Harrisburgs Triple Crown Corporation Wins Association Awards

Tuesday, November 18th 2008

Triple Crown Corporation of Harrisburg took home awards from two separate professional organizations during the month of October. Two of their model homes won a total of eleven awards at the Harrisburg Home Builders Association’s Parade of Homes Gala held October 2 at the West Shore Country Club in Camp Hill. Triple Crown’s rental communities won a host of awards at the Apartment Association of Central PA’s (AACP) Annual Best of... 

South Koreas Songdo International Business District Sets Global Standard as Eco-City

Monday, November 17th 2008

New international standards are being set by Gale International in sustainable building design, systems engineering, and urban infrastructure and planning with Songdo International Business District (IBD), a new city currently under construction off Incheon, South Korea, on the Yellow Sea. Songdo IBD is a joint venture between Gale International and Posco Engineering & Construction and is the largest private development in the world. Songdo IBD,... 

Punk House: Interiors in Anarchy

Sunday, November 16th 2008

The “punk house” may come in any number of forms. The most common type is often where a large group of like-minded punks cram into a house usually intended to accommodate two or three people, resulting in low rent and, thus, extended hours of leisure for the residents to pursue their true interests. Punk House features features

New York Interior Design, 1935-1985, Vol. 2: Masters of Modernism

Sunday, November 16th 2008

Between 1935 and 1985, the design community in New York was thriving. Inspired by distinguished educators and promoted in style magazines and illustrated books, interior designers acquired elite status and social prominence, often equal to that of their illustrious clients. When fashion-conscious urban professionals joined New York s Old World establishment, new modes of urban living evolved. evolved.

Weingarten Realty Investors Announces $271 Million Joint Venture With Hines REIT

Sunday, November 16th 2008

Weingarten Realty Investors and Hines Real Estate Investment Trust, Inc. (“Hines REIT”) announced the formation of a joint venture transaction in which a subsidiary of Hines REIT will acquire a 70% interest in a WRI portfolio of 12 high-volume supermarket-anchored shopping centers. The aggregate transaction price is approximately $271 million and the transaction will close on multiple dates. The initial closing occurred on November 13,... 

Architecture Without Architects: A Short Introduction to Non-Pedigreed Architecture

Sunday, November 16th 2008

In this book, Bernard Rudofsky steps outside the narrowly defined discipline that has governed our sense of architectural history and discusses the art of building as a universal phenomenon. He introduces the reader to communal architecture–architecture produced not by specialists but by the spontaneous and continuing activity of a whole people with a common heritage, acting acting

Expanding Architecture: Design as Activism

Sunday, November 16th 2008

Expanding Architecture presents a new generation of creative design carried out in the service of the greater public and the greater good. Questioning how design can improve daily lives, editors Bryan Bell and Katie Wakeford map an emerging geography of architectural activism–or “public-interest architecture”–that might function akin to public-interest law or medicine by expanding architecture’s all all

SBA Disaster Loan Outreach Center to Close November 20; SBA Urges Return of Applications Before the Deadline

Saturday, November 15th 2008

The U.S. Small Business Administration announces that due to a steady decrease of activity, the Disaster Loan Outreach Center located at the DuPage County Complex, Jack T. Knuepfer Building, Wheaton, Illinois will cease operations Thursday, November 20 at the close of business. The Small Business Administration urges those affected by the disaster to visit the Center before the closing to obtain one-on-one assistance and information about the disaster... 

Tiger Woods Unveils Golf Course Design for The Cliffs at High Carolina

Sunday, November 9th 2008

To a crowd of over 1,000 people, Tiger Woods, Chairman of Tiger Woods Design, and Jim Anthony, Founder and CEO of The Cliffs Communities, today unveiled The Cliffs at High Carolina, featuring Tiger Woods Design’s first golf course in America. The debut of the course’s design, held on site at The Cliffs at High Carolina near Asheville, NC, followed a celebration of the inaugural release of homesites available for purchase within the community... 

L.A.s First Solar-Powered, All-Green Urban Community Premieres in Hollywood

Saturday, November 8th 2008

Utility costs may be rising, but utility rates will remain at an all-time low at one eco-friendly Southern California community. The Gatsby Hollywood has announced it will be Metro L.A.’s first all solar-powered, all-green urban community. The enclave is now under construction on the corner of Hollywood’s Fountain and Wilcox Avenues. A first for the area, the all-new, single-family-home community offers premier sun-powered features and...