Golden Square and Golden Villas Open in Pompano Beach

Water front views, Energy-Star appliances, cultured marble vanities and ceramic tile floors are just a few of the amenities that allow the Housing Authority of Pompano Beach and Pinnacle Housing Group to redefine the notion of affordable housing. On September 17th, Golden Square and Golden Villas, located at 1415 N.W. 18th Drive, introduced the new face of quality affordable rental communities. A Grand Opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony celebrated... 

Goodhouse by CircleWest Architects

A conceptual in-fill residential home based on a module that would fit easily on most urban lots as typical for our area. SIPS panels allow for easy assembly and modification/expansion. Conceived as an obtainable solution for Modern housing in most any setting, the targeted construction cost was anticipated at less than $350,000 making it a viable site-built competitor to modular/prefab construction. [Property Details]

Echelon and ROMlight Smart Lighting System Reduces Energy Use

Echelon Corporation and ROMlight International, Inc. announced the first installation in Canada of a high bay lighting system featuring LonWorks® control networking technology to provide smart, two-way communicating lights. The new solution installed at the Kelly Western Services Ltd. aircraft hangar in Winnipeg uses energy efficient, individually dimmable lights to cut energy use by over 60 percent, or over 250,000 kWh per year. Combined with rebate... 

Vienna’s new Trespa Meteon and glass house

The Kai Stania private house, near Vienna, is a unique and stunning example of modern domestic architecture using large glazed walls framed with black Trespa Meteon panels. A stunning glass and black clad house has recently been completed near Vienna. The house was designed by well-known designer and architect Kai Stania to live and work in and to act as a marketing tool for his design business. It is situated on a tree-covered hillside with a stunning... 

The Colorado Yurt Company Named A Colorado Company to Watch

The Colorado Yurt Company, makers of eco-friendly yurts, tipis and canvas bungalows, was recently recognized as one of 50 Colorado Companies to Watch. The durable and unique structures manufactured and sold by the company in Montrose, Colorado offer individuals, camps, RV parks, ski resorts and other businesses a building option that is sustainable, affordable and quick to set up. The 50 Colorado Companies to Watch, chosen from 250 nominees, will... 

Embassy Suites Hotels Introduces Spacious One-Room Suite Concept

Embassy Suites Hotels, the international chain of upscale, all-suite hotels, unveiled its first one-room suite, designed to pack more room into a smaller space for today’s cost-conscious traveler and hotel developer. This new suite concept represents the first major room design change since the upscale brand’s launch 25 years ago. The new one-room suite design delivers the same amenities and upscale value to Embassy Suites guests, including a... 

Intelligent Fan System Provides Safe Laboratory Ventilation and Significant Energy Savings

The patent pending Strobic Air® Smart Fan(TM) maintains safe ventilation levels while minimizing facility energy costs and carbon footprint. It is the latest improvement to the highly successful TriStack® mixed flow exhaust fan line for “safety critical” applications such as laboratory fume hood exhaust and ventilation for specialized care environments like airborne infection isolation rooms. The Smart Fan(TM), which uses a combination... 

TZ Series Insulated Curtain Walls

Zoneworks(TM) introduces the TZ Series of Insulated Curtain Walls, a highly flexible and adaptable system that allows users to quickly and easily partition large interior spaces where temperature and energy savings are essential. Zoneworks’ TZ insulated curtain walls – the first and only flexible system to provide more than 25°F (14°C) of separation – eliminate the need to construct rigid, permanent insulated walls, producing significant... 

Casa Kike, a private house in Cahuita, Costa Rica by Gianni Botsford Architects

The simple form of the two pavilions of Casa Kike belies the complexity of their geometry. Each pavilion might be described as just two walls, a floor and a roof but is, more technically, a trussed timber shell in the form of an eccentrically-truncated, irregular, four-sided cone. By coupling indigenous techniques and materials with modern design technologies and aesthetics GBA has created this intimate double pavilion for a writer in Costa Rica. A... 

Villanueva Public Library by Alejandro Piñol, Germán Ramírez, Miguel Torres and Carlos Meza

If sustainable buildings can be understood as the resourceful result from the use of local materials, local workforce, economical restrictions, climatic particularities and a projected low maintenance, the Public Library for the tropical city of Villanueva in Colombia can be understood as such. Before the project had to face with such realities, we began intuitively with a strong urban spatial proposal, dressed in a minimal handcrafted technical solution....