Projek addresses the market need to have a project chair that is next generation with a mesh back, has a neutral style and is easy to use

Teknion wins two Green Good Design Awards

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…

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AFTERBURN by Civilian Projects [Nicko Elliott, Ksenia Kagner], Brooklyn, NY, United States. Photo credit: Louise Tanguay

Summer means gardens

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…

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Portrait of the rug artist: Calle Henzel in his studio

Sweden’s Henzel Studio announces its 20I4 catalogue of contemporary art rugs by founder and creative director Calle Henzel

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…

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Room with a view: Streamsong's Leaf lobby. Photo by Albert Hurley

Just relax: U.S. firm Alfonso Architects designs the Streamsong Resort in Florida

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…

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The intention of this biennial award is to celebrate a single work of architecture that is transformative, inspired as well as inspiring, and reflects the humanistic values of justice, respect, equality and inclusivity

RAIC announces the appointment of a distinguished jury to select the winner of the inaugural Moriyama RAIC International Prize

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…

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Symbiotic Cities International Design Ideas Competition

Competition challenges participants to transform their cities

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…

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Kim Lighting continues to innovate in landscape lighting, offering a broad array of styles and lamp offerings from incandescent and halogen to HID and the latest LED technology

Innovative U.S. firm Kim Lighting turns 80

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…

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Organ, Maison Symphonique. Photo by Photographie Panatonic

Diamond Schmitt-designed Maison Symphonique in Montreal inaugurates its pipe organ

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…

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