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Inspired by natural forms and organized into a petal-like floor plan, the building uses on-site, renewable sources to achieve net-zero energy on an annual basis and treats 100 per cent of its blackwater in an on-site bioreactor - the first of its kind in Vancouver. Photo by Nic Lehoux / Courtesy Perkins+Will
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The VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre in Vancouver – by Perkins+Will – is named Most Sustainable Building of the Year by World Architecture News

The World Architecture News (WAN) recently announced that Perkins+Will’s VanDusen Botanical Garden Visitor Centre was named its Most Sustainable Building of the Year for 2014. This LEED-NC Platinum certified project was also the first building in Canada to apply for the Living Building Challenge. Inspired by natural forms and organized into a petal-like floor plan,…
October 22, 2014

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BEST OF SHOW Cayuga, By Miles Keller. Cayuga is a modular outdoor (and indoor) public seating system. Its sculptural puzzle-like shape allows for multiple configurations creating an undulating topography that speaks to the multiple layers of glacial till that form the landscape in this part of southern Ontario. The wood seating deck (utilizing salvaged wood) is warm, friendly and inviting
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The 3rd edition of Design by Nature is coming to Toronto’s Evergreen Brick Works

On Oct. 16, the 3rd annual Design by Nature international competition will celebrate this years winners and finalists at Toronto's Evergreen Bricks Works. The event will kick off with an invitation-only gala followed by the public launch of the two month long exhibition. After receiving a record-breaking 118 submissions for this year’s competition, the jury selected seven outstanding proposals promoting…
October 10, 2014

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Archilume lighting: P8 light
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Vancouver’s Archilume will introduce new chandeliers at IDS and ICFF in 2015

Canadian lighting designer Saleem Khattak, who owns Vancouver-based Archilume, is currently in production preparing to launch a brand-new configuration of energy-efficient LED chandeliers, which will be officially released at IDS (Toronto) and ICFF (New York) in 2015. The new line of chandeliers will offer more configuration options, with increased dimming control. Archilume’s glare-free luminaires are a revolution in the…
October 3, 2014

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In poor Philippines coastal villages in and around Danajon Bank where marine life and reefs are endangered, fishermen gather and bundle discarded nylon nets (which would otherwise last for 600 years) for shipment to yarn supplier Aquafil, which developed certain nylon recycling technology
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Interface announces its commitment to action to expand Net-Works at Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting

Atlanta-based Interface, Inc. (Nasdaq: TILE), the world's largest modular carpet manufacturer, announced today at the 2014 Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting, its commitment to expanding Net-Works in partnership with Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Net-Works is an innovative, cross-sector collaboration designed to tackle the growing environmental problem of discarded fishing nets in some of…
September 23, 2014

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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
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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…
September 23, 2014

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Located in Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada, the LEED Gold-targeted facility was conceived as a long-term asset to the community. Photo by Latreille Delage, courtesy Farrow Partnership Architects
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A look at B.C.’s award-winning St. Mary’s Hospital

St. Mary’s Hospital, designed by Farrow Partnership Architects in association with Perkins+Will, was twice honoured at the annual Design & Health International Academy Awards held in Toronto on July 12. Designed with the goal of being North America’s first carbon-neutral hospital, the project took top awards in the categories of both the Use of Art…
August 11, 2014

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