10.3.08 | Dallas, TX | Wilson Associates have designed spas on six continents. Its designs are garnering the firmcommissions and recognition, including the Grand Prize in the 2007IH/M&RS Gold Key Award for the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong. Wilson Associates share some of the trends in spa design:
- Design Beyond Program
- Resort within a Resort
- Spa Suites
- Indoor / Outdoor Experience
- Catering to all Five Senses
- New Technologies
Arch & Design >>
10.3.08 | Jasper, IN | Nancy Wilson was promoted to VP of Human Resources for Indiana Furniture. Currently, she holds the position of Director of Human Resources. Ms. Wilson has been with Indiana Furniture for nearly 13 years and has
worked in various human resources, benefits and safety capacities. She will expand her
responsibilities to include developing future corporate plans to
meet our customer expectations and training.
People >>
10.3.08 | Holland, MI | Haworth, Inc won the Spotlight Award for its global headquarters. PRO AV magazine and PRO AV Online inaugural awards recognize the best professional audio/video (AV) installations designed
for corporate, educational and other non-residential applications. The Haworth headquarter project won the Best Corporate AV Project. Project partners were:
- AV integrator - AVI-SPL (completed by the former SPL)
- Architect and design firm – Perkins + Will | Eva Maddox Branded Environments
Awards >>
10.3.08 | Boston, MA | Boston's CBD has become a test site for a new concept in officebuildings. With increased pressure to provide value to A-list tenants to boostrents, and construction costs too high to justify replacing the curtainwalls or building systems, the investors and their architects haveelected to focus their renovation efforts on the skyline and at streetlevel. To that end, 225 Franklin, 150 Federal and One Post Office Square inBoston are being renovated. CBT architects is overseeing the project. http://www.CBTarchitects.com
Projects >>
10.3.08 | Southfield, MI | Skanska USA Building Inc. and joint venture partner Barton Malow were named construction manager and design-builder for
the William Beaumont Hospital project. The design firm Harley Ellis Devereaux
will provide the design services for the
558,000 sq. ft, multi-phased project in Troy, MI.
The project broke ground in June 2007 with an expected October 2010
completion date.
Projects >>
10.3.08 | Camden, NJ | Campbell Soup Company appointed Torcon Inc. general contractor for its new employee
services building. Torcon, Red Bank, NJ, specializes in corporate buildings,
biotech and pharmaceutical facilities, academic buildings and healthcare
facilities. The 80,000 sq. ft. facility, designed by KlingStubbins, Philadelphia, PA, will be LEED-certified.
Projects >>
10.3.08 | New York, NY | Think Swiss presents Architecture As (Is) Memory on October 6. It is the second in a series taking place at the Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, NYC, 5:30-8:00 pm, that looks at contemporary Swiss architecture as it relates to art, science, technology, and sustainability. The evening's guest speakers are Quintus Miller, Basel, Switzerland, and Illya Azaroff, New York.
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10.3.08 | Portland, OR | The Kruse Woods Corporate Office Park in Lake Oswego, OR, is expanding. A five-story, office building designed by Group Mackenzie will feature a two-story main lobby with bamboo ceilings, cherry wood paneled walls and stainless steel accents. The project, due for completion in Spring 2009, is targeting LEED gold certification.
Projects >>
10.3.08 | North Austin, TX | Nelsen Partners architects is working on Domain Gateway, a new office building in Endeavor Real Estate Group's 176-acre Domain mixed-use development in North Austin, TX. The Class A office building will have numerous "green" building features.
Projects >>
10.3.08 | West Lafayette, IN | Chromcraft Revington, Inc. will close its Lincolnton, NC furniture manufacturing operations by November 29, 2008. The warehousing and distribution operations will close in the first half of 2009. The Company plans to sell its buildings and equipment in Lincolnton and lay off approximately 185 employees at this site.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
10.3.08 | Washington, DC | AIA will release six AIA Contract Documents on October 17. The documents, collectively called the 3.5 Release, include a Building
Information Modeling (BIM) exhibit, as well as
two new Integrated Project Delivery (IPD)
agreements, two new Design-Build agreements and a
Scope of Services document. AIA Contract Documents software can be purchased
at www.aia.org/docs.
Documents in paper form are available through the
AIA's full service distributors. For a listing of
full service distributors and pricing
information, please visit
www.aia.org/docs_purchase.
