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, [...]
Garco Construction of Spokane is the apparent low bidder for the second phase of West Valley High School’s $35 million construction bond, approved by voters in 2004.
The first part of the plan, an extensive remodeling project at West Valley, is on budget and scheduled for completion before school starts next fall.
The district has set aside [...]
After studying landscape architecture at Cornell University in the 1930s, Ruth Shellhorn traveled home to South Pasadena on a mail boat through the Panama Canal. On her journey, she kept a meticulous diary of the exotic plants she encountered in Central and South America: bougainvillea, palm trees, birds of paradise.
With her rigorous training and new [...]
LOS ANGELES - Dr. Charles Elachi, director of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in La Ca ada Flintridge, and Disney Hall architect Frank Gehry are among “America’s Best Leaders,” according to a list published by U.S. News & World Report in its latest issue, which hit newsstands Monday.
Elachi, Gehry and 18 others were named the best [...]
A serene bathroom that seems carved out of a rock wall, a girl’s bedroom that easily transitions to later stages of life, a teen media room retreat with an oh-so-practical rubber floor.
These are among the winning entries in the sixth annual Orange County Home Design Awards. The competition is sponsored by our sister publication, Orange [...]
Jessie Whipple, Amy Tsui, Jason Waks and Stephanie Rubin Join Elite Agency
Chase Design Group, recognized as one of the premier design firms in the country, added four designers: Jessie Whipple, Amy Tsui, Jason Waks and Stephanie Rubin to its exclusive agency. Traditionally known for its high standards and selective process, Chase looks to the new [...]
Adobe Systems Incorporated (Nasdaq:ADBE) today announced the winners of the sixth annual Adobe Design Achievement Awards, the premier student design competition that honors the world’s most talented student graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, animators, digital filmmakers and computer artists from the top design, film and broadcast institutions. Using the latest Adobe products, more than 1,800 students [...]
The detailed design for the Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT) developed by a U.S.-Canadian team is capable of delivering on the full promise of its enormous light-collecting area, according to the findings of an independent panel of experts.
With the TMT, astronomers will be able to analyze the light from the first stars born after the Big [...]