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2008 Condo Design Awards
The winners for the 2008 Design Excellence Awards presented by Multi-Housing News have been released. The awards recognize outstanding multi-housing and mixed-use projects.
Entries were judged based on a combination of criteria including exterior and interior architecture, overall composition of the various aesthetic and functional elements required for a successful project, and (when applicable) landscaping and curb appeal.
The 2008 Design Excellence Awards judge panel consisted of five industry professionals. They are Darin Schoolmeester, principal at MVE & Partners; Susan Slotkis, adjuct assistant professor at F.I.T.; Continue…
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Architecture - Oct 22, 2008 14:26 - 0 Comments
The Pad Dubai
The Pad in Dubai currently under construction is said to be the most technologically advanced residential building on the planet. The architectural theme is deeply embedded in futuristic technology where creature comforts take precedent over strict architectural design.
There’s even a name for this genre, labeled Cybertecture by James Law, an accomplished architect who practiced at Gensler International before opening James Law Cybertecture International on the first day of the year 2001.
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Home Technology - Oct 13, 2008 19:08 - 1 Comment
Generation Y Not
Don’t look now but Generation Y (that’s people in their 20’s) is already beginning to influence new condo amenities, and any condo lifestyle accounting for Gen Y foretells a future filled with high tech goodness.
While we still mostly think of urban condos as an oasis for middle-age urban professionals and empty nesters who have moved back to the city, Generation Y now with a combined US earning power of $1.6 trillion wants to change that perception and change lock-n-go living even more. Continue…
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Interior Design - Oct 17, 2008 14:15 - 0 Comments
Have A Seat
Almost a year ago Konstantin Grcic designed the simply brilliant MYTO chair. MYTO, considered to be a modern day update to Paton’s S-Shaped chair, was very warmly received and perhaps made Grcic the world’s preeminent modern day chair designer.
In fact in CLM’s story we called MYTO “…a new standard for chairs…” And to follow up, in May of this year the Museum of Modern Art in New York selected MYTO as an addition to the permanent collection.
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Featured Condo - Oct 14, 2008 14:35 - 0 Comments
The Laurel New York
The Laurel in New York. You can learn everything you need to know about this property in two words, modern elegance.
Actually, The Laurel is more three dimensional than that beginning with its architecture. Designed by award-winning architects Costas Kondylis & Partners, all 31 stories of Indiana limestone and glass display timeless beauty.
To immediately put things into perspective, CK and Partners is previously famed in New York for such buildings as the Plaza Hotel & Residences, Trump World Tower, Continue…
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Today's Urbanity - Oct 20, 2008 17:14 - 0 Comments
Most Livable Cities
Last year CLM reported the findings of Mercer Human Resources Group who had rated the World’s Most Livable Cities. While Mercer is a respected global HR consultant, The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) is an equally respected source of global city data. So for 2008 CLM will turn to EIU to present this year’s list of cities who win the title of “Most Livable.”
A Grain Of Salt
The first thing to acknowledge about any “study” involving ranking of cities is that the selections will invariably contain some degree of subjectivity.
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Living Green - Oct 12, 2008 16:24 - 0 Comments
Drive Smart
A gasoline powered mode of transportation in the US named Smart Car may understandably be a painful oxymoron to some. After all we live in a time when global scientists tell us that automobiles do nothing but add to the atmospheric green house gases said to play a major role in a pending human demise.
Those pedagogic observers may be right, but practical seeking everyday Americans (the “Joe six packs” Sara Palin appeals to) just searching for a way to reduce their Continue…
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