William P. Bruder Masterpiece! The Platt Residence. Acclaimed and award winning architecture. The current owners have painstakingly restored and maintained this work of art to the architect’s paradigm. A brilliant combination of design and engineering. Hand crafted and sophisticated. Massive and exacting, and at the same time uncomplicated, delicate and energetic. A timeless and instantaneous modern classic! Rural location, yet close to the newly...
The next generation of outdoor area lighting is here with the GE Evolve™ LED Series Area Light from GE Lighting Systems, Inc. GE’s new area light combines the latest in LED system electronics, thermal management, mechanical and optical design to make the advantages of LED lighting a practical reality in parking lots and general lighting applications. It delivers 30 percent energy savings compared with traditional metal halide lighting while providing...
KB Home, one of America’s largest homebuilders, announced that it has teamed up with Shaw to offer only environmentally friendly recyclable carpet in all its new homes. These carpets are made of Nylon 6, the only material capable of being continuously recycled into dyeable carpet fiber. Every home that uses recycled carpet fiber saves approximately 108 cubic feet of landfill space and also prevents emissions equivalent to 1,700 pounds of carbon...
VAST Enterprises, LLC, announced that using its composite pavers in construction applications can contribute to six or more LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) credits. VAST produces green building products with its patented technology that transforms post-consumer recycled rubber and plastics into an environmentally friendly material: composite masonry. All VAST products are made from up to 95 percent recycled car tires and plastic...
In close cooperation with JENOPTIK Polymer Systems GmbH MAZeT assumes full responsibility for the development and manufacturing of customer specific sensor modules from electronics through optics. Together, both companies aim to develop applications in the area of RGB-LED lighting and want to open up further fields of application for integrated spectral and color sensors. The advantage for the customer lies in the combination of sensors, electronics...
Now in its 13th year of bringing awareness to water conservation and environmental preservation through its participation in the annual Tournament of Roses Parade, Rain Bird, the leading manufacturer and provider of irrigation products and services, will once again pay tribute to the central role that water plays in sustaining all of the Earth’s inhabitants with its 2009 float entry, Entertaining Expedition. In accordance with this year’s Rose...
Next Century Associates, LLC, a partnership between Los Angeles based real estate investor Michael Rosenfeld and an entity in the D.E. Shaw Group, today unveiled plans for a $2 billion mixed-use project on the 5.75 acre Century Plaza hotel site. The project will feature two soaring towers rising from a grand plaza with a 240 room Five Star hotel and 163 hotel residences, 130 luxury residential condominiums, 100,000 square feet of office, 106,000 square...
usoarquitectura aimed into developing a project in which the products exhibit did not saturate Maharam’s collaborators or their clients. With the wide variety of colors and textures there was a risk to end up submerged in a textile sea, but the design team generated a proposal that transmit tranquility and calls for a long stay. Samples and catalogues have leading roles in this showroom. The quest for the harmony between them in the exhibit...
This office building rises between two old houses (1936), and spare parts that were not protected by any laws of historical preservation. The set occupies a site that allows a building of 12 storeys and this sets a high value of land, in turn despises the value of any construction that does not bear that height. With these assumptions and with the aim of giving a value of real estate to a new building for only three floors. Was chosen to lift a laminated...
The new kiosk is conceived as a pavilion amongst the trees in the listed park by the lake, as an object that is a further link in the chain of leisure amenities stretching along the lakeside landscape. In principle the aim was an integrated treatment of the façades and to largely dispense with the usual differentiation of the front and the back in order to obtain an object-like and sculptural appearance. The new building is principally fabricated...
The Contour Lounge Chair by Murillo
Murillo, the Philippines based manufacturer has been involved in manufacturing furniture and...
Contemporary Office Designs from Triple Five Design
Looking for modern interior inspiration for your office, here we got some preview of the contemporary...
The Gallery House designed by architect Richard Librach
Today’s modern house inspiration is coming from Richard Librach Architect, Toronto-based...
The Riedel Amadeo Decanter from Williams-Sonoma
Williams-Sonoma, the company that serves cookware, cooks stool, cutlery, electrics, bakeware,...
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