CIL is seeing red in 2012’s paint trends

According to CIL Paints, the hottest colour of the coming year is a blushy, lively, juicy red. It's a colour that can mean many things to many people, says Alison Goldman, Marketing Communications Manager for CIL Paints, citing CIL's Tea Dance (10YR 21/436) as the brand's 2012 colour of the year. "Red is held…

September 12, 2011

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Award-winning Ernest Wotton

Ernest Wotton, the Toronto lighting consultant and designer, has been awarded the 2011 IES Medal, the "highest honor" of the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America. This is only the second time the IES Medal has come to Canada. It recognizes his "meritorious achievement that has furthered the profession, art and knowledge of illuminating engineering."…

June 28, 2011

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Gold for Ruscio Studio

The International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) has awarded Montreal's Ruscio Studio with a Maple Leaf Gold Award in the area of Retail Store Design at the annual Canadian Shopping Centre Awards competition - for Ruscio's design of the Underground store in Calgary. The winners were announced on October 6 at an awards ceremony during…

October 14, 2010

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II BY IV X 2 (March 16, 2010)

International award–winning Toronto firm II BY IV Design Associates was honoured with two awards from the A.R.E, Association of Retail Environments. The ARE Awards is the premier industry competition honouring innovation and excellence in design, originality in the use of space and materials, quality in executing the total concept, and in some cases, the highest…

March 16, 2010

The ROM's Michael Lee-Chin Crystal, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind.

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Michael Lee-Chin Crystal Cited as Architectural Marvel

A new Eyewitness Travel book has recognized Toronto's Royal Ontario Museum as one of six buildings to rival Australia's Sydney Opera House. The book, Off the Tourist Trail: 1,000 Unexpected Travel Alternatives, names the Royal Ontario Museum’s (ROM) Michael Lee- Chin Crystal, designed by architect Daniel Libeskind, as one of the world’s architectural marvels and…

November 25, 2009

James Tuer of JWT Architecture and Planning a two-person firm on Bowen Island has won the first-ever AIBC Emerging Firm Award.

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AIBC Awards

New standards in sustainability and fresh takes on design carried the day at the annual AIBC Architectural Awards, announced Saturday as part of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia conference. Eight awards were bestowed upon British Columbia’s architectural leaders, including two Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture medals, three Lieutenant-Governor Award in Architecture merit awards, an AIBC…

May 12, 2009

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Chairs that care

The award-winning and extensive Jordan collection from Krug Healthcare Solutions has been expanded to include Recliners, Gliders and Bariatric Patient chairs. The Recliners and Gliders were previewed at NeoCon 2007 in Chicago and were officially introduced at NeoCon East 2007 in Baltimore, along with the Bariatric Patient chair. The Jordan collection won the Silver Award…

January 8, 2008

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Haworth in the Big Apple

Haworth, Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and designers of workspaces and office furniture, opened its newest showroom at 125 Park Avenue in New York City. Spanning 31,000 square feet, the Haworth showroom demonstrates a broad range of work and collaborative spaces representing the best thinking from around the world. It will…

December 18, 2007

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DX Awards announced

At an awards dinner held Nov. 29, the Design Exchange announced the winners of the 2007 Design Exchange Awards (DXAs). The DXAs celebrate the success of Canadian designers in the areas of: Architecture, Fashion, Graphic Design, Industrial Product Design, Interior Design, Landscape Architecture and Urban Design. This year 35 awards were…

November 30, 2007