Cactus Club Cafe English Bay: Interior looking west. Photo by Nic Lehoux

LEED Gold for Acton Ostry

Acton Ostry Architects' Cactus Club Cafe English Bay has been awarded LEED Gold. The distinctly linear design of the new Cactus Club at English Bay in Vancouver runs parallel to the seawall promenade, reinforcing a direct relationship with passersby and the bay. The spirit and form of the 6,200-square-foot restaurant pays homage to the area’s…

November 28, 2013

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A seminal structure

KREOD Pavilion, the new architecturally striking sculpture in London, England, has won a 2013 Structural Award for Small Projects under £2million. The Structural Awards is the industry’s most prestigious awards ceremony, celebrating international excellence in structural engineering. Revealed last September, KREOD is London’s newest architectural landmark. The stunning sculpture forms the centrepiece of Peninsula…

November 22, 2013

TOTO's Drake II 1G is one of its first ultra-high-efficiency toilets for which a new SM Transparency Report has been developed

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A first for TOTO

TOTO has announced today that it is introducing an innovative, new way to report product transparency that enables customers to earn LEED v4 credit for select high-efficiency toilets. Committed to environmental leadership that exceeds compliance,TOTO discovered that it was unable to comply with LEED v4's disclosure option to provide Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its…

November 21, 2013

The Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building houses a five-storey biofilter living wall, the first on a U.S. campus and the largest in the United States. Photo by Tom Arban

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Diamond Schmitt’s award-winning living wall

Diamond Schmitt Architects has received the Interior Green Wall Award of Excellence at the 2013 CitiesAlive Conference for an innovative campus building at Drexel University in Philadelphia. NEDLAW Living Walls is co-recipient of the honour that recognizes the advancement of sustainable design. The Papadakis Integrated Sciences Building houses a five-storey biofilter living wall, the first…

October 29, 2013

Haworth's innovative space, located in Beijing's landmark Parkview Green building, has been recognized as the world's first certified LEED project under the United States Green Building Council's (USGBC) new LEED version 4 beta program

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Hooray for Haworth

Haworth, Inc., a global leader in the design and manufacture of furniture, has announced that its innovative space, located in Beijing’s landmark Parkview Green building, has been recognized as the world’s first certified LEED project under the United States Green Building Council’s (USGBC) new LEED version 4 beta program. The USGBC awarded LEED Gold status…

October 24, 2013

Boucl Brights: pink, citron, mlange, orange and turquoise

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Chilewich Contract in colour

Says Sandy Chilewich, creative director of Chilewich Contract for architects and designers, “Over the years people have asked me if we will ever offer ‘real’ colours. I admit I am pretty neutral, but aren’t grey and brown colours, too? Of course what people were really asking for was bright colours. Guess I just wasn’t ready…

October 7, 2013

Designed by Studios Architecture, the 6,500-square-foot space showcases Inscape's creative solutions for the workspace.

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Inscape goes for the Gold in NY

Inscape is pleased to announce that its showroom in New York City has been awarded LEED Gold certification. Designed by Studios Architecture, the 6,500-square-foot space showcases Inscape’s creative solutions for the workspace. The showroom achieved LEED Gold certification for effective energy use, lighting, water and material use, as well as a variety of other sustainable…

October 3, 2013

"Our Planet Keilhauer initiative," says Mike Keilhauer, president, Keilhauer, "is led by our sustainability manager, who works with all departments in our company to ensure that Keilhauer is a company that is environmentally benign, socially progressive, and economically successful."

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Keilhauer: one of Canada’s Greenest Employers

Keilhauer’s continued sustainability efforts have recently resulted in being chosen as one of Canada’s Greenest Employers. The honour was bestowed upon Keilhauer by the editors of the Canada’s Top 100 Employers project, which recognizes Canadian companies that are leaders in environmental sustainability. “Our Planet Keilhauer initiative,” says Mike Keilhauer, president, Keilhauer, “is led by our…

September 27, 2013

Designed by the architecture firm Perkins+Will, CIRS is a living laboratory where students, researchers and partners test and demonstrate designs and technologies to advance our understanding of sustainable building and community practices. Photo by Martin Tessler

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Perkins+Will and UBC’s LEED Platinum certification

The Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability has been awarded LEED Platinum certification, the highest designation in green building performance from the LEED rating system and the first for the University of British Columbia. Designed by the architecture firm Perkins+Will, CIRS is a living laboratory where students, researchers and partners test and demonstrate designs and…

September 27, 2013

The Boston Commons and the abundance of green space throughout the city inspired the showroom concept.

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Haworth in Boston & Houston

Exciting news from Haworth (haworth.com), global leader in the design and manufacturing of office furniture and organic workspaces. The company's showroom in Boston has earned LEED Gold; and it has opened a new showroom, in Houston. HAWORTH BOSTON The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded LEED Gold certification for the achievement of green design, construction…

August 29, 2013