Select Blinds Introduces its 2010 Wood Blind Product Line

January 25, 2010 Category: Home Improvement

Select Blinds Introduces its 2010 Wood Blind Product Line

Wood blinds are interior decorators’ favorites to enrich any room with a horizontal blind. “Our 2010 wood blind assortment offers solutions for virtually any room,” says Select Blinds Founder and CMO, Rick Steele. “Our merchandising team has really hit a home run with our Designer Basswood Blinds,” continued Mr. Steele. “The fact that there are 3 slat sizes available in matching stains and colors for full room or... 

BEHR Paints Introduces Premium Plus Ultra™ Interior

May 17, 2009 Category: Construction, Home Improvement

BEHR Paints Introduces Premium Plus Ultra™ Interior

The new BEHR Premium Plus Ultra Interior line features a hand-selected, designer-inspired palette of 386 colors, including English Channel #UL230-2 (wall) and Heavy Cream #UL140-14 (trim) shown here. BEHR Premium Plus Ultra Interior is a new paint and primer and one developed to provide homeowners the utmost quality and added convenience and is available at select The Home Depot stores in a variety of sheens, including flat enamel.

Pantone Unveils 2010 Color Direction for the Home Furnishings and Interior Design Industries

March 24, 2009 Category: Architecture, Home Improvement

Pantone Unveils 2010 Color Direction for the Home Furnishings and Interior Design Industries

Pantone, an X-Rite company, and the global authority on color and provider of professional color standards for the design industries, announced PANTONE®VIEW home + interiors 2010, the eight most directional color palettes, plus an additional palette of tinged neutrals, for 2010 home furnishings and interior design. “Color trends are not conjured up using a crystal ball. They are the result of much observation of our surrounding natural world as... 

Two Villas Koseze by Sadar Vuga Arhitekti

March 22, 2009 Category: Architecture

Two Villas Koseze by Sadar Vuga Arhitekti

The two houses are conceived so that despite their respective different positions that influence their natural lighting as well as their boundary conditions and associations with the neighbors, the two proprietors’ residential circumstances are as similar as possible and enjoyable throughout the year. For this reason, the houses are varied as corresponding to their position, which also contributes to their identification. The complex is closed towards... 

CertainTeed Introduces GlasRoc Tile Backer

February 16, 2009 Category: Construction

CertainTeed Introduces GlasRoc Tile Backer

With the introduction of GlasRoc Tile Backer by CertainTeed Gypsum, building professionals can protect walls, ceilings and countertops in high-moisture areas with the highest level of mold-resistance for residential and commercial applications. GlasRoc Tile Backer features Embedded Glass Reinforced Gypsum (EGRGTM) technology which combines reinforcing glass mats, fully-embedded into a water-resistant gypsum core and a gray textured acrylic coating... 

CertainTeed Introduces Cost-Effective Solution for Insulating and Finishing Poured Concrete Walls

February 16, 2009 Category: Construction

CertainTeed Introduces Cost-Effective Solution for Insulating and Finishing Poured Concrete Walls

Building professionals can now bypass several costly, time-intensive tasks involved with finishing below-grade concrete walls with the introduction of CertainTeed’s T-RocTM Thermal Laminate Foundation Insulation System. Consisting of CertainTeed GlasRoc® paperless gypsum board permanently laminated to a high R-value expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam insulation, T-Roc panels install easily in conventional concrete wall forms and eliminate the need... 

The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

January 31, 2009 Category: Architecture, Home Improvement, Real Estate

The New American Home Showcases Leading Edge in Green Technology

Featuring cutting-edge energy efficient products and practices and stunning contemporary design, the 2009 edition of The New American Home® was recently unveiled at the International Builders’ Show® in Las Vegas. The New American Home offers real-world demonstrations of the latest concepts in architecture, construction techniques, products and lifestyle trends. Las Vegas builder Blue Heron and architect Danielian Associates collaborated with... 

Hilton Hotel Owners Spend More Than $131 Million Upgrading 11 Hotels in Central U.S.

January 31, 2009 Category: Construction, Real Estate

Hilton Hotel Owners Spend More Than $131 Million Upgrading 11 Hotels in Central U.S.

Hilton Hotels & Resorts, Hilton Hotels Corporation’s global brand of upscale, full-service hotels, today announced that eleven of its Hilton brand hotels in the central United States are in the process of completing renovations, which combined are valued at more than $131 million. These projects are part of an ongoing initiative by the Hilton brand to upgrade its facilities and guest accommodations in order to exceed guest expectations for... 

Schreder Lighting USA Introduces High Styled, Compact “Hestia” Street Luminaires Featuring Sealsafe Optical System

January 31, 2009 Category: Construction

Schreder Lighting USA Introduces High Styled, Compact "Hestia" Street Luminaires Featuring Sealsafe Optical System

Integrating a compact design with high photometric performance and style in street lighting, Schreder Lighting USA introduces Hestia luminaires with the world-famous Sealsafe(R) Optical System, in the United States. Schreder Lighting USA, the newest of the 40-member Schreder Group G.I.E. located in 36 countries on four continents, is marketing the Schreder brand in the fields of Public Lighting, Floodlighting, Tunnel/Transit Lighting, Industrial and... 

“Floating” LEDs and color effect glass from SCHOTT enable a casino in Vienna to sparkle

January 23, 2009 Category: Architecture, Construction

"Floating" LEDs and color effect glass from SCHOTT enable a casino in Vienna to sparkle

More than a thousand light diodes encased in glass and reflective walls made of color effect glass that shimmers in gold adorn the Monte Laa Casino, located on the hill with the same name at the Bohemian Prater in Vienna. These specialized glasses from SCHOTT compete with the 283 gambling machines for attention. The C4 Projektgesellschaft m.b.H. managed by Christian Cumpelik designed the prestigious Casino for the Austrian company Novomatic AG, one...