Architecture + Community Design Initiative Charrette at the DX

Architecture + Community Design Initiative Charrette November 2nd, 2009, 11 am to 4 pm Free Admission Design Exchange Exhibition Hall The Architecture and Community Design Initiative is an innovative partnership project led by archiTEXT, the East Scarborough Storefront and supported by the Design Exchange and the City of Toronto. Its focus is on poverty…

October 29, 2009

Allsteel/Gunlocke's Toronto resource centre.

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Allsteel/Gunlocke Toronto earns LEED-CI Gold certification

The Allsteel/Gunlocke Resource Centre, located in the historic 1899 Toronto Carpet Factory Boiler House, has earned LEED Canada for Commercial Interiors (CI) Gold Certification. The showroom is only the second facility in Toronto to earn the gold-level certification using the Canadian system, and represents the sixth LEED-certified showroom housing the two sister companies. …

September 10, 2009

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InterfaceFLOR-ing with David Suzuki

Claude Ouimet, senior vice-president and general manager of InterfaceFLOR Canada and Latin America, has been appointed to the David Suzuki Foundation’s National Business Advisory Council. In his role, Ouimet will advise the Suzuki Foundation on how it can best bring its environmental policy expertise and creativity to the private sector. “It is both a privilege…

August 27, 2009

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Shaw’s Design Is…

Six leading firms are winners in Shaw Contract Group’s fourth annual Design Is… Award competition. The collective work of these firms promotes innovative solutions that positively impact the people who inhabit a space and the functions that take place there. This year’s winners are: Best of Show Winner: Hollandse Nieuwe and Ivon Ceelen create…

August 12, 2009

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IDS and Weavers Art – call for entries

Weavers Art and the Interior Design Show are calling interior designers, industrial and graphic designers, architects, and artists for rug design submissions to be considered for the Weavers Art new ERA collection. Twelve designs will be selected by a jury and produced as limited edition hand-woven rugs available through Weavers Art exclusively. These designs will be…

July 31, 2009

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Mario Botta designs 2009 Cersaie poster

For over a quarter of a century, Cersaie has made a name for itself as the premiere International Exhibition of Ceramic Tiles and Bathroom Furnishings. With close to 1,000 exhibitors hailing from 34 countries and a 176,000 square meter show floor, the 5-day trade fair, held this year from September 29-October 3 at the…

July 3, 2009

Given the significant size of the facility, some of the most important design principles operating at the Richmond Speed Skating Oval are lightness, transparency and translucency.

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Oval ovation

In Ottawa this past Saturday, members of Cannon Design accepted an RAIC Award of Excellence (Innovation in Architecture) for the architectural firm's City of Richmond Speed Skating Oval. The 506,000-square-foot structure was designed as a dual-use building. It will serve as the speed-skating venue for the 2010 Olympic Games; afterwards, it will function as an…

June 24, 2009

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Allsteel/Gunlocke Chicago Resource Center Earns LEED GOLD

The Allsteel/Gunlocke Resource Center at the Chicago Merchandise Mart, has earned gold certification in LEED for Commercial Interiors (LEED-CI). The 13,959-square-foot space was designed by HOK in 2008 and represents the fifth LEED certified showroom housing the two sibling companies. “Allsteel is steadfast in its commitment to create sustainable furnishings…

June 15, 2009

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From blue box to concrete

In a bold move that will break barriers for builders and the environment, Atlas Block has become the first in the industry to incorporate post-consumer recycled glass in their entire line of products, including concrete masonry units, masonry veneers and landscape products. Intensive research has led to the development of a lightweight block that utilizes…

May 27, 2009

Shaw's Pamela Rainey was first inspired to create the Factory collection after studying the 1934 Museum of Modern Art exhibit "Machine Art," which

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Hat trick for Shaw

For the third consecutive year, Shaw Hospitality Group won top honours in the prestigious IIDA Hospitality Product Design Awards at Hospitality Design Expo. The Factory carpet collection for guest rooms and public spaces was named the Award of Excellence winner in the flooring/carpeting/rug category during the annual conference in Las Vegas, May 14-16. Factory, a…

May 27, 2009