Amidst a company rebrand, digital creative agency TVGla recently moved into a fresh warehouse space in Los Angeles, California. Revitalizing what was a dull industrial space, company CEO Dimitry Ioffe partnered with production designer Charles Infante to create an open, creative oasis for the growing firm. Capitalizing on the huge floor plates, TVGla now features [...]

There is a new architectural landmark in Boston’s skyline, a $52 million residence hall that personifies the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. Designed by architecture firm ADD Inc, the tower doubles the college’s housing capacity and provides an innovative environment where 493 students can live, study and play at affordable, state college rental rates. [...]

The Pearl Brewery was abandoned in the early ’90s in favour of other breweries. But rather than let the industrial infrastructure sit vacant, it was transformed into a vibrant mixed-use office, retail and entertainment district. Located along the famed San Antonio River, the Pearl Brewery/Full Goods Warehouse is at once a tribute to the history [...]

Austrian manufacturer of professional furniture, Svoboda, has achieved a turnover of EUR 33.6 million in their financial year 2012/2013 (31 March). Svoboda says that due to reorganisation and cost saving measures (not specified), they managed to improve their results and balance the losses incurred since the start of the economic recession in 2009. Svoboda mentions [...]

In cooperation with their partner Falcons Solution Center Qatar WLL (GFSC), German producer of professional furniture Assmann has opened a showroom in Doha, Qatar. Around the themes of Building Construction, Infrastructure and Interior Fit-Out, Assmann products, as well as products of their partners Lenk, Haller, E-Control Glas, Stein-Wegener and Kirchhoff & Lehr, are on show. The showroom [...]

The Princeton Review’s Guide to 322 Green Colleges profiles 322 institutions of higher education in the United States and two in Canada that demonstrate a strong commitment to sustainability in their academic offerings, campus infrastructure, activities and career preparation. The guide is the only free, comprehensive, annually updated guide to green colleges. To produce this [...]

The coming edition of Design District will be held 6-8 June 2013 at Taets on the Hembrug site in Zaandam, the Netherlands. As previously announced, SoYouKnowBetter.com and Design District and SoYouKnowBetter.com, blog for architecture, design and professional interiors, together organise the #SMAdd – Social Media Award Design District 2013 competition. Not all participants have registered for the competition yet, [...]

Swedish designer Daniel Svahn has created a clever conceptual table called Picnic that is made of wood salvaged from storm-felled trees. The minimalist design takes the form of a cube of stacked planks held in place by two ratcheting industrial straps. The extruded planks form an impromptu picnic table that seats two. Source

“Please provide a mobile version of your tender response.” Funny wording but they probably mean a document which can easily be read on a smart phone or tablet. If you are a bit daring you print out the 200+ pages and wheel it in!  

Austrian manufacturer of professional furniture, Bene, will operate in Germany with four showrooms in Munich, Cologne, Hannover and Munich, as well as with eight regional representative offices. The sales organisation in Germany will be managed by Christian Hecker with Ingo Schwiegershausen responsible for region North and Nikolai Schildwächter responsible for region South. Bene plans to expand their regional [...]

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