Prof. Assoc. >>
10.3.08 | San Francisco, CA | AAA Business Supplies & Interiors, San Francisco, CA, acquired General Office Systems (GOS). It is the second acquisition for AAA this year and its seventh such acquisition overall. Stephen Pulvirenti, President of GOS, and the GOS staff, will be joining AAA.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
10.3.08 | Washington, DC | AIA is encouraging congress to extend tax incentives for energy efficiency. With Congress poised to leave Washington for the year, the American Institute of Architects urges congress to pass a long term extension of the energy efficient commercial building tax deduction, a federal tax incentive for energy efficient commercial design and construction. To learn more about the tax deduction, visit:
http://www.aia.org/adv_commercialbuilding_taxdeduction
Prof. Assoc. >>
10.2.08 | Irvine, CA | Ken Ryan will speak at the Association of Commercial Real Estate Executives Inland
Empire Chapter’s program. Mr. Ryan, a principal at KTGY Group will participate with other panelists on, “The Effects of Climate Change on Future
Real Estate Development in California,” at the Ontario Convention Center, 2000 E. Convention Center Way, Ontario, CA, October 15, 3:30 pm.
Event >>
10.2.08 | Los Angles, CA | Kartell launched its newest chair, Lou Lou Ghost. Designed by Philippe Starck, Lou Lou Ghost is a children's version of his Louis Ghost Chair. Actress, Salma Hayek, stopped by to show her support. Ms. Hayek already has acquired a chair for her daughter.
Mr. Starck was on hand at the event as well.
People >>
10.2.08 | Green Bay, WI | KI's Genius architectural walls won a Citation of Excellence award. The Product Innovations Awards, sponsored by Buildings magazine, selected Genius in the category of Workplace Flexibility. The list of award recipients will appear in the October issue.
Awards >>
10.2.08 | Washington, DC | ASID will inaugurate a national mentorship program. Entitled RealWorld DesignWeek, students from across the country will team up with experienced design professionals Oct. 19–25, 2008 and simultaneously participate in shadowing experiences. Examples of mentoring partnerships include working with:
- Manager of Interior Design for a jet manufacturer (New Jersey)
- Residential Design Firm (San Diego)
- Commercial Design Firm (San Francisco and Las Vegas)
For more information about interviews, contact: Korenna Cline at:
mailto:kcline or T:202.675.4441
Event >>
10.2.08 | Holland
Landing, ON | Inscape received two Innovation Awards at the IIDEX/NeoCon Canada show. The Scala system won a Silver award in the Furniture Systems category, the top
award granted in this product category, and Fronté, a new full-height
wall system, received a Bronze award in the same
category.
Awards >>
10.2.08 | Buffalo Grove, IL | Convia,
Inc. announced that its first showroom achieved LEED Gold CI Certification. Convia Inc, a Herman Miller Company, located in Buffalo Grove, IL, designed its showroom with device programmability, reusable components, waste reduction and RFID Tags.
Environment >>
10.2.08 | Los Altos, CA | NYC, Inc.,issued a Call for Entries for the Earth Awards. Its objective is a global search for future-crucial design
solutions that will improve our collective social, cultural, economic
and ecological quality of life. Submissions will be accepted in
multiple categories; product design, architecture, fashion, food,
alternative energy, and more, and must be achievable, scalable, practical, collaborative,
inclusive, original and energy-reducing.
The deadline for submission is October 31. www.theearthawards.org
Awards >>
10.2.08 | Jasper, IN | Ray Steventon is joining Jofco as Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He is a 24-year veteran in the industry, specializing in movable walls and contract furniture distribution. Mr. Steventon will be responsible for management deployment of the Jofco sales organization and the strategic positioning of its FREZZA product line.
People >>
10.2.08 | Denver, CO | Rocky Mountain Desk Corp. and Spaces merged to form a new dealership, Elements. The merged dealership distributes Knoll furnishings in Colorado as well as other lines of office furniture, architectural products and floor coverings.Elements will operate at the existing locations of Rocky Mountain Desk Corp. (8110 E. Union Ave., Suite 150, in the Denver Tech Center) and Spaces (2501 Blake St.) until January, when the dealership will move to the Blake Street facility.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
10.1.08 | East Greenville, PA | Knoll announced plans to report financial results for the third quarter 2008 on Thursday, October 16, 2008 prior to the opening of the market.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
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.
Awards >>, People >>
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.
People >>
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.
Awards >>
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.
Environment >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
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.
Awards >>, Research >>
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.
Awards >>, Environment >>
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.
Awards >>
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.
Environment >>, Projects >>
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