ECD Energy and Environment Canada recently announced the release of the most significant upgrade to the Green Globes for Fit-ups program, now renamed Sustainable Interiors (SI) since it first became available in Canada in 2004. Green Globes is a web-based program that aims to advance the overall environmental performance and sustainability of commercial and institutional…
Teknion Corporation today announced that its Sidewise casegoods workstation and Projek task seating have received 2014 Green Good Design Awards. Now in its sixth year, the Green Good Design competition is sponsored by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. “Green Good Design…
The trend toward open work spaces, open lobbies and open restaurants means fewer barriers for noise. And while the open concept isn’t going anywhere, the noise is. Without barriers, sound travels across spaces and reverberates off surfaces until it loses all its energy, creating a disruptive environment. To address this need, Beaufurn introduces Accusta, a…
The 15th edition of the International Garden Festival officially opened on June 28 and presents 22 contemporary gardens at Les Jardins de Métis / Reford Gardens. Imagined by 65 designers from Seoul, Santiago de Compostela, New York, Philadelphia, Basel, Amsterdam, Paris and Montreal, the 22 contemporary gardens of the 2014 edition offer an original way…
Marking 15 years of operation, Henzel Studio is honoured to announce the release of the 2014 catalogue of contemporary art rugs by Calle Henzel, the studio's founder and creative director. Established in 1999 in Gothenberg, Sweden, Henzel Studio has as of recently established itself as the leading brand for collaborations with some of the most…
U.S. firm Alfonso Architects has designed the Streamsong Resort located in Polk County, Florida. Nestled in the Bone Valley, the 16,000-acre property includes a 316,000-square-foot lodge, 42,000-square-foot golf clubhouse, four restaurants, spa and conference centre. As well as designing the two buildings, lead architect Alberto Alfonso, AIA, also designed custom lighting, furnishings, spa products, staff…
The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) Foundation has announced the appointment of a distinguished jury to select the winner of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC International Prize – one of the largest architectural prizes in the world. The deadline for submissions is Aug. 1, 2014. The prize consists of $100,000 CAD and a sculpture by…
This week marked the start of the DIALOG sponsored 2014 Symbiotic Cities International Design Ideas Competition “Urban Transformations: Designing the Symbiotic City”. Open to planners, urban designers, architects, landscape architects, engineers, and ecologists, the competition challenges participants to transform existing cities into more resilient, climate adaptive, regenerative, symbiotic cities. “Over the next 25 years, cities and the…
Hubbell Lighting, a world leader in lighting innovation, is pleased to announce that 2014 marks Kim Lighting’s 80th anniversary. Founded in 1934 by F.B. Nightingale, Kim Lighting is the world’s foremost designer and manufacturer of quality, high-performance outdoor architectural and landscape lighting products. Born on Dec. 26, 1885, F.B. Nightingale spent his early…
The Montreal Symphony Orchestra tonight inaugurates the pipe organ at Maison Symphonique. The 6,489-pipe colossus is a design collaboration between Jack Diamond, principal, Diamond Schmitt Architects, and Quebec-based organ manufacturer Casavant Frères. This is the architect’s first organ commission. His role was to create the organ facade – the configuration of pipes above the stage…