SPG Solar, Inc., The Gatorade Company, a division of PepsiCo (PEP), and Salt River Project (SRP) Earthwise Solar announce the largest solar energy initiative in Arizona at the Gatorade manufacturing and distribution facility in Tolleson, Ariz. NFL Star, Arizona Cardinals Quarterback Matt Leinart also joined Arizona government officials and representatives in making the announcement.
The photovoltaic [...]

Ibstock launched a new pre-fabricated modular bay window which can be installed into standard brickwork in a fraction of the time of traditional bay window construction. The new design is available in three sizes based around a lightweight steel frame for consistent high quality.
The new Modular bay Window is NHBC approved and is available in [...]

The London Festival of Architecture 2008 is a celebration and exploration of the city’s buildings, streets and spaces, aimed at Londoners and visitors alike.
The Festival runs from 20 June – 20 July and includes street installations, exhibitions, guided walks, cycle rides, boat tours of the city’s river and canals, parties, design workshops, debates, breakfast talks, [...]

The 5th Annual Alternative Building Materials & Design Expo (AltBuild) returns this year as the largest and most cohesive green-building Expo in Southern California, offering a number of ‘firsts’ and unprecedented presentations, including the first official presentation by collaborative Green Cities California (GCC). AltBuild will take place on April 25-26, 2008 at its new location, [...]

Light+Building – International Trade Fair for Architecture and Technology – will be held at an almost fully booked out Exhibition Centre (230,000 square metres (gross)) in Frankfurt am Main from 6 to 11 April 2008. In 18 exhibition halls, over 2,100 exhibitors, including all national and international market leaders, will show innovations and numerous energy-efficient [...]

China Building 2007 Review Chinabuilding2007, covering a total exhibition floor space of 35,000m2, was joined by more than 400 building materials manufacturers from domestic and abroad including 100 foreign exhibitors and visited by more than 50.000 professional visitors, including: China, America, Korea, German, France, Spanish, Italy, Finland, Japan and India, etc. About US 5 [...]

From 1 to 4 April 2008 in Shanghai, BolognaFiere Spa and Shanghai CMP Sinoexpo International Exhibition Co., Ltd will be staging the largest and most important ceramics exhibition in Asia - CERAMICS, TILES & SANITARY WARE CHINA 2008. Taking place simultaneously with Expo Build China 2008, the leading trade fair dedicated to the building [...]

After nine years’ development, Domotex Asia/Chinafloor (DACF) has firmly established itself as the largest floor coverings show in Asia and one of the world’s best places for sourcing and selling floor coverings. The 10th edition of DACF will take place at Shanghai New International Expo Centre during March 11-13, 2008. DACF 2008, consisting of 5 [...]

Finished Basement Company, with offices in Denver, Colorado, and Eagan, Minnesota, was recently recognized by two national remodeling publications for excellence in basement design.
The company won two gold awards in basement design from the “Best of the Best” design awards sponsored by Professional Remodeler Magazine. Now in its sixth year, the Best of the Best [...]

Demicron announced the latest version of its acclaimed 3D visualization tool WireFusion. Demicron is now shipping WireFusion 5, which represents a leap forward in productivity and performance for industrial designers, architects and CAD engineers engaged in interactive 3D visualization development. The new version is focused on improved performance, memory management and workflow. It is [...]

Trespa International’s new Colour concept is designed to show architects and designers how to create even more imaginative and aesthetically different façades using Trespa Meteon panels. This follows similar concepts for Light and Curved Elements launched earlier this year under Trespa’s source of inspiration called Perspectives. Architects are always interested in new design ideas [...]

Lancashire Wildlife Trust has announced the shortlist in its competition to design its new multi-million pound visitor centre for the prestigious Brockholes Wetland and Woodland Nature Reserve near Preston. 61 architects from all over Europe submitted designs for the centre, which will include a café, shop, gallery, education and meeting rooms. The emphasis was on [...]