LMN Architects-designed Vancouver Convention Centre West
As media from around the world descend upon Vancouver, B.C. for the 2010 Olympic & Paralympic Winter Games, they will experience in the Games’ broadcast media center an unparalleled model of sustainability. Designed by Seattle-based LMN Architects, in collaboration with Vancouver-based MCM and DA, the Vancouver Convention Centre West (VCC) has just been awarded LEED® Canada Platinum certification, the first convention centre project in the...
Krk Kindergarten Building by Randic – Turato architects
New kindergarten, on the island of Krk in Croatia, is located on northeastern border of the town, amongst mostly touristic apartments and shopping malls. In such unattractive neighborhood, this kindergarten is shaped as enclosed and introverted insula, surrounded with soaring stone walls. Inside of this small town-kindergarten, units-houses are combined with open gardens, placed next to pedestrian communications. Due to the rather small area of kindergartens...
Student Apartments at William Jessup University Honored with Architectural Award
William Jessup University’s newly constructed student apartment building recently won an Award of Honor from the American Institute of Architects San Joaquin Chapter. The organization awards buildings and architects that are contributors to a high quality and standards of excellence. As part of the AIA San Joaquin’s bi-annual awards program, eligible projects and architects from the region are submitted for award consideration. The Award...
G&M Contracting Inc, and ABC’s Extreme Makeover Home Edition Go Green in Hyattsville, MD
G&M Contracting builds extreme green on “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” ABC Television’s Emmy-award winning hit reality show in the nation’s capital. The TV event airs on ABC February 14th at 8pm EST. G&M and thousands of volunteers worked 24/7 for one week to construct one of the most energy efficient homes ever built for the “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition” television show. Some of the green elements of this build are...
Polycarbonate Sheet Deters Elements, Enhances Design of Pedestrian Areas at Canada Place
Canada’s winter will have little effect on Olympic Games visitors to Vancouver’s many attractions, thanks to the city’s planners and architects. Historically they have kept the elements at bay in their approach to infrastructure design for popular pedestrian areas, and their preparations for the Winter Games are no exception. A notable example is Vancouver BC’s Canada Place, a landmark cultural and entertainment complex. Its...
Overhead Door RapidSlat Advanced Rolling Steel Door System
Overhead Door Corporation is proud to introduce their landmark RapidSlat™ door system to architects, facility managers and business owners across the country. The door system, which combines the best of both worlds; speed and efficiency, as well as strength and durability, is an advancement of the Rolling Steel line. Typically, businesses which need both speed and security are forced to utilize two doors, a lightweight yet highly efficient fabric...
St. Peter’s Church in Lutton Place by Ben Tindall Architects
The St. Peter’s Church redecoration and relighting has “Transformed one of Edinburgh’s least interesting churches into one of its most beautiful”. The bold use of red with a stencilled decoration of golden keys in a diamond pattern, with a ‘daisy chain’ border, has given back the richness the building needed. Painting the window tracery has made the interior lighter than it was before, as well as allowing the colours...
Moebius House, Sydney by Tony Owen NDM Architects
The modern house design explores the maximisation of light, space, ventilation and views on a tight sight. We are exploring a more environmentally sensitive form of design called ‘micro design’. Micro design utilises parametric modelling software which can respond to very small changes to design input criteria. In this case issues such as maximising ventilation, views and efficiency of structure and minimising impacts to neighbours views...
Innovative Decorative Concrete Company Taking the Intermountain West By Storm!
Now anyone can afford to have durable, long lasting, decorative concrete in and around their home without the high cost and hassle of tearing out and replacing old concrete. Xtreme Resurfacing is quickly becoming the leader in the concrete restoration business. This material is being looked at in so many new ways. Not only is Xtreme Resurfacing getting more calls from general contractors, but now Xtreme Resurfacing is getting just as many calls from...
Colonia Miramonte Modern Desert Design Private Residence
This home was designed and crafted by Jack DeBartolo Jr. (DeBartolo Architects) as a case study of Modern Desert Design. Offering a Paradise Valley setting that surrounds you with superb views of both Camelback and Mummy Mountains, Colonia Miramonte nestles against the World-Famous Camelback Inn providing you with a quiet, elegant and protected location. Completely rebuilt, this Modernist home comes with attention to every detail and a quality of...
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