2.1.10 | Chicago, IL | Interior Investments, will host its Aeron Office Chair Hockey Tournament on March 4, 2010, 6 pm.
More than 600 chair hockey players and spectators from the Architectural,
Interior Design, Construction and Commercial Real Estate communities will go “chair
to chair” in floor hockey rinks made from cubicle panels at Chicago’s Navy Pier,
all to benefit Special Olympics Illinois. Funds raised will be earmarked for the Special
Olympics Illinois State Floor Hockey Tournament held every November in Chicago.
Event >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
2.1.10 | Deer Park, NY | Christopher D’Souza, Senior Project Manager, and Reginald
Rainard, Project Manager with Heritage Mechanical Services, received LEED Professional
accreditation. Mr. Souza
and Mr. Rainard’s accreditation is part of a Company-wide program whereby all key
EMCOR personnel are becoming accredited under the guidelines of
USGBC’s LEED program.
Environment >>, People >>
2.1.10 | Shelton, CT | Ken Taylor and Michael Susca were named senior associates for Leggette, Brashears & Graham, Inc. Mr. Taylor is an expert in the development and calibration of groundwater and solute transport
models, working on modeling
projects for groundwater supply, contamination and mine dewatering projects
across the U.S. and in international locations. Mr. Susca has 26 years of
environmental consulting experience, including design and implementation of site
investigations, site remediation, permitting and water supply
investigation.
People >>
1.29.10 | Grand Rapids, MI | Steelcase
will host symposiums in seven U.S. cities throughout 2010 as part of its
year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Frank Lloyd
Wright's Meyer May house. The first symposium will be in March 2010
at the Steelcase WorkLife Center, 4 Columbus Circle, Manhattan, NY, followed by events in Washington
D.C., Chicago, Atlanta, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco.
Videos of the
initial Meyer May symposium, co-hosted in September 2009 by Steelcase and
Metropolis magazine, are now available on the Steelcase
website.
Event >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
1.29.10 | Kalamazoo, MI | Landscape Forms redesigned its
Carousel
3-seat table to comply with the
American Disabilities Act guidelines for fixed seating. The guidelines specify an unobstructed knee space of at least 27" high, 30" wide and 19" deep. The Carousel 3-seat table is offered with backed or backless seats in
wire grid or perforated metal.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
1.29.10 | Green Bay, WI | KI ranked number one in educational solutions in a reader preference survey conducted by Contract magazine. Readers also preferred KI's stacking/ganging seating and training table solutions.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
1.29.10 | Spring Lake, MI | Herman Miller received renewal of its MVPP Star Award for its Spring Lake 171st facility. It is the state's highest
workplace safety and health award, from the Michigan Occupational Safety
and Health Administration. The Spring Lake 171st facility employs 450 workers, and manufactures
Herman Miller's filing and storage products. During the review, the team conducted four formal and 26
informal interviews. The team found their safety and health management
system effectively addresses the scope and complexity of the hazards at
the site.
Mfg. & Distr. >>
1.29.10 | Gainesville, FL | The University of Florida's
new $20 million Southwest Parking Garage Complex won the 2009 Award of Excellence for New
Design from the Florida Parking Association.
The complex was named the nation's first LEED
Gold parking garage facility and is also a candidate to be
certified as LEED Platinum .
Awards >>, Environment >>
1.29.10 | New York, NY | Material ConneXion presents an interactive webinar with Dr. Andrew Dent on February 16, 1-2 pm. Dr. Dent will discuss the just released 2010 Material Technology Report covering the material advances that can help make better, more sustainable products, build stronger brands, and create strategic growth in the year ahead.
Event >>
1.29.10 | New York, NY | FIGMENT joined forces
with The Emerging New York Architects Committee of the American Institute
of Architects New York Chapter and the Structural Engineers
Association of New York to sponsor a competition. A Call for Proposals has been issued to design and construct an architectural pavilion for the 2010 summer season on Governors Island. The City of Dreams Pavilion will be a gathering place for people to meet,
learn about the arts programs on the island, and enjoy a performance or lecture. Registration deadline is February 8, 2010.
