Little Elm resident Derwin Broughton, project manager for Ron Hobbs Architects, is the first place winner of the Gus Garcia Park Design Competition. The competition was created to provide an opportunity for young design professionals to present ideas for developing Gus Garcia Park, a 47 acre parkland located in the rapidly growing northeast section of [...]
As a professional interior designer with Birmingham-based Maddalena Design, Sally Matak spends her days in a swirl of color, pattern and textures. So, when she heads home, it’s to a purposely serene and simple space where she can relax and refuel.
The 30-something Matak, who grew up in a “teeny, tiny town in Ontario two hours [...]
The Art Institutes schools in California will launch their comprehensive, career-focused Graphic Design and Interior Design bachelor’s degree programs in an Evening & Weekend format in the Summer Quarter starting July 9, 2007. The programs are designed to provide working adults the opportunity to complete their education in three to four years through a combination [...]
Avery C. Faulkner, 78, scion of a distinguished family of Washington architects and the designer of numerous structures in the Washington-Baltimore area, including buildings for George Washington and American universities, died Feb. 21 of complications of a stroke at Delray Medical Center in Delray Beach, Fla. He lived in the Washington area for 51 years [...]
New York based international design firm with offices in mid-town Manhattan, looking for creative and talented architects and designers to join our team of high energy designers. If you are interested in being part of a team of highly respected and imaginative designers who create inspired design for the hospitality, gaming and entertainment market, and [...]
Known to a legion of cable television do-it-yourself viewers from his work on TLC’s Trading Spaces and the hot, new HGTV show, Design Star, multi-talented designer Vern Yip will return to his McLean roots for a two-day appearance at the popular Capital Home & Garden Show Feb. 23 and 24 at the Dulles Expo Center [...]
A Louisiana home that marries time-honored cooling strategies with sleek contemporary form has won national honors for Michael Hughes and Selma Catovic Hughes, both recent additions to the UA School of Architecture faculty.
The residence they designed for Rick and Susan Moreland of Baton Rouge, La., is one of four selected nationally to receive the [...]
Dan Saxon Palmer, an architect who with his partner, William Krisel, designed Modernist tract homes that provided the building blocks for Southern California’s suburban boom in the 1950s, has died. He was 86.
Palmer, whose work included custom homes, apartments, commercial office buildings and large-scale design projects, died of congestive heart failure Dec. 22 at Saint [...]
Noted Oakland architect Horace Gilford had a flare for design, whether working on schools, city buildings, shopping malls or unique single-family homes.
But what people remember most was his willingness to reach out and mentor young black colleagues, offering support, guidance and a forum for them to showcase their work.
Gilford died Jan. 4 of complications from [...]
Steve Arai, who was behind the renowned architecture firm of Arai Jackson Ellison Murakami, died Dec. 27 after a prolonged illness. He was 60.
Arai graduated from the University of Washington in 1969 with a bachelor’s in architecture. In 1977, he partnered with his cousin Jerry and Cliff Jackson to build their firm into a regional [...]
Noted Oakland architect Horace Gilford had a flare for design, whether working on schools, city buildings, shopping malls or unique single-family homes. But what people remember most was his willingness to reach out and mentor young black colleagues, offering support, guidance and a forum for them to showcase their work.
Gilford died Jan. 4 of complications [...]
Two Cambridge residents are among four Conestoga College architecture students to be honoured with scholarships.
The scholarships are from the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) foundation - the largest and most widely-recognized professional association for facility management. The foundation awarded 23 scholarships.
Winning students come from highly-regarded schools such as Columbia, Cornell, Georgia Tech and Cal-Berkeley. No [...]