Innovative Projects, Products + People

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BusinessWeek / Architectural Record Awards 2009

Autodesk, AEC Headquarters Waltham, Massachusetts Photo © Jeff Goldberg/Esto

When software vendor Auto... more

2009 Residential Landscape Design Awards

Stone Edge Farm, Sonoma, CA.           Andrea Cochran Landscape Architecture San Francisco, CA

This project, designed as a retreat for the client, is composed of elegantly balanced and linked elements within a serene and uncluttered landscape. A carefully sited trilogy of structures — celestial observatory, spa, stone py- ramid are grounded by linear forms, including a reflecting pool, raised lap pool, and bars of olive trees. The composition floats within meadows of drought tolerant grasses, connecting the site to the larger Sonoma Valley landscape. Stone... more ASLA VIMEO

2009 Interior Design Awards

Central Park West. Calvin Tsao and Zack McKown. Photo: Richard Bryant

EKown, has demonstrated that the design of environments can best be served when building design and interior design are... more National

New Product Showcase

Hanson Brick & Tile

Hanson Roof Tile is maintenance-free, structurally superior and lasts longer than other traditional roofing materials.

Tree Staple

Below-grade stabilizing system for newly planted trees and shrubs is simpler, faster, safer, cheaper and more attractive!

Sunrise Systems

Sunrise remains the pioneer in the LED sign industry and has produced many technological breakthroughs.

American Bicycle Security

The most diverse collection of locker styles with 1 or 2 bike models in the horizontal position in both rectangular or wedged.

Evergreen Slate

Vermont Slate, known for its beauty, is often called the Sheltering Stone because of its unique properties.

Weiland

One of the distinguishing features of our liftslide is the flush bottom track which pro- jects above the finished floor by only 3/16".

Finlandia Sauna Products

Finlandia is the oldest Sauna company under original ownership, and is located in the Finlandia Business Park in Portland.

Envirospec

Turn a plain roof into a pedestrian plaza the easiest, most efficient way with Envirospec.

MP Global Products

QuietWalk® laminate floor underlayment smoothes out sub floor imperfections while quieting impact sound & noise.

Putnam Rolling Ladder

Putnam Rolling Ladder manufactures standard and custom rolling ladders for libraries, commercial and residential use.

Ironhaus

Fireplace doors, feature a green draft panel keeping your fireplace more efficient & preserves your indoor air quality.

Dorma Group North America

DORMA swinging doors and operators offer flexibility, security, and design intelligence, covering a variety of applications.

InSpire Roofing

The next gen of premium roofing products. A combination of natural slate with the most technologically advanced methods.

Tensar International

Tensar Intl.l delivers engineered systems that are a combination of technology, engineering, design, and products.

Brodart

The Pearson Lounge Chair is an ideal com- plement to facilities interested in flawless beauty with a contemporary approach.

Innovators

Alexandre Gustave Eiffel

(1831-1923)

"I ought to be jealous of the tower. She is more famous    than I am."

Alexandre Gustave E. was a French structural engineer,

entrepreneur and a speci- alist of metallic structures. He is famous for designing the Eiffel Tower, built in... more Eiffel Tour Inventors

Eiffel Tower, Paris. 1889

Florence Yoch
(1890 - 1972 )

"Genuinely informal planting is not natural in our climate."

During Yoch's career as a landscape architect, from

1918 to 1971, she adapted traditional landscape de- signs to American needs. In her gardens. she combined patterns studied on annual pilgrimages to Europe with childhood recollections of California's country ave- nues.. more Garden History Athenaeum

Gardens of Gone with the Wind.