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Wednesday, June 19, 2013

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LA’s Natural History Museum Celebrates Centennial

by Edie Cohen | posted 9:30 am

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Tuesday, June 18, 2013

10 Qs with… Trisha Wilson

by Andrew Stone | posted 11:05 am

An elegant and generous powerhouse in hospitality design for four decades, Trisha Wilson is known the world round for her forward-thinking take on interior architecture.

Tuesday, June 11, 2013

"Can we get Beyonce's room?" embodies the new consumerlike attitude of patients presented with a variety of care options.

Principals Roundtable: Is Health-Care Design the New Frontier?

by Meghan Edwards | posted 3:29 am

“Can we get Beyonce’s room?” This may be the catchphrase derived from Interior Design’s gathering of 20-plus health-care designers and executives during NeoCon yesterday at the Mart’s IIDA space to discuss the market’s explosive growth and increasing emphasis on health-care design.

Wednesday, June 5, 2013

Chicago’s Merchandise Mart Snags LEED Gold

by Lauren DeBellis | posted 10:24 am

The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has awarded the Merchandise Mart—billed as the world’s largest building when completed in 1931— with LEED for Existing Buildings: Operations and Maintenance Version 2009 (LEED-EB: OM) Gold certification.

Tuesday, June 4, 2013

10 Qs with… Stacy Garcia

by Andrew Stone | posted 1:40 pm

Top manufacturers and hospitality brands have come to covet Garcia’s artistry—textiles, wall coverings, carpeting, and, more recently, lighting and furnishings.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Penn Station’s Future Reimagined in Stiff Competition

by Matthew Powell | posted 5:23 pm

Competing proposals for a new Pennsylvania Station in New York have been unveiled by four of the city’s leading firms: Diller Scofidio + Renfro, H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture, SHoP Architects, and Skidmore, Owings & Merrill.

Thursday, May 30, 2013

Leasing NYC: New Book Navigates Office Real Estate

by Matthew Powell | posted 9:42 am

Gregg Lorberbaum launches his first book, Leasing NYC, a step-by-step guide to navigating the rough-and-tumble contract market, from the science of reviewing a lease to moving and redesigning a new office.

Thursday, May 23, 2013

Olson Kundig Launches Artisan Workshops for Public

by Lauren DeBellis | posted 12:05 pm

Known as Dabblelab, the series targets mainly adults with classes on varied topics such as contour drawing, book binding, macrame, and beekeeping.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

26 Firms Make NYC’s Design + Construction List

by Jesse Dorris | posted 5:27 pm

A new pool in NYC? Well, yes, but this will make a different kind of splash: the city’s Department of Design and Construction has announced its pool of architecture firms pre-qualified to offer design and engineering services on all city projects.