Architect Jim Patton will be keeping an eagle eye on various campus construction projects like the construction of the new student center, alumni building and music building at Texas A&M-Commerce as the university’s new project manager.
The Commerce resident, who commuted to Dallas for 18 years, was part of the architectural team that worked with A&M-Commerce [...]
Top London architect Zaha Hadid is behind a spectacular new link that will take passengers from the centre of Innsbruck, the capital of the Tirol, to the cableways on the Hungerburg mountain, a distance of 2,000 metres in just 27 minutes for both skiing and exceptional city views. From here, the newly renovated `Nordkette’ cableway, [...]
The architect of Berlin’s new main train station won a lawsuit against Deutsche Bahn AG in a court decision that forces the German state-owned rail company to replace the building’s ceiling with his original design.
Architect Meinhard von Gerkan sued Deutsche Bahn for distorting his plan by exchanging his ceiling, designed to resemble a cathedral’s nave, [...]
Shares of ServiceMaster Co. posted their biggest percentage gain in more than 21 years Tuesday after the nation’s largest provider of lawn-care and landscaping services said it might be for sale.
ServiceMaster stock climbed $1.25, or 10.5 percent, to $13.15, on the New York Stock Exchange, the stock’s largest advance since July 1985.
The Downers Grove-based [...]
Developers in a business district west of Paris have selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building nearly as tall as the Eiffel Tower — and powered partly by the wind.
The 984-foot-high building, dubbed the Lighthouse, is to be designed by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and erected at La [...]
Carnegie Mellon University’s Urban Laboratory architecture students will show the results of public input for two North Side projects when they present their designs at two events, tomorrow and Thursday, both at 6:30 p.m.
Tomorrow, at the Childrens’ Museum, a lab team will unveil its ideas for making the North Side’s various neighborhoods and attractions [...]
Developers selected a design by an award-winning American architect for a bold new building powered partly by the wind.
Dubbed the Lighthouse, the 984-foot-high skyscraper will be designed by Pritzker Prize winner Thom Mayne and erected at La Defense, a complex of office towers in a business district west of Paris where many of France’s major [...]
Jotun Paints, one of the world’s leading producers and suppliers of paints, has announced that it will introduce customer to 2007 color trends and interior design paints at the upcoming Emirates Today Ideal Home Show.
Jotun will display its entire range of interior products at the exhibition, which runs from November 30 to December 3, 2006 [...]
The cumulative effects of the regional construction boom, pegged at $1 trillion, have boosted interest in allied sectors as a host of interior designers, landscaping professionals, architects, design consultants, chefs and lifestyle participate in the Dubai Ideal Home Show. The expo is scheduled to be held at Airport Expo Dubai from Nov 30 to Dec [...]
In a move likely to upset traditionalists, cheer modernists and widen the gulf between them, the U.S. General Services Administration has bypassed classicist Thomas Gordon Smith for its influential chief architect post and instead has chosen Les Shepherd, a veteran architect at the agency.
The GSA, which has an annual construction portfolio of more than $1 [...]
The office of new Nashville firm Interior Design & Architecture, located in a renovated space within the Bank of America Building downtown, resembles an art gallery more than a cube farm.
The moveable walls and patterned flooring are colorful and dynamic. Natural light permeates the office.
To the untrained eye, the space looks “cool.†But this style [...]
The cumulative effects of the regional construction boom, pegged at USD1 trillion, have boosted interest in allied sectors as a host of interior designers, landscaping professionals, architects, design consultants, chefs and lifestyle experts are headed for the emirate to participate in the Emirates Today Ideal Home Show.
The event scheduled to take place at the Airport [...]