Looking for an extraordinary place to live? Consider the convenience of downtown loft living, then imagine a residential loft clad in science-fiction and celebrity. A famous rock musician is offering to rent her very unique living space where she has spent the last few years creating a fantasy dream home. Actress and rhythm guitarist Jane Wiedlin, of the all-girl 80’s punk rock band The Go-Go’s, has been setting trends for decades in...
Ethan Allen has again partnered with HGTV as primary furnisher of the HGTV Dream Home. The HGTV Dream Home 2010, located in Sandia Park, New Mexico, proved an ideal stage for Ethan Allen’s custom services and wide range of products. Modern Style Meets Mountain Views was the theme for this year’s HGTV Dream Home. The single-story, 3,900-square-foot home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, a home office, a home theater, a gourmet kitchen with...
San Diego Habitat for Humanity® (SDHFH) has made significant modifications in the design and construction of its homes to make them increasingly self-sustaining, reducing maintenance costs for the partner families as well as the need for repairs and upgrades. Smart design incorporates eco-friendly and recycled materials, energy efficient appliances and lighting, and drought tolerant plants and trees. James Hardie® Building Materials has stepped...
Al Beadle is best known as one of the Case Study architects, and then regionally for his strong influence on desert modernism. Beadle graced the Phoenix Mountain Preserve with his only single family home project, the Paradise Gardens Subdivision. Avant garde for the era, the clean lines, flat roofs, and more open floorplans now have multi-generational appeal. This Saguaro model is in beautiful original condition. It has been well maintained and mechanical...
NTI’s Matrix is an integrated appliance that combines a gas-fired condensing boiler and furnace, condensing demand water heater, and heat-recovery ventilator into a single unit, and it is pre-configured for air conditioning. According to NTI, the Matrix’s advanced heat exchanger is capable of reducing gas consumption by 30% compared with a conventional system, providing an AFUE of 94 for forced-air and 92.7 for hydronic heating, and an energy...
To help home theater installers and contractors tame central wiring systems, Linear LLC, a market leader in home technology solutions for security, communications, and entertainment for over four decades, has developed the H275 Universal Mounting and Wire Management Bracket. The H275 provides 26 grid spaces for mounting Linear’s structured wiring modules. It can be mounted in any standard structured wiring enclosure that measures 14 inches or...
An independent study conducted by the nation’s premier network for listing asset management, Threewide Corporation, reveals that a leading real estate search engine, Trulia is the #1 real estate lead generator as well as #1 in visitors sent to listing broker and agent sites through the Threewide ListHub service. Threewide’s ListHub, the most widely adopted network for listing distribution, works in concert with MLS’s various franchises and...
Starwood Land Ventures announces the formation of CoStar Land LLC, a joint venture partnership established to channel $75 million toward development opportunities in the 23-county Atlanta metro service area. CoStar marries the strengths of Starwood Land Ventures and Cold River Development, a holding company whose subsidiaries specialize in land development in Georgia and the Carolinas. “This is an exciting joint venture arrangement because it...
MetLife Foundation and Enterprise announced the 2008 recipients of the MetLife Foundation Awards for Excellence in Affordable Housing this morning at the Enterprise Community Conference in Baltimore. Six community-based organizations were awarded a total of $180,000 for leadership, innovation, and effectiveness in the fields of supportive housing and property and asset management. Celebrating its 13th year, the MetLife Foundation Awards program has...
Building upon a year-long partnership and the successful completion of numerous advertising and marketing projects, Hydrogen Advertising has been officially named the agency of record for Quadrant Homes. Beginning today, Hydrogen will support all of the company’s online and offline advertising needs. Hydrogen’s team of strategic planners, art directors, copywriters and account managers will handle Quadrant’s planned and ad hoc marketing needs....
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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