10.1.08 | Miami, FL | Brazilian designers Humberto and Fernando Campana will receive the Designer of the Year Award at Design Miami/.The award was given to the brothers for their contribution to contemporary mass manufactured as well as limited edition design. In keeping with Design Miami/ tradition, the Campana brothers will
create an installation designed exclusively for the December 3-6 show to be
presented within the central courtyard of the fair’s new temporary
structure designed by New York architects ArandaLasch.
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10.1.08 | Newark, NJ | Thornton Tomasetti promoted Chris Christoforou and Anjana Kadakia. The two were named senior vice president/principal for the Newark, NJ office. Mr. Christoforou, who joined the firm in 1985, was recently project
manager for the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. and for The Edge
residential complex on the waterfront in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Ms. Kadakia joined Thornton Tomasetti in 1984 and has served as a
key player for some of
the most notable sports facilities, including the new football stadium at the Meadowlands for the
Giants and Jets NFL teams in East Rutherford, N.J.
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10.1.08 | Berkeley, CA | A Call for Entries was issued for THE GREAT PLACES AWARDS. Sponsors for the contest, formerly known as the EDRA/Places
Awards, are The Environmental Design
Research Association,
the journal Places: Forum of Design
for the Public Realm, and Metropolis
Magazine. The newly named program will continue to recognize professional and
scholarly excellence in design, planning, research, and academic publication,
and to raise awareness and appreciation of the design and maintenance of the
public realm. The Call for entries runs through February 9, 2009. www.edra.org or www.places-journal.org.
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10.1.08 | Holland, MI | Haworth, Inc. received LEED Gold for Commercial Interiors for two of its showrooms. The Washington DC and Dallas TX showrooms join other Haworth showrooms in Chicago, Los Angeles and Pune, India to have earned the distinction. Both of these Haworth showrooms are located in historic buildings anchoring revitalized business districts.
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10.1.08 | New York, NY | The Thornton Tomasetti Foundation awarded New York University $15,000 for scholarships. The awards were given to two students, one studying engineering, the other, architecture. According to Mr. Tomasetti, the scholarship gift was made in honor of the signing of the formal affiliation between New York University and
Polytechnic Institute of NYU and in recognition of the importance of
integrating engineering education with arts and sciences.
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10.1.08 | Markham, ON | Steelcase Canada Ltd. received the Pollution Prevention Award. Steelcase Canada Ltd. is a wholly owned subsidiary of Steelcase, Inc. The Steelcase Markham facility, which designs and manufacturesarchitectural wall and furniture products, received the award from the Canadian Council of Ministers of the Environment for itsfour-year initiative to reduce its emissions of volatile organiccompounds (VOCs) and to lower its energy consumption.
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10.1.08 | Baltimore, MD | DBI Architects won the PRIME TIME competition to design GSA's Integrated Workplace Acquisition Center Booth. A call to design firms went
out to enter proposals for designing the space and three firms
submitted proposals: DBI Architects, IA Interior Architects and
Stratton Design Source. DBI Architects won the competition
with over 2,900 votes. PRIME DESIGN will be unveiled at NeoCon East on October 29.
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10.1.08 | Research Triangle Park, NC | The Research
Triangle Park Headquarters was awarded LEED Silver. The headquarters, which house the Research Triangle Foundation, was designed by O'Brien/Atkins and was completed in December 2007.
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9.30.08 | Orlando, FL | Sherwin-Williams expanded on the success of Loxon XP. The direct-to-concrete masonry coating that requires no primer now comes in a fine-texture version to cover surface imperfections.
Loxon XP can be applied to fresh concrete and masonry less than 28 days
old and cures more quickly than standard coatings, so construction
schedules can be accelerated. Designed for use on tilt-up, pre-cast or
poured-in-place concrete, as well as concrete masonry units, cement
block and stucco surfaces, Loxon XP provides resistance to
alkali and efflorescence.
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9.30.08 | New York, NY | Knoll was a 2008 Clinton Global
Initiative (CGI) annual meeting sponsor for the third year in a row. The meeting, which was held Sept. 23-26 in NYC, brings together a community
of global leaders to devise and implement
innovative solutions to some of the world's most
pressing challenges. For its part, Knoll has successfully completed Phase 1 of its
CCX greenhouse gas reduction requirements. For Phase II of the CCX
program, Knoll expects to further reduce
emissions by 2% over the 1998-2001 baseline by 2010.
