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High contrast brick by Glen-Gery helps blend Maryland high rise into skyline

September 6, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: US firm Design Collective has developed a 27-storey mixed-use tower in Silver Spring, Maryland, which is clad in custom-coloured bricks by material manufacturer Glen-Gery. Solaire 8200 Dixon is the tallest tower in Silver Spring, a northern suburb of Washington, DC. It consists of 403 residential units, amenity spaces, a food hall and four levels

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Graduate Hotels spotlights its diverse interiors with new book

August 31, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: Nashville-based hospitality brand Graduate Hotels has launched a self-titled book spotlighting its hotels in university towns and cities across the world. Titled Graduate Hotels, the publication covers the company’s more than 35 hotels throughout the US and UK, each individually designed to reflect its location’s history, culture and university campus. The hotels span from

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Black bricks by Glen-Gery add “timeless feel” to Tree Huis in Iowa

August 14, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: US studio Substance Architecture has created a conference centre on a verdant site in Iowa, which is clad in elongated black bricks by material manufacturer Glen-Gery. Named Tree Huis, the 650-square-metre building in Marion County is adorned with Ebonite Velour bricks laid in a horizontal arrangement and chosen for a timeless appearance. The Ebonite

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Allsteel’s Experience Center reimagines the role of the contract furniture showroom

July 19, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: workplace furniture brand Allsteel’s latest showroom in Chicago is designed to showcase its latest products and share new workplace concepts  through architectural features and experiences. Designed by Partners by Design and located in the Fulton Market district in Chicago, the 24,000-square-foot Experience Center houses more than 150 products by Allsteel, Gunlocke, HBF, HBF Textiles, Normann Copenhagen,

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Velux showcases experimental low-carbon home prototypes in Copenhagen

July 13, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: window manufacturer Velux has created an experimental low-carbon housing development in Copenhagen that is built using existing technology and materials. Called Living Places Copenhagen, the prototype village is built by Velux in partnership with Danish architecture studio EFFEKT, construction and property consultancy Artelia and civil engineers Enemærke & Petersen. It includes two complete homes

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Five architecture and design jobs in New York featured on Dezeen Jobs

June 16, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

We’ve selected five architecture, design and sales job roles based in New York available on Dezeen Jobs this week, including positions at OMA, Kiehl’s and Leong Leong. BIM coordinator at OMA OMA is seeking a BIM coordinator with experience working on large-scale projects in the US. The architecture studio renovated Tiffany & Co’s flagship store

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Amorim Cork Composites spotlights the versatility of cork

June 13, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: architects and designers are increasingly finding new ways to use cork outside of cork stoppers as a way to reduce the carbon footprint of their projects, according to Portuguese company Amorim Cork Composites. As the innovation arm of the world’s largest cork producer Corticeira Amorim, Amorim Cork Composites, has seen a marked uptick in

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Design of the Workplace report reveals sustainability is “non-negotiable” for workers

June 8, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: companies that prioritise sustainability in their office design are preferred by workers according to a report commissioned by developer Brookfield Properties and architecture studio Foster + Partners. Named Design of the Workplace, the report reveals that 93 per cent of people working in an “environmentally friendly office” feel happier in their job. It was

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RAMSA unveils luxury apartments St George’s Mansions at Kadoorie Hill in Hong Kong

April 25, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: New York architect firm RAMSA has completed limestone-clad luxury residence St George’s Mansions in Kadoorie Hill, Hong Kong, which is designed to blend into the garden city surroundings. Jointly developed by property developer Sino Land and investment holding company CLP Group, St George’s Mansions is a residential development in Hong Kong’s prestigious Kadoorie Hill

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Rieder concrete panels adorn Fifth Avenue skyscraper by Rafael Viñoly

April 6, 2023 Dezeen staff 0

Promotion: glass-fibre-reinforced concrete panels by Austrian cladding brand Rieder animate the facade of the 277 Fifth Avenue skyscraper in Manhattan, New York City. More than 1,200 square metres (13,000 square feet) of concrete wall panels adorn the 55-storey residential tower, which was completed by late architect Rafael Viñoly in 2018. Rieder’s 13-millimetre-thin facade product, or

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