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Weber launches new products and new packaging

Saint-Gobain Weber recently introduced its new packaging to the South African market, along with several new products that expand the company’s offering to market. “We have updated our packaging to consolidate our branding across our various product categories,” says Aldrin October, Weber’s divisional commercial manager. “Tylon, known to South Africans as the leading tile adhesive brand, which was bought by Weber a few years ago has now been fully incorporated into Weber’s branding and packagin… Continue

Added by DesignMind on August 27, 2010 at 2:24pm — No Comments

Foster + Partners in Jordan: What’s Sustainable About a Green Airport?

Inspired by palm trees, Masdar City architects will expand Queen Alia Airport, to become a “green” airport in Jordan. A couple of months ago, fellow Green Prophet writer Tafline Layline wrote a blog about the dubious green credentials of Fosters + Partners projects across the Middle East. The ar… Continue

Added by DesignMind on August 27, 2010 at 11:26am — No Comments

National Library of Czech Republic

A different take on 'GREEN' buildings - http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/01/blob-architect-kaplicky-rip.php Prague: National Library of Czech Republic

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Added by phillip newmarch on August 20, 2010 at 10:48pm — No Comments

SOUTH AFRICA : THE ARCHITECT AFRICA FILM FESTIVAL 2010 IS HERE!

The AAFF 2010 Architect Africa Film Festival kicks off in less than a month across South Africa's major cities. Download the fantastic 12 page Film Festival Programme and start planning your week of Architecture Heaven. Click here now ... Continue

Added by DesignMind on August 19, 2010 at 9:46am — No Comments

Plascon Winners announced

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Added by DesignMind on August 18, 2010 at 1:04pm — No Comments

A Gathering is not Productive

After what I considered a very successful project, the planned Lessons Learned meeting made me sit down and collect my thoughts. What did I want to share? What did I want to pass on to the organization that would make people think, ‘Ah-ha! Excellent idea!’? That is what I was after. I did not want to dwell much on the negative aspects of the project, as I felt there were really very few. I wanted to remember those ‘genius’ moments where issues were quickly solved, dilemmas were smoothed over an… Continue

Added by Themba Orvall on August 16, 2010 at 9:14am — No Comments

Diffrient World Chair to launch at GBCSA 2010

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Added by Peter Kowalski on August 14, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Delaware Backyard Gardener: Garden gotta-haves

For garden industry thrill-seekers, there's no bigger Disney World than a trade show. These mega-horticultural productions, known by acronyms like MANTS, PANTS and TPIE, occur yearly to showcase the latest plants, nursery equipment, marketing techniques and gardening supplies. Designed mainly for retail business owners looking to keep up on the newest trends, they attract hundreds of representatives from the "green" industry.… Continue

Added by DesignMind on August 12, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

James Dyson Award National Winners announced

http://www.gizmag.com/dyson-awards-first-shortlist-announced/16007/?utm_source=Gizmag+Subscribers&utm_campaign=217edff3ed-UA-2235360-4&utm_medium=email some interesting innovations Continue

Added by Gavin Tonks on August 11, 2010 at 5:09pm — No Comments

some new kitchen innovations

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Added by Gavin Tonks on August 11, 2010 at 9:42am — No Comments

green roofs http://obviousmag.org/en/archives/2010/08/green_roofs.html

The "Green Roofs", very popular in Scandinavian countries and with a long history also in Germany, are conquering adepts in Latin America -- like Mexico, where the gardens implantation over the roofs of the edifications are directing interests and acceptance. Besides Mexico, where the govern studies the creation of laws to regulate the "naturation" in large scale, "green roofs" started appearing also in Bolivia and Cuba, where researches are looking for solutions for the tropical conditions of… Continue

Added by Gavin Tonks on August 3, 2010 at 11:43pm — No Comments

Celebrate Life through the Lens with Marlene Neumann at Decorex!

Hi everyone, I'd like to invite you to view my work at Decorex JHB at Gallagher Convention Centre, Hall 5 - Stand M10. Be great to meet you! http://www.marleneneumann.com/decorex2010/invitation-web.html Continue

Added by Marlene Neumann on August 2, 2010 at 8:57pm — No Comments

Green House at Decorex - presented by Hotelstuff/Greenstuff

Please come and visit our Green House project at Decorex between 5th and 9th August. We have built (with Nicholas de Klerk) and furnished an entire 5-roomed home covering 99 sq.m. with ONLY eco friendly and green products: floors, paint, lighting, beds, bedding, furniture, appliances, decor, kitchen, appliances, toiletries and cleaning chemicals. Floor space kindly sponsored by Plascon. All the products are supplied by subscribers to our Hotelstuff/Greenstuff websites. We don't sell anything -… Continue

Added by Lorraine Jenks on August 2, 2010 at 1:39pm — No Comments

Brazil Olympics 2016

Subject: Olympic Games 2016...Rio de Janeiro A Preview of what is to come. This vertical structure will be placed in Cotonduba Island. It will be both a observation Tower, and a welcome sign for the visitors arriving by air and by sea at Rio de Janeiro, where the Olympic Games 2016 will take place. The project is from Zurique, and utilizes solar energy during the day with its solar power panels, to pump the sea water as seen in the model. The movement of the water will be also utilized to t… Continue

Added by Gavin Tonks on July 30, 2010 at 9:22am — No Comments

Sustainable Architecture Should Improve the Lives of People and Communities

Dawid Klaaste Centre, Laingsburg, designed by CS Studio Architects. Carin Smuts, South African architect extraordinaire and principal at CS Studio Architects, believes that sustainable architecture involves way more than just using environmentally friendly materials and construction tec… Continue

Added by FortyForty on July 29, 2010 at 12:30pm — 1 Comment

A Green Answer to Vanity Fair's Architecture Poll has its own Blind Spot

When Vanity Fair recently released the results of a survey ranking the most significant pieces of architecture of the last 30 years -- with Frank Gehry's Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, topping the list -- the poll was met with extended grumbling. Some people griped about the many architects, including Richard Meier and Daniel Libeskind, who voted for their own work (Vanity Fair indeed!); others noted that the average age of those polled seemed to be around 70. But the biggest complaint, by… Continue