Projek addresses the market need to have a project chair that is next generation with a mesh back, has a neutral style and is easy to use

Teknion wins two Green Good Design Awards

Teknion Corporation today announced that its Sidewise casegoods workstation and Projek task seating have received 2014 Green Good Design Awards. Now in its sixth year, the Green Good Design competition is sponsored by the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies, and the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design. “Green Good Design…

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Rendering of the Hanwha HQ remodelling by UNStudio. The concept for the animated facade lighting responds to the media activities on Hanbit Avenue

Ben van Berkel/UNStudio’s design is selected as winning entry for the remodelling of the Hanwha headquarters office tower in Seoul

Amsterdam-based UNStudio’s design has been selected as the winning entry in the competition for the remodelling of the Hanwha headquarters building in Seoul. The renovation of the office tower incorporates the remodelling of the facade, the interior of the common spaces, lobbies, meeting levels, auditorium and executive areas, along with the redesign of the landscaping.…

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Corus Quay, Toronto - 2010. Photo by Richard Johnson

Diamond Schmitt Architects reports: the living wall biofilter – an installation of tropical plants adorning buildings – turns 10

A Canadian invention that improves indoor-air quality and reduces a building’s energy costs turns 10 years old this spring. The living wall biofilter – an installation of tropical plants adorning office, academic, commercial and civic buildings – is a sustainable design response to create a healthy indoor environment and lower the carbon footprint. Developed by…

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Teknion's recently expanded 22,000-square-foot showroom on the 10th floor of The Merchandise Mart in Chicago was designed by Vanderbyl Design

Teknion’s Atlanta and Chicago showrooms are the latest to receive LEED green building certification from USGBC

 Teknion Corporation announced today that its Atlanta and Chicago showrooms have been awarded LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for Commercial Interiors 2.0 Gold by USGBC (the United States Green Building Council). Teknion now has a total of eight showrooms in North America certified to a LEED standard. “We continue to look at all…

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Westminster Pier Park (Westminster BC); PWL Partnership Landscape Architects Inc. The park is the first phase in the city's long-term vision to integrate the waterfront with the historic downtown core, and to reconnect people to the previously industrialized Fraser River

Projects in 12 Canadian cities receive 2014 National Urban Design Awards

Cities across Canada are seeing “renewed creativity and sensitive attention being paid to the public realm,” says the jury of the 2014 National Urban Design Awards. A dozen cities received awards: Calgary, Edmonton, Guelph, Montreal, Nanaimo, Ottawa, Thunder Bay, Toronto, Trois Rivières, Waterloo, Westminster and Winnipeg. The winning projects, which range from renewed brownfield sites to improved…

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The Homegrown Design Challenge is an open competition that challenges Canadians to present ideas for low-cost, easy-to-implement landscape design solutions for front yards, backyards, balconies, schoolyards and laneways within the Homegrown National Park boundary

Announcing the Homegrown Design Challenge: calling for simple green design solutions for Toronto’s gardens, schoolyards, alleys and balconies

Workshop Architecture and the David Suzuki Foundation are excited launch the Homegrown Design Challenge, as part of the Homegrown National Park Project. The Homegrown Design Challenge is an open competition that challenges Canadians to present ideas for low-cost, easy-to-implement landscape design solutions for front yards, backyards, balconies, schoolyards and laneways within the Homegrown…

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