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ASLA publishes guides to highlight successful cross-disciplinary collaborations for healthy, equitable communities

Posted by | Mar 9, 2020 | 0 |

Today, the eight member organizations of the Joint Call to Action for Healthy Communities (JCTA) Coalition published ten discussion guides to highlight successful cross-disciplinary collaborations for healthy, equitable communities. The JCTA includes American Society of Landscape Architects, American Planning Association, American Public Health Association, American Society of Civil Engineers, American Institute of Architects, National Recreation and Park Association, U.S. Green Building Council, Urban Land Institute.

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American Society of Interior Designers names 2020 College of Fellows

Posted by | Mar 9, 2020 | 0 |

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID)​ has announced the 2020 inductees to its College of Fellows. This year’s Fellows are set to be honored Sunday, March 29 at a luncheon together with ASID’s Ones to Watch at The WELL Conference.​ The 2020 College of Fellows inductees are: Dr.​ Rose Mary Botti-Salitsky, Ph.D., ASID, NCIDQ (program coordinator and faculty, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth), Benjamin​ Huntington, ASID, NCIDQ, NYS CID,​ (owner, Veritate Design LLC) and AJ​ Paron-Wildes, Allied ASID, WELL AP, LEED AP ID+C (national director, Design Public Group).​

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Solar carving, SOLARBAN 60 glass create dimension, energy savings for Chicago’s Solstice on the Park

Posted by | Mar 9, 2020 | 0 |

Solstice on the Park, designed by Studio Gang, a Chicago-based architecture and urban design practice, was tracked to maximize daylighting and passive solar warming in the winter, and to increase solar shading and reduce heat gain during the summer. Those two demands also made the project a ready fit for Solarban® 60 glass by Vitro Architectural Glass. 

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Wellness-focused Knot Springs flows inside Portland, Oregon’s YARD

Wellness-focused Knot Springs flows inside Portland, Oregon’s YARD

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 | 0 |

Inspired by the natural hot springs of the Alvord Desert, Skylab-designed Knot Springs is a wellness-focused social club situated within YARD on Portland’s Central Eastside. The spa opens up to the landscape, while the club spans both the 4th and 5th levels of YARD, allowing easy movement through a central open-air hallway. Knot Springs’ palette draws inspiration from elemental materials, the pools of water and space are constructed of wood, glass, steel, and concrete.

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ASID releases 2020 Outlook and State of Interior Design report

Posted by | Mar 6, 2020 | 0 |

The American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) has released its 2020 Outlook and State of Interior Design report. This annual compendium takes a deep dive into the interior design industry, business and profession to provide a comprehensive outlook for the year ahead and guide interior designers on how critical moving parts such as the U.S. economy, U.S. construction activity and various trends, apply to their business.

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EPRO acquires Kingfield Construction Products

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 | 0 |

“Protecting the building envelope continues to be a top priority for specifiers, which means their demands for innovation are evolving. Our acquisition of Kingfield increases our ability to meet and exceed those expectations with unique technologies that stand alone or augment our EPRO E.Series line of redundant, field-installed composite systems,” said David Polk, CEO of EPRO Services. “We’re also excited about the intellectual capital coming from Kingfield. They’re smart, experienced professionals who will enable us to provide a new standard of excellence during the design and installation phase for customers.”

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The women in the windows

The women in the windows

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 | 0 |

When Pittsburgh-born condiment magnate H. J. Heinz died in 1919, he left money in his will specifically for the University of Pittsburgh to erect a building on its grounds to honor his mother, Anna Margaretta Heinz.
As a result, Heinz Memorial Chapel was built during the 1930s, an elegant neo-Gothic structure with 23 stained-glass windows. Thirty-six men and 36 women are featured in the transept windows.

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ASLA video statement celebrating Women’s History Month

Posted by | Mar 5, 2020 | 0 |

The American Society of Landscape Architects released a video statement celebrating Women’s History Month delivered by ASLA President Wendy Miller, FASLA. “It’s a wonderful opportunity for ASLA and the entire landscape architecture profession to reflect on how far women have come on the road to equality. But it’s also time to reflect with candor and openness on how far we still have to go.”

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PPG DURANAR XL coatings add subtle elegance to Boston’s newest skyscraper

PPG DURANAR XL coatings add subtle elegance to Boston’s newest skyscraper

Posted by | Mar 4, 2020 | 0 |

Designed by Henry Cobb of Pei Cobb Freed & Partners and Gary Johnson of Cambridge Seven, 61-story One Dalton Place features PPG Duranar XL liquid and powder coatings in a metallic pewter tint that harmonizes with the building’s sleek glass exterior. The coatings were selected to finish the metal framing for the oversized windows, as well as the metal panels and capping used on the curtainwall.

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Cradle to Cradle Certified products

The Cradle to Cradle program certifies products based on five quality categories—material health, material reutilization, renewable energy and carbon management, water stewardship, and social fairness. Click here to see a list of building supply & materials, as well as other products, that are Cradle to Cradle certified.

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