Morgans Hotel Group Announces the Opening of Ames

Morgans Hotel Group Co. opens Ames in Boston, the latest addition to the company’s collection of Originals. Benjamin Franklin meets a supermodel with Morgans Hotel Group’s newest property, Ames in Boston. Morgans Hotel Group, known for introducing the boutique hotel with the opening of Morgans in 1984, is making its next bold move by bringing its provocative style to this rich and historic city. Ames represents a singular and authentic addition... 

Seattle’s Newest Hyatt Offers a Fresh Twist on Green

The highly anticipated Hyatt at Olive 8 opens its doors in the heart of Seattle’s thriving entertainment and dining district. Located at the corner of Olive and 8th, the new hotel – on track to be Seattle’s first LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) certified hotel – is a striking addition to the city’s skyline and adds a new, more eco-friendly experience to the Pacific Northwest hospitality market. One of the first in... 

Expanded Functionality to Laminated Architectural Glass

Gray Glass has offered fabrication and machining for the glass industry for over 60 years. Serving all industrial glass fabricating needs with precision CNC machining and water jet cutting services for cutting and sizing, hole drilling, glass polishing, laminating, etching and UV bonding. Gray Glass is also a complete source for architectural specialty glass stocking the largest selection available from anywhere nationwide. Gray Glass has anti reflection... 

Solidere International Takes Ajman’s Al Zorah to MIPIM Asia

Solidere International, one of the most prominent master and urban developers in the region, will bring its unique development initiatives to MIPIM Asia, the international property exhibition taking place at the Hong Kong International Convention & Exhibition Centre from November 19th to 21st. MIPIM Asia provides an exclusive platform for local developers to network with regional and international investors looking for opportunities in the Asia-Pacific... 

Energy Focus, Inc. Finalizes Full-Service Contract with Architectural Floors of Cleveland

Energy Focus, Inc., the global leader in energy-efficient lighting technologies, announced that the company has finalized a multi-phase contract with Architectural Floors of Cleveland, a regional flooring company. The contract — the second to be finalized under Energy Focus’s new full-service energy solutions program — includes design, manufacturing, engineering, and installation and support services. “Energy Focus offers a... 

Blackstone Hotel: 636 South Michigan Avenue

Considered one of the city’s finest historic hotels, the Blackstone is a fanciful example of the “Modern French” style of Beaux Arts architectural style. The hotel was built in 1908 and designed by the prominent architecture firm of Marshall & Fox. Known as the “Hotel of Presidents,” the hotel has hosted a dozen U.S. Presidents and was also the location of the famous “smoke-filled room” where Warren G. Harding was chosen as the... 

Historic Michigan Boulevard District: 610 South Michigan

Michigan Avenue is the most enduring image of the Chicago skyline, and the district contains many historically- and architecturally-significant cultural institutions, clubs, hotels, and office buildings. The site was one of only two vacant lots in the district, and the first new construction project in over 50 years. The new 10-story building for the Spertus Institute of Jewish Studies has a unique, faceted-glass curtain wall with butt-glazed joints... 

Energy-Efficient GE LED Cove Lighting System Offers 5-Plus Years of Continuous Maintenance-Free Operation, Superior Light Quality

The reality of continuously running architectural cove lighting in casinos, hotels, resorts and commercial retail settings, and extended operation in residential applications, no longer runs up wasteful spending on energy or maintenance. Designed to perform for more than 50, 000 hours (5.7 years of continuous operation), the new GE LED Cove Lighting System from GE Consumer & Industrial— the first GE LED system marketed through GE’s electrical...