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Hip Gothic Church Hotels - Kruisherenhotel
Trendhunter Magazine | May 9, 2008 - Who knew Gothic architecture could be so unbelievably funky and hip? Kruisherenhotel, located in Maastricht, Netherlands proves that it can be. This 15th century monastery is a beautiful example of how the ancient old world architecture can thrive today and become a modern day vacation destination. (more)
No pace like home
StarTribune.com | May 6, 2008 - When artist Harriet Bart moved into her downtown condo about 10 years ago, she took her time finding unusual things that fit her lifestyle and minimalist aesthetic. Her approach to creating a home now has a name: slow design. "The tag 'slow' is shorthand for better, balanced, more sustainable," said Carl Honoré, the London-based author of "In Praise of Slowness." "It's about using resources in a way that respects the environment -- smaller-scale, local touch, artisan-made -- the opposite of mass production." (more)
Architect David Rockwell & KaBOOM! Collaborate on New Generation of 'Free Play' Spaces to be Built Across the U.S.
Digital News Direct | May 5, 2008 - Architect David Rockwell of Rockwell Group and KaBOOM!, the foremost national not for profit dedicated to bringing play back into the lives of children, today announced a partnership to develop and implement a new generation of play spaces across the United States, based on the play value concepts of Imagination Playground, the Rockwell Group's design for a playground in lower Manhattan. (more)
Is the drive for sustainability killing architects’ creativity?
bd | May 12, 2008 - Austin Williams, author of new book The Enemies of Progress, and Pooran Desai of BioRegional Quintain debate. (more)
Product Runway marries fashion and interior design
The Seattle Times | April 29, 2008 - For the designers of Product Runway, drapes are the equivalent of fashion child's play. The Product Runway design teams are grappling with material meant for a house, including furniture upholstery, glass tile and metallic sheet plastic, and turning it into haute couture. Architects, interior designers and manufacturer representatives have been drawing, cutting and sewing materials usually found on sofas, on an entryway floor or in the kitchen. (more)
Green workplaces of the future could produce their own power
The Vancouver Sun | April 26, 2008 - The next generation of environmentally friendly workplaces will not only have a carbon-neutral footprint and improve the health of workers, but could actually produce enough power of their own to add energy to the regional power grid, according to architects and designers leading the charge in green building design. (more)
Product News
emma gardner design To Introduce Rug Designs At ICFF
Furniture World | May 12, 2008 - emma gardner design, llc, makers of contemporary heirloom quality rugs, will debut six new designs at the 2008 International Contemporary Furniture Fair (ICFF). Designs will include three new hand-knotted rugs, Palace, Fish Tail, and Whole Baby Fish, as well as UnderSea, a new color and construction of Gardner’s popular Chinese River rug. Two hand-tufted rugs, Istanbul and Constantinople, will also be introduced. (more)