Calgary born architect L. Frederick Valentine spent his life defining the cityscape of modern Calgary, and now the city will seek to define him through his body of work currently on display at the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts. The downtown gallery is showcasing 40 years of the University of Toronto/Harvard graduate’s designs, ranging [...]

CLINTON - The 140-year-old brick building on Union Street that’s now the Museum of Russian Icons once housed a carpet factory’s offices.
When the new owner, Gordon Lankton, first eyed it as a museum site, the old building was in sad shape. The façade was shabby, beset by a confusion of utilitarian fixes such as a [...]

Architects have a lot to answer for, if you ask Eugene Tsui.
And the Victoria International Arts Symposium asked him.
Dressed in a gold brocade suit and floor-length tasselled cape, the renowned California architect who designed the Strait of Gibraltar floating bridge and some of the most organic structures ever built, not only thinks outside the box, [...]

The Architectural Services Department has, for the first time, published a book on public architecture with the aim of promoting awareness of public architecture in Hong Kong.
Speaking at the book launch today, the Director of Architectural Services, Yue Chi-hang, said members of the public had few opportunities to acquaint themselves with public architecture as books [...]

Chicago - Throughout the holiday season, friends and relatives visit Chicago from out-of-town. Although much of the trip is often focused on celebrating, shopping and eating, there is a respite available that is inexpensive and not fattening.
Chicago Architecture Foundation tours offer a break from over-the-top holiday activities and provide an opportunity for guests to see [...]

Dosch releases 60 textured 3D-models of electric power tools.

“Whether your challenge is visualization of a professional work-shop setting, or a DIY-promotion, a fabrication manual or a “How-To”-guide … These authentic 3D-models will help communicating what to use, and how.

Hiring By Design, a human resources consulting firm based in Carmel Valley, said it joined forces with Solutions 4 Hiring, an employment placement firm in Phoenix.
With the partnership, Hiring By Design not only provides skill and behavioral assessments of potential job candidates, but can provide its clients with a pool of qualified applicants, said [...]

If you’re on a beanbag chair budget with Mies van der Rohe dreams, you can still achieve a high design living space by focusing your time and money on just four design basics: Paint, trim, window treatments and rugs. Each of these elements can define the style and the feel of a room — establishing [...]

Bravo hopes to replicate the success of “Project Runway” and “Top Chef” with “Top Design,” an interior design competition with designer Todd Oldham as host.
The judges for the 10-episode series, which begins production this month in Los Angeles, are Jonathan Adler, a prolific designer known for his “mod shapes, vibrant colors and organic eye-popping patterns;” [...]

There’s a good reason why cable TV networks like HGTV, The Learning Channel and DIY Network have such a huge following from coast to coast: The home design and improvement industry is hot, hot, hot and is showing no signs of cooling off. There may be no better time than the present to tool up [...]

Software major Tata Consultancy Services has bagged an interior design contract from US airframe manufacturer Boeing Company and will work closely with its customer to design the interiors of new aircraft.
Separately, the Tata group company is also setting up an “airline innovation laboratory” in Chennai to showcase mock-up interiors of aircraft. The laboratory will enable [...]

The notion of universal design in the home, or how to make interior spaces more user-friendly and accessible, usually comes up in kitchen and bath designs.
But what about accommodations for ease of use in home offices?
According to the U.S. Census and Transportation Research Board, the number of Americans who work at home grew 23 percent [...]