer needs and advertising strategies will also be explored. 6 AIA credits are available. For more information visit: www.NYDesigns.org.
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11.01.07 | Irvine, CA | KTGY Group won accolades for five of its residential projects, including the Builder's Choice Design & Planning Grand Award and the Grand SAM Award. The Royal Court in Morgan Hill, CA, won the Grand Award in the Single Family Detached Product category for 12 detached homes for well-employed families. The Escondido project City Square garnered three awards including the Grand SAM Award as San Diego's Best Overall Project Award.
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11.01.07| Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller will introduce the Resolve System, a pole-based, human centered furniture solution at Healthcare Design '07 in Dallas from November 3-6. Recognizing that traditional nurses' workstations are a barrier to caregivers, the Resolve System offers the potential to accommodate changes in procedures and staff. The station includes a height-adjustable work surface, the capability for less travel time and more time with the patient, and greater opportunities for collaboration and concentration.
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11.01.07 | Calgary, AB | Haworth, a sponsor of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, adopted a design from glass artist Joel Berman to incorporate into its theme, "Look of the Games." The design will work about various applications such as clothing, premiums and accessories, as well as in print and electronic presentation material. Haworth is the official furniture supplier to the Vancouver Organizing Committee.
Arch & Design >>, People >>
11.01.07 | Archdale, NC | Carolina held a Healthcare Designer Forum in early October to discuss product development and sales practices. Participants in the forum included, Betsy Brawley, Mary Anne Hammond, Sheila Semrou, Leslie Herpin, Ardis Hutchins and Marta Reppe. It was noted that manufacturers, while having expanded into the healthcare business, still do not understand the needs of healthcare facilities. Further forums are planned later in 2007 and into 2008.
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11.01.07 | San Jose, CA and Waltham, MA | CoWare, Inc., and Carbon Design Systems will work more closely together to accelerate availability of virtual hardware platforms for architecture design and software development. CoWare will directly sell and support Carbon Model Studio for use with CoWare Platform Architect, thus streamlining access to the tools and delivery of platform modeling services.
Business >>, Technology >>
11.01.07 | Raleigh, NC | Michael P. Hanson joined the Philadelphia office of JDavis Architects as project manager. Mr. Hanson previously worked at Brett Webber Architects and Christopher Beardsley Architects. He received his Master's degree in Architecture from the University of Pennsylvania.
People >>
11.01.07 | New York, NY | Ceramic Tiles of Italy is seeking projects which showcase Italian ceramic tile for its 15th annual Design Competition. Domestic and international submissions in new construction or renovation will be judged in three categories: residential, commercial and institutional. There is no limit on the number of entries and no cost to apply. Projects must be completed between January 2003 and
January 2008. Submission forms are due January 11, 2008. Winners in each category will receive a $5,000 cash prize and a trip to two international tradeshows, Coverings and Cersaie 2008.
Submission forms and past winners are available online at
www.tilecompetition.com.
11.01.07 | San Francisco, CA | Cisco Brothers is sponsoring Green Festival, a joint project of two non-profit organizations, Co-op America and Global Exchange, in San Francisco from November 9-11. The festival, which features more than 150 speakers, 400 green businesses, how-to workshops, music, and refreshments will be held at the San Francisco Concourse Exhibition Center, 635 8th Street and at the Giftcenter Pavilion Theater, 888 Brannan Street. For Green Festival
ticket information, please visit
www.greenfestivals.org.
Cisco Brothers also will host a private exhibitors party on Friday, November 9, as their showroom at 1401 16th Street, SF. Please visit
www.ciscohome.net for more
information.
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11.01.07 | Zeeland, MI | Herman Miller's second annual report on sustainability addresses the company's progress in meeting social, environmental and economic objectives, known as the "triple bottom line" of sustainability. Entitled, "A Better World," the report highlights many successful advances, from a 40% improvement in workplace safety, to an 84% reduction in solid waste to landfills, to achieving Gold and Silver LEED certification on two projects. The report will be available at 2007 Greenbuild Conference and Expo in Chicago on November 6.
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11.01.07 | San Francisco, CA | Seoul was named "World Design Capital (WDC) 2010" by the International Council of Societies of Industrial Design at the closing session of the ICSID Congress held at the Masonic Auditorium in San Francisco. Seoul will play the role of the world's capital of design for one year.The international competition was judged by a five-member jury including designers Marc Newson and Patricia Urquiola, Sergio Chiamparino, mayor of Torino, Italy, the WDC winner for 2008; Dr. Peter Zec, president of ICSID; and Jacques Lange, president of ICOGRADA.
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11.01.07 | Atlanta, GA | Ray Anderson, founder and chairman of Interface, Inc., was named one of TIME Magazine's International Heroes of the Environment. Mr. Anderson, one of only 43 people to achieve the honor, was recognized along with other winners, Prince charles, David Attenborough, Al Gore and Robert Redford in the fifth annual event.
For more information on the TIME magazine Hero of the Environment Awards,
please visit www.time.com.