Arch & Design >>, Awards >>, Projects >>
1.29.10 | Fountain, MN | Valley Design's new Boomerang table leg is a "piece of cake." It
consists of a boomerang-shaped mounting bracket and a 2" diameter
post leg. No tools, no stripped out screw holes, just a simple insert, slide, and
turn. It passes BIFMA testing when installed properly on a
typical laminate top, and can be chromed or finished with a Dyecoalt process that simulates wood grains.
Mfg. & Distr. >>, Products >>
1.29.10 | New York, NY | The Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardia Place, NYC, will host Architecture from Spain and Cutting-Edge Green Solutions on February 8, 9:30 am-1:30 pm. Learn from two Spanish architects about the cutting-edge
technology developed for the Spanish National Museum of Energy, a leading
national sustainable architectural project.
Event >>
1.29.10 | New York, NY | Lane Office president, Gregory F. Burke, arranged a "Behind the Scenes" tour for School of Visual Arts students. The tour of the Millenium Hilton, scheduled as part of a hospitality assignment, included guest rooms, banquet rooms, the kitchen, and back of house areas. Lane Office sponsored a reception at Church &
Dey, the hotel restaurant, following the tour.
Mfg. & Distr. >>, Research >>
1.27.10 | San Diego, CA | Carrier Johnson + CULTURE announced a merger with Fehlman LaBarre. The firms have produced such projects as the Al Reem Island Master Plan in Abu Dhabi, the Sony Corporate Headquarters, Rancho Bernardo, CA and the Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, CA.
Arch & Design >>, Business >>
1.28.10 | Tampa, FL | The Tampa Museum of Art is set to open February 6. Known at the Cornelia Corbett Center, 120 W. Gasparilla Plaza, Tampa, FL, the facility, designed by Stanley Saitowitz/Natoma Architects, Inc., San Francisco, CA, features a facade designed with aluminum panels embedded with programmable LED lights, a three-story atrium lobby, and galleries with translucent ceilings.
Arch & Design >>, Projects >>
1.28.10 | White Plains, NY | SURTEX 2010 is readying to deliver tough-minded strategies to help artists succeed in a tough economy. The conference program, "The New Reality of Art Licensing and Sales: Strategies for Business Prosperity in a Tough Economy" comes to the Jacob K. Javits Center, 655 W. 34th Street, NYC, May 16-18. More than 15 industry leaders will lay out the essential tools designers need for charting a successful path in the applied art field.
Event >>
1.28.10 | Santa Monica, CA | Coalesse will host an event for its
NeoCon award winning EMU Advanced Collection on February 10, 6-9 pm. The
indoor/outdoor collection will be on view at the Steelcase/Coalesse
Showroom, 1217 2nd Street, Santa Monica, CA. Coalesse’s latest additions
to the EMU Advanced Collection are the Ivy stacking chairs and tables
designed by Paola Navone.
Event >>, Mfg. & Distr. >>
1.28.10 | Dubai, UAE | Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, has opened. At an official height of 828
meters, the 160-story tower rises taller than the
previous record-holder, the Taipei 101 in Taiwan. The Burj Khalifa is the world's tallest
building according to all three criteria of the Council on Tall Buildings
and Urban Habitat: height to architectural top, height to tip, and
highest occupied floor.
Arch & Design >>
1.28.10 | New York, NY | Material ConneXion will celebrate its 2009 MEDIUM Award for Material of the Year with a special exhibition viewing on February 4, 2010, 6-8 pm. Each year, Material ConneXion juries hundreds of advanced materials into its Materials Library. Concrete Cloth and eleven Honorable Mentions will be honored at the celebration, held at Material ConneXion, 60 Madison Avenue, 2nd floor, NYC.
Event >>
RSS Feed
