Kelowna Selects Canadian Locker for Largest Civic Indoor Water Park

Canadian Locker Company, Ltd., a subsidiary of American Locker Group Incorporated, announced today that the City of Kelowna, BC has selected the Statesman storage lockers for its new $46 million Mission Recreation Park Aquatic Centre. When it opens in April 2009, it will be the largest civic indoor water park in Canada. The Mission Recreation Park Aquatic Centre, located near the Capital News Centre on Gordon Drive, will be a 8,920 square meter (96,000... 

FlowerHouse Spring House Portable Greenhouse

Spring House Portable Greenhouse 78x72x72. FlowerHouse has created a revolutionary line of self-erecting portable greenhouses. Their lightweight design makes transport, set-up, and takedown easier than ever before. FlowerHouses are perfect for creating beautiful, high-quality gardens. They provide superior protection for your plants from insects, birds, frost, wind and weather. Shielded from the outside, the inside provides optimum air circulation... 

Many Save on Utility Bills Indoors, but Not with Their Yard, Lawn, or Garden

While most (96 percent) of U.S. adults have personally adopted sustainable or energy efficient practices at home, comparatively fewer (58 percent) use energy or water saving techniques in their yard, lawn, or garden, according to a new national survey about sustainability. Conducted online by Harris Interactive® on behalf of the American Society of Landscape Architects (ASLA), the results were presented at the ASLA Annual Meeting and EXPO in Philadelphia. Of... 

Tokyo Midtown Honor Award for Urban Architecture

The urban design of this world-class, 25-acre mixed-use complex marks a significant cultural shift in the approach to creating public open space and designing landscapes in Japan. Green space in Tokyo is traditionally found in the form of private gardens: landscapes designed to be looked at rather than used. In supporting the client’s vision, Tokyo Midtown’s innovative design includes more than 50% open space, blending large green lawns and parks... 

Da Vinci Residential Tower by Pascal Arquitectos

All facade covering elements are hanged, screwed or stapled making it completely dismantable. All this creates a thermo-meteorological acoustic barrier and in consequence a very efficient building. At the same time, this system facilitates façade maintenance and replacement and a convenient access to hydraulic and sanitary installations that go through along the perimeter of the building.

THE CITY’S MOST LUXURIOUS BOUTIQUE HOTEL OPENS IN SEPTEMBER 2008

Following extensive 16 months renovation, The Club at The Saujana Kuala Lumpur is finally ready for its opening on 1st September 2008. This marks the welcoming of the city’s finest and most luxurious boutique hotel. Having been just accepted to become a member of The Leading Hotels of the World (LHW), this 105-rooms boutique resort will offer five-star service standards and an array of complimentary amenities that aims to set The Club at The Saujana... 

Hitachi to Pay $400,000 Annually to Use Hawaiis Monkeypod Tree in Ads

Japanese electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. has agreed to pay $400,000 (euro310,000) a year to feature Moanalua Gardens’ giant monkeypod tree in its advertisements and corporate literature over the next decade. Hitachi, which makes televisions, appliances, cell phones and other electronics, has used the 50-foot-tree (15-meter-tree) known for its umbrella-shaped canopy as a corporate symbol since 1973. “Everyone in Japan knows this tree,”...