Archive for December, 2009

Hidden Hills Residence Modern Green Building

Designed by Peterson Architecture – Erik Peterson AIA, this Modern residence is located in the Hidden Hills area of North Scottsdale and offers a glorious setting in the exclusive custom section of Boulder Park. Working very closely with the Owner, the Architect created a lasting, loft-influenced luxury home that takes full advantage of the desert .... 

Modern Green Living at Troon Tusayan Hillside Home

The panoramic valley, city light, and mountain views are just the beginning of the highlights for this Troon Tusayan hillside home. Built by Construction Zone, the simple concept was to create a home that is conscious of its environment and will provide generations of modern green healthy living. Glass, steel, stone, and concrete are the building blocks, .... 

Eggrock Pre-built Bathroom

Traditionally, bathrooms are expensive to build on-site and are a major cause of construction delays and quality problems. Building each bathroom at the construction site requires at least eight different specialty trades to complete – all within a small, confined space. Eggrock solves these problems by building bathrooms in a controlled manufacturing .... 

Blinds Chalet Expands Services to Include Drapery Hardware

Blinds Chalet has expanded their services to include drapery hardware with an eco twist. After fifteen years in business, Blinds Chalet now offers wood, wrought iron and contemporary metal drapery rods, art guild rods, drapery ties, and drapery rings, all made from recycled materials. Balancing style, utility and environmental awareness, Blinds Chalet’s .... 

New Grove GSK55 Manitowoc Cranes

The Grove GSK55 combines the upperworks of a Grove GMK3055 all-terrain crane with a specially-designed truck chassis that acts as a trailer. The truck chassis on the GSK55 has its own 104 kW engine to provide full power to all crane functions. It has a standard design so it does not need to be married to any particular brand of tractor. This is particularly .... 

Rolling Fire Door Model ERD10

Fire Doors are rated physical fire barriers that protect wall openings from the spread of fire. They provide automatic closing in the event of fire detection with governed speed control. Fire doors are also designed for daily use to provide security and access control, but are for use in openings that are not part of a required means of egress. Cornell .... 

Chinas Suzhou Courtyard Garden Inspired Private Residence

Inspired by the Suzhou courtyard gardens of China, the design of the garden preceded the design of the house. The design philosophy was for the building to relate to the landscape. Located in the middle of a residential block, the building and landscape integrate to create a serene, intimate world within a dense community context. Following the tradition .... 

Acadia Residence in Vancouver, BC

Set out to create a “modest” house in an area where most take an exuberant design approach to private residences, Bing Thom applied his design philosophy to ensure the building relates to and is harmonious with its landscape. Like with most BTA house commissions, the design of the garden took place first, and for this particular house, a .... 

Aberdeen Condominium in Richmond, BC by Bing Thom Architects

The 122 unit Aberdeen Condominium complex is the second phase in the redevelopment of Aberdeen Centre, a unique mixed use project located along Cambie Road and Hazelbridge Way in Richmond, BC. Conceived as an extension of the Centre, the building is eight storeys tall, comprised of 6 floors of condominiums, an outdoor/indoor amenity space on the second .... 

Cosentino ECO Countertops

Eco by Cosentino is a countertop surfacing made with 75 percent post-consumer/post-industrial raw materials—the most recycled content for this type of product on the market, according to the company. Mirrors, glass, porcelain, crystallized ash, stone scrap, and a binder made with 22 percent corn oil resin give the look and performance of quartz composite ....