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• President Barack Obama Awards Everett Fly with 2014 National Humanities Medal

  President Barack Obama Awards Everett Fly with 2014 National Humanities Medal President Barack Obama Awards Everett Fly with 2014 National Humanities Medal Everett Fly. Image courtesy National Endowment for the Humanities President Barack Obama is presenting the 2014 National Medals of Arts and Humanities to award recipients during a ceremony at the White House today. San Antonio-based architect and landscape artist Everett Fly will be honored with the 2014 Na

• David Adjaye Wins MIT’s 2016 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts

  David Adjaye Wins MIT’s 2016 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts David Adjaye Wins MIT’s 2016 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates. Photography by Ed Reeve The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) has selected architect and designer David Adjaye of Adjaye Associates as the recipient of the 2016 Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts, which “celebrates individuals whose artistic trajectory reveals that they will achieve the highes

• Blackstone Acquires Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. for About $4 Billion

  Blackstone Acquires Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. for About $4 Billion Blackstone Acquires Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. for About $4 Billion Real estate private equity firm Blackstone Real Estate Partners VIII LP has acquired Chicago–based Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. for about $4 billion. The acquisition includes all outstanding debt and shares of stock, which Blackstone purchased in cash for $14.25 per unit. In August 2015, Strategic Hotels & Resorts

• Martha Thorne Named Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid

  Martha Thorne Named Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid Martha Thorne Named Dean of IE School of Architecture and Design in Madrid Martha Thorne. Photo courtesy IE University IE University has appointed Pritzker Architecture Prize Executive Director Martha Thorne as the new dean of its Madrid and Segovia, Spain–based School of Architecture and Design. Thorne previously served as the school’s associate dean for external relations and has been in

• Gonzalez Hinz Zabala and Young & Ayata Awarded First Place in Bauhaus Museum Design Competition

  Gonzalez Hinz Zabala and Young & Ayata Awarded First Place in Bauhaus Museum Design Competition Gonzalez Hinz Zabala and Young & Ayata Awarded First Place in Bauhaus Museum Design Competition Young & Ayata's design for the new Bauhau Museum. All photos courtesy Bauhaus Dessau Foundation The Bauhaus Dessau Foundation and the city of Dessau-Roßlau have announced a joint first-place winner for its Bauhau Museum design competition . Both Barcelona–based Gonzalez Hin

• Mahesh Ramanujam Selected as New U.S. Green Building Council CEO

  Mahesh Ramanujam Selected as New U.S. Green Building Council CEO Mahesh Ramanujam Selected as New U.S. Green Building Council CEO Mahesh Ramanujam © Moshe Zusman Photograph Stud LLC The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has named Mahesh Ramanujam, the company’s current chief operating officer, as USGBC’s new CEO. Ramanujam will replace USGBC founder Rick Fedrizzi, Hon. AIA, at the end of 2016 when Fedrizzi’s contract ends. “As a founder, I could not be hap

• Applying Vision to Purpose in Design

  Applying Vision to Purpose in Design Applying Vision to Purpose in Design This editorial appeared in the September 2015 issue of Contract magazine. To read the digital edition, click here . It’s an exciting time for our readers in the commercial design profession. As my fellow editors and I view recently completed commercial interiors, we are now more clearly seeing the positive impact of demographic shifts with new generations of designers, occupants, and cli

• Hans van Heeswijk Architecten Complete Entrance Hall for Van Gogh Museum

  Hans van Heeswijk Architecten Complete Entrance Hall for Van Gogh Museum Hans van Heeswijk Architecten Complete Entrance Hall for Van Gogh Museum The entrance hall will provide street access from the Museumplein cultural hub plaza; Photo © Ronald Tilleman. A new entrance hall, designed by Netherlands–based Hans van Heeswijk Architecten, will be added to the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam. The entrance hall will open to the public on September 5, 2015. 

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• Michael Maltzan Architecture Designs New Public Plaza for California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts

  Michael Maltzan Architecture Designs New Public Plaza for California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts Michael Maltzan Architecture Designs New Public Plaza for California’s Segerstrom Center for the Arts Segerstrom Hall will feature an open observation terrace and lounge; All images courtesy of the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. Located in Costa Mesa, California, the Segerstrom Center for the Arts has commissioned Los Angeles–based Michael Maltzan Architecture t

• L.A. Herald Examiner Building to be Converted into Mixed-Use Office Space

  L.A. Herald Examiner Building to be Converted into Mixed-Use Office Space L.A. Herald Examiner Building to be Converted into Mixed-Use Office Space The Herald Examiner building features a blend of Spanish Colonial and Mission Revival architecture; Photo courtesy of the LA Dept. of City Planning. In partnership with Hearst Corp., New York–based developer Georgetown Co. has planned a $40 million project to convert the Herald Examiner building into a mixed-use sp

• Second Quarter 2015 ASID Interior Design Billings Index Remains Positive

  Second Quarter 2015 ASID Interior Design Billings Index Remains Positive Second Quarter 2015 ASID Interior Design Billings Index Remains Positive According to the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID), billings for the second quarter of 2015 have remained positive and largely unchanged since the first quarter .

 Although the Interior Design Billings Index (IDBI) decreased slightly from 57.7 in March to 57.1 in June, the score has remained over 50 for

• Gehry Reveals Renderings for New Mixed-Use Development in Los Angeles

  Gehry Reveals Renderings for New Mixed-Use Development in Los Angeles Gehry Reveals Renderings for New Mixed-Use Development in Los Angeles The development will contain five distinct-yet-related buildings; Rendering © Visualhouse. In partnership with developer Townscape Partners, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Frank Gehry has revealed a plan to construct a grouping of five mixed-use buildings along the Sunset Strip in Los Angeles. 

 “By coincidence, I wa

• Galaxy Stone & Glass and Traxon Technologies: MediaGlas

  Galaxy Stone & Glass and Traxon Technologies: MediaGlas Galaxy Stone & Glass and Traxon Technologies: MediaGlas Architectural decorative glass manufacturer Galaxy Stone & Glass partnered with solid state lighting and control systems company Traxon Technologies to conceive MediaGlas, a customizable line of monolithic, laminated architectural glass products that can be used for a variety of backlit LED applications, from medium-resolution displays to color-controlle

• Artaic: ReSalvage

  Artaic: ReSalvage Artaic: ReSalvage The ReSalvage collection from Artaic implements recycled glass in tiles with dynamic patterns and textures. Artaic’s location in Boston’s Marine Industrial Park, which has been revitalized as the Innovation District, provided both the actual source materials and the inspiration for the design team that is led by Creative Director Paul V. Reiss. “As urban areas like this one reinvent themselves, it’s important to sort through

• Johnson & Johnson to Open New Shared Services Headquarters in Tampa

  Johnson & Johnson to Open New Shared Services Headquarters in Tampa Johnson & Johnson to Open New Shared Services Headquarters in Tampa Johnson & Johnson’s new North American shared services headquarters will be located in Tampa, Florida, and will create approximately 500 jobs over the next three years. To be fully operational by mid-2016, the new 111,000-square-foot headquarters will be situated on the first five levels of Hidden River Corporate Center One