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industry USA senior housing complex Serviam Gardens; with Sohbr Studio they are establishing a community space for CAMBA’s Anna Gonzalez Apartments, a development that provides homes for individuals with special needs; and with Andre Kikoski Architect they are remodeling two children’s recreation rooms for survivors of domestic violence. • Envirolution, an innovative nonprofit that is teaching the next generation of students, green workers, and small businesses about integrated building systems through high school, service learning and audit/consulting programs, is collaborating with M&E Engineers and Jeffrey Garafalo Graphic Design to create interactive and engaging 3-D building models that will enhance the teaching of building science, energy efficiency, and sustainability. • GreenHomeNYC, a volunteer-driven nonprofit committed to facilitating the adoption of sustainable building design, is working with Hot Studio to create an identity and Web platform for the New New York, a DIY Green Street Festival, that will bring new ideas to the street to create a better, brighter future. The interactive street festival will be held on October 2 in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. • The Lower East Side Ecology Center is working with Andrew Berman Architect to renovate the Fireboat House, in particular its environmental learning center and offices. The building itself will become a holistic part of the organization’s environmental advocacy and science-based education programs by demonstrating sustainable building design and technologies. • New York City Housing Authority, a government agency that serves 650,000 public housing residents, partnered with The Rooster Design Group to create a “green guide” that will inspire residents to reduce their energy consumption and environmental impact. The guide, titled “The Power Is In Your Hands,” uses clear, positive iconography paired with simple, how-to text to encourage residents to help make New York the world’s first great sustainable city of the 21st century. • Nostrand Park Crown Heights Development, an emerging community development group that provides services to the arts, businesses, and cultural organizations of Crown Heights, is collaborating with WireMedia Communications to create a new Web site and communication materials to improve engagement with stakeholders. DesigNYC is guided by its founding committee of influential designers and design advocates including Edwin Schlossberg, founder of ESI Design; New York magazine design editor Wendy Goodman; design author, educator, and historian Steven Heller; MoMA design curator Paola Antonelli; architects James Biber from Pentagram, Maddy Burke-Vigeland from Gensler, Deborah Berke from Deborah Berke & Partners Architects, and Zack McKown from Tsao & McKown; landscape architect Margie Ruddick; interior designer Sara Bengur; AIGA’s Gabriela Mirensky; sustainability consultant Lauren Yarmuth; and marketing and event professional Karen Auster. DesigNYC is currently being incubated at ESI Design. Documentary shorts about desigNYC projects can be accessed via desigNYC’s Vimeo Channel: http://vimeo.com/channels/113020 Armourcoat Sculptural® ‘Flow’ Design INNOVATION SOPHISTICATION DISTINCTION From luxurious Venetian and textured plaster wall nishes, stonee ect cast products, to stunning, seamless wall systems, Armourcoat is a global powerhouse in decorative surface nishes. Most products have low or zero VOC content and incorporate pre and post consumer recycled material, qualifying for inclusion within LEED® projects. Please visit our website for more information. Armourcoat Surface Finishes Inc. 4330 Production Court, Las Vegas, NV 89115 Telephone: 702 644 0601 Fax: 702 644 0554 Email: sales@usa.armourcoat.com www.usa.armourcoat.com Select No. 9 at Contractdesign.com/readerservice www.contractdesign.com http://www.usa.armourcoat.com http://www.vimeo.com/channels/113020 http://www.usa.armourcoat.com http://www.contractdesign.com http://www.Contractdesign.com/readerservice

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Contract - July/August 2010

Contract - July/August 2010
Contents
Editor’s Note
Industry
Focus: Please Repeat That
Exhibition
Practice: The Manufacturers' Rep
Hot Shops
Taking Luxe to a New Level
Stock Art
Playful Persuit
True to Form
Sources
Trends: A Strategy Made Visible
Process: Revving Up With Revit
Ad Index
Perspectives

Contract - July/August 2010