20 March 10 the news wire for office professionals
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The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.Fyodor Dostoevsky

Interior Design Magazine Sold

3.19.10 | New York, NY | Interior Design magazine has been purchased by Sandow Media. Publisher Mark Strauss and editor-in-chief Cindy Allen announced the magazine's latest development. Interior Design will keep all of its employees, including its support departments like production, research, circulation and prepress. "To the reader community, web community, and manufacturing community, there will be no changes," Mr. Strauss said.

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Connecticut's First LEED Platinum Apartment Building Opens Leasing Office

3.18.10 | New Haven, CT | Becker+Becker, Fairfield, CT, announced that residential leasing has begun at 360 State Street, a 32-story mixed-use tower in New Haven, CT.  The sustainable, environmentally-friendly design is the state's first LEED Platinum residential project.  Key green design features include: an irrigated green roof; bike storage; electric car charging stations; recovery of waste heat; and high-efficiency lighting and occupancy sensors. 

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Architecture Firms NBBJ And Chan Krieger Sieniewicz Announce Merger

3.17.10 | Seattle, WA, and Cambridge, MA | NBBJ and Chan Krieger Sieniewicz announced a merger of the two firms. Together they will create an integrated team of over 700 architects, urban designers, planners and interior designers. The Chan Krieger Sieniewicz team, including its five principals, will continue in their current roles. As part of the transition to the NBBJ name, the Cambridge office will operate as Chan Krieger NBBJ.  

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HOK London Achieves UK's First LEED-CI Gold Certification

3.16.10 | London, UK | HOK London earned LEED-CI Gold certification. It is the first office space in the United Kingdom to achieve this distinction from the U.S. Green Building Council. The project, completed in 2009, is the 11th HOK LEED-certified office. In addition to LEED certification for its sustainability efforts, HOK London also achieved the international standard for environmental management, ISP14001

Arch & Design >>, Environment >>

Architecture firm Francis Cauffman Honored With Vista Award

3.14.10 | New York, NY  | Francis Cauffman received a 2010 Vista Award for excellence in design and construction teamwork in the category of new construction. The firm was recognized for its design of the Critical Care Building at Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center, Wilkes-Barre, PA. The CCB has Level II trauma accreditation and LEED Silver certification and houses an emergency department, a helipad, 12 surgical suites, and an intensive care unit.

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LAN Celebrates 45 Years Of Architectural And Engineering Innovation

3.12.10 | Midland Park, NJ | LAN Associates Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Surveying, Inc. celebrates 45 years of design and project excellence. Since its inception, the firm has grown to more than 70 employees and generated more than $9 million of revenue in 2009 through architectural, engineering, environmental, and surveying services. LAN, started by John Lacz, has been the recipient of more than twenty awards and this year was awarded the ACEC New Jersey Distinguished Award for "Engineering Excellence" for the Asbury Tower, Asbury, NJ. 

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RTKL To Design Shanghai Hospital

3.10.10 | Arnhem, The Netherlands | RTKL, a subsidiary of ARCADIS was selected to design the Shanghai Changzheng New Pudong Hospital. It will be the largest new hospital built in one phase in China. The facility is scheduled to begin later this year and will include four inpatient towers, a VIP tower, an outpatient center, an emergency center, and an infectious disease building. 

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