Harbour Outdoor Leaps Over the Pacific into North America

Harbour Outdoor International, Australia’s leading contemporary outdoor furniture manufacturer, announced today the opening of their North American headquarters and distribution center. With showrooms already in place and presenting Harbour Outdoor furnishings across North America, the new headquarters in Los Angeles will offer the market swift distribution as well as streamlined customer service. Harbour Outdoor will continue to be rooted in its... 

Casa Kike, a private house in Cahuita, Costa Rica by Gianni Botsford Architects

The simple form of the two pavilions of Casa Kike belies the complexity of their geometry. Each pavilion might be described as just two walls, a floor and a roof but is, more technically, a trussed timber shell in the form of an eccentrically-truncated, irregular, four-sided cone. By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica. A... 

Trikona Group Announces Appointment of His Highness Maharaja Gajsinghji of Jodhpur as Chairman of Apodis Hospitality

Trikona Group, which contributes to India’s growth in a socially aware manner by creating new asset classes around real estate and infrastructure, today announced that HHM Gajsinghji of Jodhpur, a leading hotelier in India, has been named Chairman of Apodis Hospitality, the hospitality company affiliated with the Trikona Group. As president of the 150 member Indian Heritage Hotels Association, Gajsinghji has helped shape the hospitality and tourism... 

Citi Foundation Awards $500,000 to Enterprise Community Partners Grant to Further Leadership and Innovation in Green, Affordable Housing

Citi Foundation awarded Enterprise Community Partners a $500,000 grant in support of its Green Communities ® initiative, the largest effort in the U.S. to bring the benefits of green building to low-income people. The grant will support the continued growth and expansion of Green Communities by enabling Enterprise to create more green affordable developments, deepen technical support in improving building energy performance and tap the emerging... 

Patterns in Network Architecture: A Return to Fundamentals

Groundbreaking Patterns for Building Simpler, More Powerful Networks   In Patterns in Network Architecture, pioneer John Day takes a unique approach to solving the problem of network architecture. Piercing the fog of history, he bridges the gap between our experience from the original ARPANET and today’s Internet to to

Robert Webber to Become CEO; Warren Haruki to Become Chairman of Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc.

Maui Land & Pineapple Company, Inc. announced the appointment of Warren Haruki as chairman and Robert (Rob) Webber as president and CEO, effective January 1, 2009. They replace David Cole who resigned earlier this week after five years as chairman, president and CEO of the 100-year old company. Cole will continue to serve as a director and will be the Company’s representative to the boards of Hawaii BioEnergy and Hawaii Superferry. “Rob Webber... 

South Park Streetscape

A partnership of real estate developers envisioned a complete revitalization of the South Park neighborhood in downtown Los Angeles. Their plan to rehabilitate a complete city block has become the first new residential neighborhood in this area in twenty-three years. The structures are also the first “green” residential high-rise buildings in downtown Los Angeles. Collectively, the development is one block comprised of many separate projects including... 

Classic Sleep 237885 Elegance Softside Deepfill Mattress

Classic Sleep 237885 The Elegance Softside Deepfill Waterbed is designed to provide the best night’s sleep available. Made by skilled craftsmen and high quality material, this waterbed will provide comfort for years to come. Features: -Available in Twin, Full, Queen, and King sizes -Durable yet soft natural color European Damask cover with tack & jumpquilting pattern -Two layers of hollofill fiber and one layer of quiltflex inside of cover...