The National Aquatics Center or “Water Cube,” a landmark of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, features floor coverings from nora systems, Inc. More than 107,000 square feet of noraplan® mega covers corridors and high traffic areas throughout the center, offering comfort underfoot as well as safety, maintenance and wear-resistant properties important to athletes and visitors to the site.
One Bryant Park/Bank of America Tower in New York City is one of the world’s “greenest” office towers. With an emphasis on sustainability, water efficiency, indoor environmental quality, and energy and atmosphere, the building, about half of whose 2.1 million square feet will be occupied by Bank of America, will be constructed largely of recycled and recyclable building materials. It will feature a wide range of sophisticated environmental...
The historic buildings of Dallas’ Parkland Hospital were constructed on this 8-acre site in the Oak Lawn neighborhood in 1915 and 1921. Crow Holdings purchased the campus, which is now under construction with a restoration and major addition to the landmarked building to serve as their corporate headquarters. The central design challenge was to accommodate the company’s corporate culture (which features a non-hierarchical large room of...
This project received an Honorary Award in a national architecture competition for the Information Center of the new Petrochemical Complex of Rio de Janeiro. The complex is one of the largest public infra-structure projects ever to be undertaken in Brazil, and is currently being coordinated by PETROBRAS, the state-owned oil company.The complex will be located in the municipality of Itaboraí, in the edge of Rio de Janeiro’s metropolitan region,...
DuPont is expanding the range of DuPont™ SentryGlas® interlayers to meet a broader range of needs for protective windows, doors and safety-glazed building elements. The newest SentryGlas® is available in thinner sheets that provide protection while replacing thicker traditional interlayers. The new offerings broaden architects’ and builders’ choices for incorporating impact-resistant glass for more protective buildings. And, engineers...
Reed Construction Data, a leading provider of BIM solutions and construction information, has announced it will provide Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK) with nearly 1,200 high-quality, parametric BIM objects, representing 17,000 product configurations, for the Autodesk® Seek web service. The Autodesk Seek web service allows architects, engineers and construction professionals to search, select and specify a breadth of rich, high-quality building product content,...
Glass tile continues to be a widely used material for creative, contemporary and sophisticated design projects, and can now be found in world-class hotels, luxury estates and other distinctive venues. Stone Mart, one of the country’s leading distributors of imported exotic stone and glass tile, offers an extensive collection of glass tile in its Designer Collection showroom in California. This is an exclusive collection that offers homeowners,...
Architects and designers seek dynamic ways to complement their designs with imagery, shape and eye-catching aesthetics. Today, design professionals have a new option from USG with the Libretto™ gridless metal ceiling system, which creates islands, canopies, radial ceilings and other dynamic shapes custom-tailored to the size, shape and architectural features of a space. The Libretto gridless metal ceiling system features individually fabricated...
Sited to optimize views and breezes, this home is located in a rural wooded area overlooking Leadenwah Creek on Wadmalaw Island and lies amidst the live oaks and flora of a coastal barrier island. Through the use of traditional materials, forms and orientation, this elegant one-story home rests in peaceful union with its setting and enhances the character of the landscape as medium. The home produces a marvelous temperament and monumentalizes historic...
Ibstock has launched its new Umbra range of textured brickwork which creates innovative and subtly changing looks for brick faced buildings. The new range is available in four designs – Wave, Sphere, Pyramid and Sawtooth – which give a textured appearance that changes with natural light throughout the day. The range is available with either a red sanded finish or with a smooth red, buff or blue finish. Architects and designers can use...
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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