The UL EPD Program certification signifies that Rockfon acoustic stone wool products conform to the stringent Type III environmental declarations as defined by the International Standards Organization (ISO 14025).
Read MoreGalla comes to Sto with more than 16 years of experience in product marketing in EIFS, stucco, air and moisture barriers, and other materials related to Sto Corp. Prior to joining Sto, she worked for Omega Products International where she held the position of Product Line Marketing Director.
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The Whitehall roof-top park, a $6.5 million project, was designed by Genie Masucci, principal of G. Masucci Architects, LLC, in consultation with Site Works, one of the landscape consultants to Manhattan’s renowned High Line.
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“Architects and designers use our metal ceiling systems to create beautiful, comfortable spaces that enrich modern living, support sustainability and provide peace of mind. Choosing from a breadth of sizes, colors, curves and perforations, they achieve the look they want and the performance they need,” says Rockfon’s Mark Taylor. “Contractors also appreciate these cost-competitive ceiling systems and their ease of installation, contributing to labor savings and on-time completion.”
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The new Ocean Pavilion will be a unique facility, integrating a complex building program into a dynamic urban context and relating it to the natural ecology of the Puget Sound waterfront.
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Theodore Lee, ASLA, PLA SITES AP, LEED AP, BD+C, and Trygve Hansen, ASLA, PLA SITES AP, LEED AP, BD+C— landscape architects with HGA—are part of the first group in the nation to earn the SITES Accredited Professional (SITES AP) credential through Green Building Certification Inc. (GBCI).
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Nearly 40 years of research confirms that contact with nearby nature is profoundly important for human health and wellness, from the earliest hours to the final days of our lives. A new report suggests how city officials, urban planners and community residents can better integrate nature into all urban settings. “Nearby Nature for Human Health: Sites to Systems” is published by the TKF Foundation, and authored by Kathleen L. Wolf, Ph.D., University of Washington (Seattle), and Weston Brinkley, M.U.P., director of Seattle Trails Alliance.
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Arup’s Boston office serves as a living laboratory to test its own wellbeing approaches to help quantify the impact of health and wellbeing strategies.
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Designed by Works Progress Architecture for co-developers Urban Development Partners and Beam Development, the property conveys a “push and pull” theme exemplifying the location’s vibrancy. The glass, metal and concrete façade consists of articulated, modulated, rectangular shapes, including some that are setback and some that project over the sidewalks below.
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Recent topics covered on Vitro InspireScapes include how to use a new online tool for generating three-part Construction Specifier Institute (CSI) glass specifications; the importance of full-size mock-ups for accurate job-site evaluation of glass samples; and a line of patterned, low-emissivity (low-e) glasses developed jointly by Walker Glass and Vitro Glass to protect birds and the environment.
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