4.18.08 | San Francisco, CA | Vitra Inc. added two employees to the San Francisco office. Karen Bendinelli, Senior Sales Associate, brings over thirteen years of industry expertise to the Vitra team, most recently with Knoll. Kris Stolebarger, Bay Area Sales Representative, will be responsible for growing the end-user business within the Bay Area sales territory. Prior to her current position, Ms. Stolebarger provided Vitra with sales support and also managed the Vitra San Francisco Showroom.

4.18.08 | Muscatine, IA |– The HON Company announced nine of the company’'s wood seating series have received SCS Indoor Advantage™ certification, marking The HON Company’s 72nd product line to receive either SCS Indoor Advantage or SCS Indoor Advantage Gold. Currently 90 percent of HON’'s total office seating line is now certified SCS Indoor Advantage or Indoor Advantage Gold.

4.17.08 | Austin, TX | Gensler opened a third office in Texas, located at 221 W. 6th Street, Suite 1150, Austin, TX, 78701. The Austin office will be led by office director Todd Runkle, who worked in the company's Washington DC, Detroit, and Houston offices from 1986 to 1999 prior to returning to Gensler last year. He is joined by project manager John Mapes, AIA, who worked in Gensler's San Ramon, California office from 2000 to 2004.

4.17.08 | New York, NY | The Knoll Space sale, offering discounts up to 10% off, will take place May 2-11 exclusively at Knoll Space retailers nationwide. The sale includes all Knoll Space products, including classic designs by Eero Saarinen, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, Harry Bertoia and Florence Knoll, among others. To view the full selection of products offered through Knoll Space, along with a complete list of retailers, visit www.knollspace.com.

4.15.08 | San Francisco, CA | IA Interior Architects was named an Official Honoree for the Webby Awards, which recognizes excellence on the Internet, including Websites, Interactive Advertising, Online Film & Video, and Mobile Websites. 

4.15.08 | Portland, OR | Mulvanny G2 Architecture received a "What Makes it Green" regional award from AIA Seattle for its design of Portland City Storage, a multi-use dry boat storage and recreational facility. The facility, scheduled to break ground in April, 2008, is the only one of its kind in the U.S. to target LEED Gold certification. 

4.15.08 | Vancouver, BC | Kasian released a statement to clarify unintended misstatements and ambiguities from an earlier press release on July 3, 2007 concerning the acquisition of RHL Architects Ltd., not RHL Architects Inc.