3.28.08 | Washington, DC | Washington Design Center, 300 D Street, SW, Washington, DC, will launch Design House on April 25, kicking off the event with a Design House preview party on April 23, 6-8 pm. The design platform brings together nine interior design professionals to create What Hue Inspires You.  

3.28.08 | Toronto, ON | IIDEX/NeoCon Canada announced its 2008 show partners for its September 25-26 Conference and Exhibition at the Direct Energy Centre at Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario. They are Allseating, Allsteel, Dietiker, DIRTT, Fluid Concepts, Global, Global Contract, Gunlocke, Inscape, InterfaceFlor, Luxo, Modernweave, Nienkamper, Nightingale, Octopus, PS Agencies, Shaw Contract Group, Tandus, The Global Group, and Teknion. www.iidexneocon.com

3.28.08 | New York, NY | Professional Women in Construction (PWC)  will present the Energy Forum: "watts" the future of energy and power? on Wednesday, April 16, 8:00-10:00 am, at General Society Library, 20 West 44th Street, NYC. Moderator is Albert DiGuilio, vice president, DMJM Harris. pwc@pwcusa.org

3.26.08 | Seattle, WA | Northern Pacific Chapter of IIDA will hold its 3rd annual Golf Tournament on Friday, June 27 at the Rainier Golf & Country Club, 11133 Des Moines Memorial Drive S, Seattle, WA. The chapter will partner with LEVEL, a newly formed charitable organization, dedicated to bringing the design and build community together to support local health and wellness projects.  http://www.iida-northernpacific.org.

3.27.08 | New York, NY | Louis Hedgecock, Managing Partner for BBG/Architects, New York Office, will speak on the Architecture of Hospitality: Focus on China, on Monday, March 31, 6-8 pm, at the Center for Architecture, 536 La Guardian Place, NYC. Mr. Hedgecock will discuss how its firm has broken into the Chinese market, the ceaseless learning curve, and future prospects for the expanding market.

3.26.08 | Zeeland, MI and New York, NY | The Emerging New York Architects Committee joins with Herman Miller and its dealer partner, Benhar Office Interiors, for a four-part series, "Green Screens", focused around building for the future and the future of sustainable design. Green Screens, centers around select episodes of the Design e2 documentary program and will feature panel discussions, CEU classes (on select dates), and networking opportunities. Part 1 begins March 29 with "The Green apple," exploring some of Manhattan's most notable structures and "Bogota; building a sustainable city."

3.26.08 | New York, NY | Frank Barkow and Regine Leibinger, founders of the Berlin-based practice Barkow Leibinger Architects in 1993, will be at the Urban Center, 457 Madison Avenue, NYC on Friday, April 11, 7:00 pm. Pursuing their interest in digitally tooled material, Barkow Leibinger's recent research projects investigate revolving laser cutting and CNC-cut translucent concrete formwork with an application to facade systems, pre-cast concrete, and ceramic elements. rsvp@archleague.org

3.26.08 | New York, NY | Fritz Haeg will deliver the first annual Education Legacy Fund Horace Havemeyer III Lecture during the Metropolis Design Entrepreneurs Conference on Monday, May 19,2008,10:00 am. The conference takes place during the International Contemporary Furniture Fair at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 655 West 34th Street, which runs from May 17-20. 

3.26.08 | New York, NY | SCOPE, an invitation only edition of SCOPE art fairs, will hold three panel discussions from March 27-29, at the SCOPE Pavilion at Lincoln Center Damrosch Park, 62nd Street and 10th/Amsterdam Avenue, NYC.

• March 27, 6-8 pm - Seriously Slow: New Tactics in Art and Design features panelists Lindsey Adelman and Nava Lubelski, who look at the perceived quality of design vs. the quality of production.

• March 28, 6-8 pm - SCOPE A.R.T. (Alternative Resources Today) features panelists Andrew Faust, Adriana Magana, Mitch Miller, Carlissa Carman and Alyson Baker who discuss companies and individuals who understand recycling and sustainability issues and processes.

• March 29, 6-8 pm - Two Futures of Design: High Gloss/Socially Conscious features panelists Jason Miller, James Zemaitis, Craig Kellogg, Pierre-Alexandre de Looz, Dr. Mitchell Joachim. The event is hosted by A+A.