Posts Tagged ‘Centennial’

More American Houses Have More Bedrooms

American homes are getting bigger — at least when measured by the number of bedrooms they have — according to a new analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey. In 2005, one in five occupied homes (20 percent) had four or more bedrooms, compared to 17.7 percent in 2000.
In 2005, Utah [...]

Thursday, May 24th, 2007 In General News, Home Improvement Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Downtown Museum of Glass hosts acclaimed artist, architect Maya Lin

Artist and architect Maya Lin for a two-day Visiting Artist residency in the Hot Shop on March 16 and 17, 2007. During her residency, Lin will direct with the Hot Shop Team as they experiment with creating hot-sculpted clear glass “water drop” forms. These forms will be incorporated into an installation that will be included [...]

Sunday, February 25th, 2007 In Architecture Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Innovative Global Architect Qingyun Ma Named Dean of USC School of Architecture

Internationally acclaimed architect and educator Qingyun Ma, founder and design principal of the groundbreaking Shanghai architectural firm MADA s.p.a.m., has been named dean of the University of Southern California School of Architecture, University President Steven B. Sample has announced. His appointment is effective January 1, 2007.
“We are extremely proud to announce the appointment of Qingyun [...]

Wednesday, October 11th, 2006 In Architecture, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Museum makes art of building interest

The Miami Art Museum will soon take a major step in creating its new bayfront building — selecting an architect — in unusual fashion: It will do so in public. With public participation.
Call it Starchitect Search.
After months of research, and a lightning June tour that took him and museum trustees to 26 buildings in 13 [...]

Saturday, September 2nd, 2006 In Architecture, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Architect Of A Capital Idea

Twenty-two-year-old Pierre Charles L’Enfant was stirred. He’d watched American colonists declare their independence from England and fight for freedom. Now, he decided, it was time for him to act.
Led by the same democratic spirit that inspired the colonists, L’Enfant became one of the first French volunteers to enlist in the Continental Army in 1776.
Then a [...]

Saturday, July 22nd, 2006 In Architecture, General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

HyperSystems for Web Design & Internet Marketing

One of the Colorado’s leading web site design, search engine optimization and Internet marketing companies, hyperSystems, Inc., announced today it has been chosen for Internet marketing and Web developer by Frame It Up (www.frameitupcolorado.com), an artistic, Interactive shopping destination featuring custom framing, artwork and brand-name art supplies at a reasonable price.
“Frame It Up is the [...]

Wednesday, May 24th, 2006 In General News Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,