Amtico Simple and Stylish Spacia Flooring Collection

Amtico International has expanded its simple and stylish Spacia flooring collection with four new designs in growingly popular worn styles: Aged Hickory, Classic Hickory, Fired Slate, and Sienna Slate. The Spacia Collection upholds the Amtico tradition of industry leading design and style while also providing durability, resistance to dents and scratches, and easy maintenance. Adding new color to the existing Spacia Stones Collection, Fired Slate (featured) combines dark metallic colors with warm... 

New Almond Color Vinyl Privacy Fence from CertainTeed

CertainTeed delivers greater design flexibility with the addition of a neutral color, Almond, to its line of Chesterfield with CertaStucco™ vinyl privacy fence. Featuring traditional stucco styling in an economical easy-care design, the Almond fence seamlessly coordinates with deck, railing, siding and trim colors, while also complementing stone and brick wall finishes. Chesterfield with CertaStucco, a cutting-edge stucco alternative, doesn’t crumble, peel, chip or crack due to settlement and... 

House Kempeneers by JDS Architects

JDS Architects client desired a free concept and a new form of living without the stereotypical, enclosed transit ways, like entrance and hallway, but instead open spaces with the entrance area being an integrated part of the kitchen and living room. All glass is glued cold without any profiles. The profiles are also submerged into the floor to avoid any thresholds and obstacles between inside and outside. The continuous floor covering, a natural stone tile in Chinese bleu stone, (1×1m, 50kg... 

Offices at Park Place Earns USGBC’s LEED Gold Certification

Hallmark Development’s first office building at Offices at Park Place in Clearwater, Fla., has been awarded LEED-Gold Certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). LEED is the USGBC’s rating system for designing and constructing the world’s greenest, most energy efficient, and high performing buildings. The Offices at Park Place structure is the first new office building in Tampa Bay to achieve this prestigious recognition. “It is an honor to be officially recognized... 

Transitional Mediterranean Estate Home Architecture

Decorative stone details, multiple arched-windows, and collonades create a timeless estate within a naturally-wooded site, accented by the tropical pool and rock fountains. [Affiniti Architects]

GE scientists display first-ever OLED Christmas tree

Scientists and engineers on GE’s OLED research team rang in the 2008 holiday season with a first-ever OLED Christmas tree lighting at GE’s Global Research Center headquarters in Niskayuna, NY. Illuminated in green light, GE’s flexible OLED panels cut quite a tree and provide a glimpse at how this revolutionary lighting concept is going to transform the lighting industry. To see a video of the team and the lighting of the OLED Christmas tree, the video has been posted to You Tube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqMXk3mntOQ&feature=channel_page. You... 

Locking Leg Prevents Vandalism and Theft

Stone Construction Equipment, Inc. introduces the exclusive Locking Leg for its Right Built Champion(TM) and Buddy(TM) by Stone Mortar Mixers. The patent-pending Locking Leg easily attaches to the mixer’s axle in place of the tire and helps to deter vandalism and theft. The Leg is ideal for rental houses that want to assure the return of their inventory of Stone mixers. It also protects the contractor’s investment in the equipment. Two different size Locking Legs are available. The smaller... 

MILHUNDOS HOUSE by Francisco Portugal e Gomes, Arquitecto

The ground places in the outskirts of the city of Penafiel, in the valley of the river Cavalum and is inserted in an allotment near the park of Quinta das Lages. The proposal modifies the implementation anticipated in the original allotment and resumes the duplication rule, not observed in the buildings of the lots L8 and L9, seeking a more articulated solution with the nearest volumes and simultaneously taking the vast ambiguities and disarrangements between the allotment and the lot drawings... 

Aqua Tower, Chicago by STUDIO GANG ARCHITECTS

In an increasingly dense city like Chicago, views from a new tower must be negotiated between existing buildings. Aqua tower considers criteria such as views, solar shading and function to derive a vertical system of contours that gives the structure its sculptural form. Its vertical topography is defined by its outdoor terraces that gradually change in plan over the length of the tower. These terraces offer a strong connection to the outdoors and allow inhabitants to occupy the building façade... 

Napa Valley’s Historic Bardessono Farmstead Morphs Into America’s Greenest Luxury Hotel

Phil Sherburne, a pioneer in modern green development, will open his long-awaited Bardessono hotel, restaurant and spa in California’s famed Napa Valley during the first week of February. The 62-room luxury hotel with its 92-seat restaurant and bar is situated on the Bardessono family farmstead in the heart of historic Yountville. Sherburne, who was hand-picked by the Bardessonos to develop their six-acre property, promised an ecologically-friendly development that would literally “tuck itself”...