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Colombia’s other Escobar is taking over New York

Edit New York Post 29 Sep 2016
High-profile interior designer Andres Escobar — principal and creative director at Escobar Design by Lemay — is constantly on the go ... Frank Lloyd Wright, The Guggenheim’s architect who I admire, believed in designing structures in harmony with humanity and the environment, a philosophy that he called “organic architecture.” It’s a futuristic building that was done so long ago, yet it has such longevity....

Mayor Muriel Bowser and Librarian of Congress Dr. Carla Hayden Open Woodridge Library (District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Sep 2016
District of Columbia Executive Office of the Mayor) ... Carla Hayden, DC Public Library Executive Director Richard Reyes-Gavilan and local elected officials in cutting the ribbon on the new Woodridge Library. The opening also celebrated a decade of improvements to the District's library system ... In addition, the Library's operating budget has increased since Fiscal Year 2012 ... Wiencek + Associates serves as the architect of record....

Complete Yadadri development works by next Dasara: CM

Edit The Times of India 29 Sep 2016
Chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao has directed the officials of Yadadri Development Authority (YDA) to complete the temple development works by next year Dasara ... Temple architect and temple committee members would soon visit China and handover the model of Anjaneya Swamy idol to them ... From around the web....

Andrea Tantaros Refuses 'Seven Figure' Settlement Offer From Fox News to Drop Harassment Case

Edit Philadelphia Daily News 29 Sep 2016
The legal development threatens to fan the flames of a controversy that the network and its parent hope to extinguish. Roger Ailes, the leader of the network and architect of its popular and influential programming, was ousted in July in the wake of a lawsuit filed by former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson alleging sexual harassment by the executive....

Drinking water problem at Sabarimala to continue

Edit The Hindu 29 Sep 2016
The much-longed proposal for storage augmentation of the Kunnar wier in the Sabarimala forests that has been catering to the drinking water needs at the holy hillock of Sabarimala is unlikely to materialise this year too ... Mahesh, chief architect of the Chennai-based Pithavadian and Partners who are the consultants of the Sabarimala Master Plan, represented the High Power Committee at the NWBL meeting....

Highland Park estate auctioned for $4.95 million by Heritage Auctions (Heritage Auctions Inc)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Sep 2016
DALLAS - The secluded Highland Park estate at 3756 Armstrong Avenue was auctioned for $4.95 million Tuesday, Sept ... The house was built in 1954 and designed by O'Neil Ford, known as the grandfather of Texas Modernism and widely recognized as one of Texas' most celebrated 20th-century architects ... 'Of all the coast to coast luxury properties we've represented, this Highland Park estate was one of the most significant auctions we've held....

The HUC-JIR Community Mourns Shimon Peres, z”l, Israel’s Founding Statesman (Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion)

Edit Public Technologies 29 Sep 2016
In 2008, our institution honored him as President of Israel with our highest award, the Dr ... Peres pursued the quest for peace with the Palestinians as an architect of the Oslo Accords, the landmark Israeli-Palestinian peace agreement signed on the White House Lawn in 1993, and shared the 1994 Nobel Peace Prize with Rabin and Yasser Arafat....

Famed Tal's Hill to be removed from Minute Maid Park

Edit The Miami Herald 29 Sep 2016
President of business operations Bob McClaren, senior vice president of sales and marketing Pam Gardner and three architects from the design firm Populous turned to the group's venerable historian, an old-timer who expounded that nostalgia would reinvigorate the modern ballpark ... When Smith finished his presentation the architects remained silent. An awkward feeling hung while the notion of an obstacle in the outfield settled in....

Christiana Thorpe: A Mentor and Role Model

Edit Standard Times Press 29 Sep 2016
Christiana Thorpe retired from the life of a Catholic Nun and decided to dedicate her services and entire life to the disillusioned communities of her country ... Christiana Thorpe, RIFTS founding Chair, has always resonated with the idea of empowering under privileged or marginalized girls through the efficacy of education ... Thorpe is the architect towards the transformation of our country’s system of Education ... The achievements of Dr....

Only way to save struggling Shops at Sunset Place: De-mall it, new owners say

Edit The Miami Herald 29 Sep 2016
They plan to save most of the half of the mall structure facing Sunset Drive, albeit with a cleaner, contemporary look that strips off much of the gaudy 1990s detailing and multi-color paint scheme ... There would be more ways for pedestrians to enter the modified Sunset Place, which under the new blueprint developed by Miami’s Zyscovich Architects would look and function more like an urban neighborhood than a mall....

The World’s Most Elegant Startup Office Is in an Old Montreal Bank

Edit Slate 28 Sep 2016
In an era when even even the most unlikely of companies are attempting to design their office spaces in the image of a hip tech startup, it’s refreshing to see an architect create a glamorous, grown-up, modern working space that does not spare a thought for bean bag chairs, pool tables, and neo-industrial flourishes ... to exist,” the architects said....

Marlon Blackwell Architects Named Top Firm Nationally in Design (University of Arkansas)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
The interior of Fayetteville High School, a 356,000-square-foot expansion project by Marlon Blackwell Architects, done in collaboration with Hight Jackson Associates in Rogers and DLR Group, based in Overland Park, Kansas ... - Architect magazine has named Marlon Blackwell Architects the Top Firm in Design in the 2016 Architect 50 ... Architect magazine is the official publication of the American Institute of Architects....

Speech by SCED at HKIA Welcoming Dinner for 17th Asian Congress of Architects (English only) (Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China)

Edit Public Technologies 28 Sep 2016
Following is the speech by the Secretary for Commerce and Economic Development, Mr Gregory So, at the Hong Kong Institute of Architects (HKIA) Welcoming Dinner for the 17th Asian Congress of Architects today (September 27). ... First of all, a very warm welcome to the Architects Regional Council Asia and its member institutes ... To this end, we support the Hong Kong Institute of Architects to organise this Congress....
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