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11.01.07 | Martin Katz will host a preview and cocktail reception for award winning designer Kathy Taslitz on Wednesday, November 7 at 6:30 pm. "Pieces of Ourselves" will feature Ms. Taslitz's collection of sculptural furniture.
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11.01.07 | Torrence, CA | Virco, the new classroom collection of hard plastic furniture by Telos combines the benefits of earlier generations of furniture with new ergonomic benefits for comfort and support. The chairs, which stack 10-high, are colorfast, stain-resistant, chip resistant and also meet GREENGUARD for Children and School Program for indoor air quality. Made of Fortified Recycled Wood, the furniture is fully recyclable
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11.01.07 | Vernon, CT | New England Mechanical Services, Inc. was awarded first place
in the 2007 Design/Build Award program sponsored by Contracting Business
Magazine. NEMSI was cited for the renovations and additions they made to the city's first department store built in the 1800s. NEMSI partnered with its
sister EMCOR subsidiary, Tucker Mechanical, to successfully complete the
mechanical installations on the project.
The award program honors creative work being done by commercial HVAC contractors.
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10.31.07 | Spring Lake, MI | The Center for Green Technology in Chicago, the third building in the US to be certified LEED Platinum, celebrated its five year anniversary by cutting the green ribbon on a newly completed expansion and office renovation, which features alternative office furniture and high-recycled content seating from izzydesign. Products for the
Center include izzy's new Audrey mix-and-match storage and display cabinets for
the library, as well as mobile Jack flip-top tables and HÅG Conventio Wing
rocking chairs for its training room. The Green Tech Resource Center is being recognized during Greenbuild
International conference & Expo, held in Chicago, November 7-9, as
the 2007 Legacy Project
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10.31.07 | New York, NY | Kenneth Frampton, Ware Professor of Architecture at Columbia University and Mohsen Mostafavi, who will become dean of the Harvard Graduate School of Design beginning in January, will discuss Architecture in the Age of Globalization at the Urban Center, 457 Madison Ave., NYC, on November 9 at 7:00 pm. The discussion is
prompted by the final chapter in Professor Frampton's newly issued fourth edition
of his seminal work Modern Architecture: A Critical
History. League members
may make reservations by emailing rsvp@archleague.org or by
calling 212-980-3767. AIA and New York State continuing education credits
are available.
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10.31.07 | Denver, CO | Jody Jaraczewski joined Allsteel dealer, SPACES to develop the commercial real estate market and to work closely with the architectural and design community.
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10.31.07 | New York, NY | FriedmanBenda will host an opening reception for an exhibition of sculptural wire works by Forrest Myers on November 7 from 6:00-9:00 pm, at 515 West 26th Street, NYC. The exhibition itself begins November 8 and runs through December 20, 2007. Mr. Myers is known for his work with industrial materials such as woven wire and bent pipe.
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10.31.07 | East Hampton, NY | Francis Fleetwood was recognized as a top design innovator in the current issue of New York Magazine. Mr. Fleetwood was cited for his design of mansion-sized cottages and for turning shingle-siding and authentic grandeur into national housing trends. Mr. Fleetwood opened his practice in 1980 and in 1999 formed a partnership with Robert Lenahan and James McMullan.
People >>
10.31.07 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase released the results of the second in a three-part Workplace Index Survey on the Nature of Work in 2007, conducted by Opinion Research Corporation. The responses of nearly 700 office workers indicated that only 31% exercised during work hours, but that access to fitness equipment was available to only 31%. However, 80% felt that exercise has or would have a positive impact on their well being and productivity. The survey also looked at where, why and how people like to exercise. Results for part 3 will be released in November 2007. Further information on workplace issues is available in the knowledge
center on Steelcases Web site at
www.steelcase.com.
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10.31.07 | Tustin, CA | Laurie Sneve was named CFO for Coreland Companies of Tustin, CA. Prior to joining Coreland, Ms. Sneve was CFO for Argus Realty Investors. She is a graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting (in 1985) and
is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
People >>
10.31.07 | Klamath Falls, OR | JELD-WEN is challenging college students, in their third annual Student Door Design Contest, to "Follow the Line to the Next Design." Two grand-prize winners will each receive a
$3,000 scholarship.
This year's entry form and contest rules are available online at
www.jeld-wen.com/studentdesign. All entries must by in by February 29,2008. The
winning students' door designs will be announced on line and at the Pacific Coast Builders
Conference in San Francisco, June 25-27, 2008.
Arch & Design >>, Awards >>
10.31.07 | New York, NY | Kostow Green Architects was selected to design SteelStax, a performing arts, broadcast, educational, and event complex in Bethlehem, PA. The site, once home to the Bethlehem Steel Corporation, will contain a 46,000 sq. ft. broadcast center and a 90,000 sq. ft. performing arts center, and also will incorporate elements from the existing Electric Furnace Building and renovation of the Turn & Grind Shop. The project is scheduled to break ground January 2009.
Arch & Design >>, Projects >>
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