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9.30.08 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase reported on its second quarter earnings. The company announced revenues of $901.8 million and a net income of $31.4 million, or $0.23 per share, ahead of company estimates.Reported revenue represented an increase of 9.3% compared to $825.2million in the prior year quarter.
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9.30.08 | Cleveland, OH | The Sherwin-Williams Company received GREENGUARD Indoor Air Quality Certification. In addition, the company received GREENGUARD for Children & Schools by the GREENGUARD Environmental Institute. The products that received certification are:
- Harmony Interior Latex
- ProGreen 200
- Pro Industrial O VOC Acrylic
- Pro Select Stamped Polyurethane Sealant
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9.30.08 | Toronto, ON | Allsteel and figure3 received a 2008 ARIDO Award of Excellence. Allsteel and figure3 collaborated to design Allsteel's Toronto Resource Center, which was one of 23 winners honored by ARIDO. The Resource Center occupies the former 1899 boiler
room of the Toronto Carpet Factory. The Resource Center becameone of the first 10 LEED-CI registered projects in Canada and is also home to Gunlocke, Allsteel's sister company.
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9.30.08 | New York, NY | Nancy Cheung joined Perkins Eastman as Marketing Manager. Ms. Cheung has more than 22 years of industry experience, previously working at Skidmore, Owings & Merrill as a Marketing Systems Manager and at Kohn Pederson Fox Associates as Marketing Communications
Manager.
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9.29.08 | Yorkville, NY | Meyda Tiffany introduces the “Coca-Cola" collection. With a new license for Coca-Cola, Meyda Tiffany
is offering beautiful, one-of-a-kind stained glass lighting fixtures
and lamps. All Coca-Cola lamps and fixtures are handcrafted with
authentic stained glass that is hand-cut and hand-set using the famous
copperfoil construction processs.
Coca-Cola shades are designed with Beige, Red and Green stained glass
that displays the famous Coca-Cola brand name and image.
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9.29.08 | Houston, TX | The IFMA Foundation released a new report on workplace violence. Entitled “Violence in the Workplace: The Role of the Facility Manager” and written by Wayne D. Veneklasen, Ph.D., CFM, and Donald W. Barnes Jr.,
CPP, the report looks at the history of violence in the workplace,
examines the scope of the problem, describes the statutes surrounding
it and concludes with a focus on planning, response and recovery. To obtain a free copy of the report, visit www.ifmafoundation.org.
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9.29.08 | Weil Am Rhein, Germany |The Vitra Design
Museum opened a retrospective on the works of designer George Nelson (1908-1986). The exhibition is divided into five subject areas:
- Nelson and the House
- Corporate Design
- The Office
- Exhibition Design
- Nelson as an author, editor, and one of the
most important thinkers and visionaries in the
realm of twentieth-century design.
Mr. Nelson was not only active in the fields of architecture and
design, but was also a widely respected writer
and publicist, lecturer, curator, and a
passionate photographer. His office produced
numerous furnishings and interior designs that
became modern classics, including the Coconut
Chair (1956), the Marshmallow Sofa (1956), the
Ball Clock (1947) and the Bubble Lamps (1952
onwards). The exhibition runs through March 1, 2009.
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9.29.08 | Warsaw, Poland | The Museum of the History of Polish Jews received the International Architecture Award 2008. Designed by Finnish architect, Rainer Mahlamak, the project was praised for its use of the curved wall inspired by the biblical story of the splitting of the Red Sea. Robert Konieczny, Promes Studio, Katowice, Poland also received awards for two designs of a one-family house.
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9.29.08 | Garden City, NY | W2 Architectural Lighting released its Precision Track Group. W2 Architectural Group is a division of W.A.C. Lighting. The Precision Track line offers a broad
range of specification grade products, including: Vamp, Larc, Precision Spots,
Precision ModuleSpots, Wall Washers, Framing Projectors, Single and
Two-Circuit Tracks and Components.
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