3.7.08 | Philadelphia, PA | –Daroff Design Inc + DDI Architects, Philadelphia, PA, was recently awarded two hospitality commissions: Loews Atlanta Hotel and the Revel Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City. Loews hotel, located in the heart of Atlanta's cultural district, is designed to feature 414 guest rooms and suites, a fitness center and spa services, a signature restaurant, lobby bar and more than 24,000-square feet of ballroom and meeting space. The first phase of the Revel Casino and Hotel project includes a tower, designed by Arquitectonica, which will be bisected vertically by a shaft of light. The tower will sit on top of the casino and is expected to be the tallest building in Atlantic City. Ranked in the top 10 in the U.S. for market share in hospitality projects by Interior Design magazine, Daroff Design is recognized for its specialty in the design of hospitality, gaming and entertainment facilities. 

3.7.08 | Washington, DC | Nestor Santa-Cruz was named a design director for the Washington, DC office of Gensler. Prior to joining the firm, Mr. Santa-Cruz was a partner at SKB Architecture and Design. He has over 20 years of corporate interior architecture and has been featured in Interior Design, Contract Design, Architectural Record, and The Washington Post. www.gensler.com

3.7.08 | Seattle, WA | Mithun plans to open an office in San Francisco, CA, and has hired Sandy Mendler as principal for the new office. Ms. Mendler previously was senior vice president and design principal for HOK and brings more than 20 years of experience.

3.6.08 | Raleigh, NC | Centrepoint Architecture, PA, will merge with Strahan Associates as of March 2008. The Raleigh based firms will retain Centrepoint Architecture's name and corporate headquarters. 

3.6.08 | Chicago, IL | Anne T. Sullivan joined Thornton Tomasetti, Inc., as Vice President in charge of establishing a historic preservation practice sector in the Chicago office. As a senior associate with Johnson Lasky Architects in Chicago over the past 15 years, Ms. Sullivan was involved with a number of Thornton Tomasetti projects, including Edgewater Beach Apartments exterior wall restoration in Chicago and the Martin Mitchell Mansion structural evaluation in Naperville, IL. 

3.6.08 | Boston, MA | Cubellis joined studio costa & partners, an architectural firm based in Rome, Italy, to form a new operating entity, Cubellis Costa International (CCI), enabling expansion into the Middle Eastern Gulf States. To capitalize on rapid growth and high-value design and engineering opportunities in Dubai, CCI acquired Dubai-based Eronat Engineering Consultancy.

3.5.08 | The Netherlands | Chairs, the Delft Collection is a book by the Faculty of Architecture at Technology University, Delft, The Netherlands. Containing more than a century of chairs, the educational book includes one of the most comprehensive furniture collections in the Netherlands. The book covers materials, construction and typology and each object is accompanied by images and a thorough description. 

3.5.08 | London, UK | Foreign Office Architects finalized its design for the Institute of Legal Medicine in Madrid, part of the masterplan for the Campus de la Justicia.  FOA's 14,000 sq.m. spherical design, so stipulated in the masterplan, is the first step in the plan and will provide space for forensic medicine.  A euphemism for a morgue, the institute can cope with large-scale disasters. The building is due for completion in 2009.

3-5.08 | New York, NY | Bruce Ratner, developer, announced that the plans for the Renzo Piano-designed City Tech Tower in downtown Brooklyn were dropped, an agreement mutually agreed upon by both sides. The 1,000 ft. tower with dorm and lab would have been Brooklyn's tallest building. CUNY still plans to build its dorm and lab in a building with only 10 stories.