Says Andrew Frontini, design director and principal, Perkins+Will, "This building is going to be celebration of life on an urban campus. The design expresses connectivity and interaction at every scale and its form will promote the fluid interaction of urban space with the space of living and learning"

Perkins+Will’s design for Ryerson’s Church Street Development in Toronto is unveiled

Ryerson University president Sheldon Levy yesterday shared the design of a new mixed-use building known as the Church Street Development (CSD), which will be built just north of Dundas Street East. Designed by the internationally acclaimed architectural firm Perkins+Will, the dramatic building will transform the streetscape of Church while providing the Ryerson community with an…

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The building will contain 300,000 square feet of commercial space, including double-height, street-level retail, a national brand hotel, class-A office space and covered parking

Diamond Schmitt, part 2: mixed-use building in Buffalo tops off

The ceremonial final steel beam has been hoisted into place atop a 12-storey commercial tower in downtown Buffalo. The US $110-million building designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects for Uniland Development Company will serve as an urban beacon at the crossroads of an expanding entertainment corridor. “A contemporary design of transparency with a unique curvilinear façade…

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The world's largest carpet manufacturer and a leading floorcovering provider, Shaw Industries Group, Inc. is a vertically integrated manufacturer that supplies carpet, hardwood, laminate, resilient, tile and stone flooring products and synthetic turf to residential and commercial markets worldwide

Shaw introduces new bio-renewable carpet tile adhesive

Shaw Industries Group, Inc. (Shaw) announced today the introduction of a new bio-renewable adhesive for use with its commercial carpet tile products. It is the first Cradle to Cradle Certified wet flooring adhesive, which used with Shaw’s EcoWorx backed carpet tile represents a complete Cradle to Cradle flooring solution. The new versions of Shaw 5000…

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The luxury P'9983 smartphone combines the unique stylish design of the iconic and timeless Porsche Design brand with the fluid and effortless productivity experience of BlackBerry 10 technology

Famed London department store Harrods launches the new Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone from BlackBerry

In London, Harrods today launched the new Porsche Design P’9983 smartphone from BlackBerry. The luxury P’9983 smartphone combines the unique stylish design of the iconic and timeless Porsche Design brand with the fluid and effortless productivity experience of BlackBerry 10 technology. The P’9983 will be available from Porsche Design stores, select carriers and retailers around…

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Portrait of the artist with chair: Konstantin Grcic with Rival, his first for Artek

Chairs by three greats – Konstantin Grcic, Hella Jongerius and Yrj Kukkapuro – from Artek

Artek is proud to dedicate the 2014 introductions to the celebration of the chair, in conjunction with three iconic designers. Konstantin Grcic’s first design for Artek, the multifunctional task chair called Rival, reflects its roots in this historical company. Using technical finesse, Grcic design is transformed into a modern piece of furniture for contemporary living.…

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Carnegie Mansion exterior. Photo by Matt Flynn courtesy Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, announces Dec. 12 opening of renovated Carnegie Mansion along with inaugural-year exhibitions

Caroline Baumann, director of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum (formerly Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum), has announced plans for the opening of the renovated and restored Carnegie Mansion and the 10 exhibitions that will inaugurate the revamped and expanded gallery spaces. The only U.S. museum devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design, Cooper Hewitt will open its…

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