Two businesswomen from Berkswell have been selected for inclusion in the 12th volume of the Andrew Martin Interior Design Review book. Sue Salisbury and Jessica Earle of the Classic Country Pub Design Company in Berkswell were just one of 500 worldwide entries with only 50 of the world’s designers cherry-picked for inclusion in the book. Andrew Martin is the UK’s second largest privately owned furniture and fabric house and are famous for interior design with showrooms in London and New York.

Three Arizona State University students will split a $750 scholarship for their top entry in the ninth annual CHAIRity event. Their entry was among 11 chairs that make a statement about domestic violence. All 11 will be auctioned at the ninth annual CHAIRity event, "Sit a Moment, Stop the Violence," at 6 p.m. next Wednesday night at the Phoenix Art Museum.

Westmead Hospital recently approached Design Centre Enmore to come up with ideas for a chill out room for young patients. Dr Simon Clarke was pleasantly surprised by the response. Dr Clarke is a member of the Greater Metropolitan Clinical Taskforce (GMCT) Transition Network. The group aims to improve the care for young people with chronic health problems as they move from paediatric to adult health services.

A recent NY Times had an interesting article called The Terrible Toll of Art Anxiety. My reaction to it echoed what a fine art dealer just told me. He said, "We're surrounded by great art galleries, lots of artists working in every possible medium, and auctions and estate sales recycling beautiful works of art at fractions of their original price. Why should anyone suffer from this so-called art anxiety?"
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The Young Architects Program, jointly presented by MoMA and P.S.1 each year since 2000, enables emerging architects to design creative interpretations of P.S.1's large entrance courtyard, with the winning entry serving as the backdrop for the summer music series Warm Up. This installation presents the top five competition proposals - by MATTER PRACTICE, THEM, su11, and WORKac (all from New York); and MONAD Architects (Miami).

A committed mid-century California modernist and an active participant in the Case Study House movement, Edward A. Killingsworth pushed the boundaries of John Entenza's program to envision not just the single family house, but multi-dwelling units including apartment houses, as well as commercial and office buildings which made up the fabric of daily life during the 1950s and 1960s. In his resort and hotel designs, Killingsworth helped to "leisurize" the Case Study House movement adding important new recreational dimensions to modern living. continue reading

The first large-scale museum exhibition devoted to this innovative American architect. Over the course of a career spent largely in Los Angeles, John Lautner (1911-1994) captured the essence of Southern California in more than 150 distinctive structures. Trained by Frank Lloyd Wright, Lautner is best known for such private homes as the Elrod Residence in Palm Springs, featured in the James Bond movie Diamonds Are Forever, and Los Angeles's iconic "Chemosphere."

Memorial Sites: New York to Nairobi is an exhibition of photographs by Julie Dermansky which reflects on the meaning and history of memorials while addressing site specificity and the culture of place. Dermansky has documented memorials in diverse locations, from the site of the destroyed US Embassy in Nairobi, Kenya, to the Valhalla, New York 9/11 memorial by Frederic Schwartz. Her global perspective explores the range of realized memorial design solutions. continue reading

During the course of his travels in the former Soviet Union, French photographer Frederic Chaubin documented an extensive collection of startling architectural artifacts built during the last two decades of the Cold War. The exhibition is a compendium of film stills, drawings, magazine articles, and historical timelines that maps out the complex genealogy of this overlooked but compelling chapter in the history of 20th century design. These monumental buildings are dramatic and exciting in contrast to the repetitive and lifeless architecture typical of the late Soviet era. continue reading

An hour about the future of architecture with: Peter Eisenman, Architect/Eisenman Architects Jay Chaterjee, University of Cincinnati Sen. Stanley J. Aronoff, (R)President, Ohio Senate and more.

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On a four-year international tour of Europe and the United States, the landmark exhibition Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future—the first major museum retrospective of this Finnish-born American architect’s short but prolific career—will be jointly presented at the Walker Art Center and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts September 13–January 4. continue reading

The Thorsby Town Council voted Monday to hire an architect with Grimes Architects for $5,000 to make a master plan for the renovation and restoration of the old Thorsby Elementary School.

The council’s approval of the contract was made with the stipulation that city attorney John Hollis Jackson gives the OK to make the deal.
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Architect William McDonough, best known for his project that incorporates roof-top vegetation to naturally cool buildings and purify storm run-off, speaks to Newsweek about the future of environmental design and how practical technologies and sustainable building materials can benefit everyday life.

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A new high school devoted to architecture and construction trades is opening in the District.

City officials cut the ribbon Monday on the $63 million Phelps Architecture, Construction and Engineering High School.

The renovation of the former vocational school aims to capitalize on the city's construction boom. D.C. officials say it will offer programs both for students interested in specific trades, as well as for college-bound students.

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