Diamond Schmitt Architects’ library expertise

Four libraries designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects are featured among the best in Library Design Showcase 2012. Presented by the American Library Association, Library Design Showcase annually celebrates the best in new and newly renovated libraries in North America. “Libraries that are included are beautiful examples of architecture that address service needs in innovative and effective ways,” says…

March 19, 2012

By reclaiming abandoned Airstreams, recycling existing furniture, using LED lighting, easily modulated zoned air supply and cardboard tubing as part of the built environment, The Metrick System managed to create a space that is bold and environmentally considerate.

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Go, Metrick!

The Metrick System, a Toronto-based creative services agency that specializes in advertising, video and online software development, has moved. The agency now occupies 5,800 square feet of industrial space with 17-foot ceilings throughout and houses offices, a state-of-the-art recording studio, and four sets for shooting video. Created by designer Cheryl Krismer from Crayon Design, the…

March 13, 2012

Linear House (Residential Wood Design award), on Salt Spring Island, has broad appeal, and was awarded high marks by the jury.

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B.C. Wood that really WORKS!

Leadership and innovation in wood use was celebrated last week at the Vancouver Convention Centre West, as more than 350 distinguished design and building professionals, including architects, engineers, project teams and industry sponsors and guests gathered to honour the nominees and winners of the 2012 Wood WORKS! BC Wood Design Awards. The 8th annual awards…

March 12, 2012

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Six Point Un’s wonderful Winter

Quebec City–based company Six Point Un, which designs and markets furniture and home accessories, has received the Studio North Best Collection award from Toronto's 2012 Interior Design Show. It is given by IDS Toronto for best collection of the show amongst about 60 Canadian designers. The selection was based on innovation, creativity, quality and commercial…

March 1, 2012

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Bluewater Health and LEED

Farrow Partnership Architects (FPA) is pleased to announce that the redevelopment and expansion of Bluewater Health in Sarnia, Ont, has achieved LEED NC Certification, the first and largest acute care hospital in Ontario to attain this status. The project earned LEED points from the U.S. Green Building Council for a sustainable site, materials and resources,…

February 13, 2012

La Maison Symphonique, the home of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, by Diamond Schmitt.

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Well done, Diamond Schmitt

The 2012 ranking of architecture firms compiled by Building Design, the U.K.-based journal, places Diamond Schmitt Architects among the top 100 companies. Based on survey results provided by 1,400 architecture practices, Diamond Schmitt registers 91st among the largest architecture firms in the world. "The resilience of the economy made Canada a great place to…

January 24, 2012

Teknion's Dossier is a line of executive furniture characterized by clean, modern design and high-quality materials and construction.

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Teknion x 2

Teknion Corporation recently announced that its Dossier collection of executive furniture and its MAST monitor arm and accessories designed by Carl Gustav Magnusson were among the world's top 2011 designs in the Good Design competition sponsored by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban…

January 16, 2012

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A brand-new IIDEX/NeoCon Canada

Joining forces for the first time, Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) and Architecture Canada|RAIC are pleased to announce their historic new collaboration as co-presenters of IIDEX/NeoCon Canada, Canada's National Design + Architecture Exposition & Conference. The move promises to bring the two professions closer together, fostering knowledge sharing, innovation and growth within the Canadian design…

January 12, 2012

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Diamond Schmitt Architects in Oshawa

The University of Ontario Institute of Technology has just celebrated the opening of the newest addition to its growing campus in Oshawa, Ontario. The Energy Systems and Nuclear Science Research Centre completes the original master plan of eight buildings, six of which are arranged around a campus quad, and all designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects.…

November 30, 2011

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NSF International certifies Herman Miller task seating to highest certification level for sustainable furniture

Herman Miller is the first company certified by global public health and environmental organization NSF International to the highest level for sustainable furniture - BIFMA level 3. Certification to level demonstrates Herman Miller's Aeron, Celle, Embody, Mirra, and SAYL task seating; Setu multipurpose seating; and Caper stacking seating products all have achieved the highest level…

November 9, 2011