LIKE Milton Keynes, Glenrothes is not widely regarded as an inspirational example of urban design. But growing up in the Fife new town, the son of a contractor, Allan Murray developed a passion for architecture.
Not that he liked what he saw there, far from it. He yearned for a different kind of place. Something like [...]

CME, based in China and distributed in the US by Yamaha Corporation of America, announces a new graphic design contest for their popular UF Series Master Keyboard Controllers.
The UF Series’ striking red all-metal chassis first caught the music industry’s eye at the 2005 Winter NAMM show. Today, customers can use CME’s downloadable design template to [...]

Fairchild Semiconductor has opened a design center in Sao Paulo, Brazil, the company’s ninth such facility worldwide, Fairchild said Monday (June 5).
In a prepared statement, Fairchild (South Portland, Maine), said the new design center responds to the burgeoning high-technology markets in South America. The company said it is focusing on the South American region, projected [...]

A project, designed by two Spanish architects was announced on Wednesday to be the winner of Thailand ’s Tsunami Memorial Design Competition.
Ana Somaza and Juana Canet, two woman architecture designers from Spain, finally won the worldwide competition which was attended by a total of 679 contestants from 49 countries. Their project “Mountains of Remembrance” [...]