HOK and the Biomimicry Guild have forged a first-of-its-kind alliance linking the natural and built environment. This exclusive relationship between one of the world’s largest architectural design firms and the only bio-inspired innovation company will integrate nature’s innovations in the planning and design of buildings, communities and cities worldwide. Established by biologists Janine Benyus and Dr. Dayna Baumeister in 1998, Biomimicry...
The project is a cave for contemporary art, located on a site in Napa Valley that includes an active vineyard, an 1870 farmhouse, and a collection of outdoor artworks. The clients have an extensive collection of contemporary art. Many works are large in scale or otherwise best experienced in an environment more appropriate than the existing traditional interior. The aim of the project was to add a 6,000 square foot controlled environment to house...
The SAS Building, located in Toronto, Ontario and designed by NORR Limited, is owned by SAS Institute(Canada) Inc., the Canadian division of the world’s largest privately held software company, and the building was designed and built to be the very best working environment for SAS’s employees.
PHASE 2 International announced that it is continuing its efforts to grow the business and expand its presence with the opening of a new Seattle-area Pacific Northwest office. The company’s success, as evidenced by its recent e-Biz “Software of the Year” award and exceptional revenue and profit growth in the first half of 2008 comes from the outstanding success of its software as a service (SaaS) deployments in major vertical markets that include...
ArquitectonicaGEO has been selected as the landscape architect for the new Miami Art Museum (MAM). According to the Miami-based firm, the design team has brought to life a highly artistic and rigorous landscape image envisioned by Herzog & de Meuron and has added significant elements of sustainable design, native plants, and a program of public artwork. The site is four acres of land in Museum Park (formerly called Bicentennial Park), “a...