Biophilia

Planterra wins top industry award for the interior landscapes in Michigan and Wisconsin

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Friday, February 2, 2024

WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich., Feb. 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Planterra, a national expert and leader in the specialty of interior landscaping, earned top honors from the International Plantscapes Awards at the Tropical Plant Industry Expo in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, winning the Platinum Award for the interior plantings at the Michigan Central Station's Book Depository in Detroit and the conservatory garden at the Hickory Hill Academy, in Madison. 

Key Points: 
  • "These projects are a testament to our dedication to integrating nature and biophilic design within spaces of innovation," says Shane Pliska, President of Planterra.
  • The soft, featherlike fawns humanize the center of the 270,000-square-foot facility, home to Detroit's mobility tech community.
  • The Hickory Hill Academy in Madison, Wisconsin, won accolades for being the largest installation of interior plantings at a k-8 school in the USA.
  • Planterra not only assisted in the design of both projects but also managed the procurement, installation, and maintenance plans.

SH HOTELS & RESORTS EMBARKS ON A MAJOR GLOBAL EXPANSION

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

MIAMI, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinforcing its position as a leader in the purpose-driven luxury and lifestyle hotel segment, SH Hotels & Resorts—founded by hospitality visionary Barry Sternlicht—is embarking on a significant worldwide expansion of its portfolio across four continents and 13 countries and territories. With more than 30 hotels and branded residential projects open and in the pipeline, plus a number of deals in the LOI stage, SH Hotels & Resorts is shaping the future of hospitality by creating transformative spaces and experiences across some of the world's most dynamic hotel brands: 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels, and Treehouse Hotels. This growth underscores the company's commitment to experiential luxury, trailblazing design, sustainability, and cutting-edge technology.

Key Points: 
  • We're growing in markets where our guests seek out the experiences that we excel at providing," says Raul Leal, CEO of SH Hotels & Resorts.
  • "Our commitment is to ensure that SH Hotels & Resorts remains synonymous with innovation, sustainability, and unparalleled guest experiences."
  • Tapping into state-of-the-art technology, SH Hotels & Resorts enhances guest experiences, offering personalized luxury that adapts to individual preferences.
  • And as SH Hotels & Resorts looks to the future, it remains devoted to its principles of sustainability.

SH HOTELS & RESORTS EMBARKS ON A MAJOR GLOBAL EXPANSION

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Thursday, January 18, 2024

MIAMI, Jan. 18, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Reinforcing its position as a leader in the purpose-driven luxury and lifestyle hotel segment, SH Hotels & Resorts—founded by hospitality visionary Barry Sternlicht—is embarking on a significant worldwide expansion of its portfolio across four continents and 13 countries and territories. With more than 30 hotels and branded residential projects open and in the pipeline, plus a number of deals in the LOI stage, SH Hotels & Resorts is shaping the future of hospitality by creating transformative spaces and experiences across some of the world's most dynamic hotel brands: 1 Hotels, Baccarat Hotels, and Treehouse Hotels. This growth underscores the company's commitment to experiential luxury, trailblazing design, sustainability, and cutting-edge technology.

Key Points: 
  • We're growing in markets where our guests seek out the experiences that we excel at providing," says Raul Leal, CEO of SH Hotels & Resorts.
  • "Our commitment is to ensure that SH Hotels & Resorts remains synonymous with innovation, sustainability, and unparalleled guest experiences."
  • Tapping into state-of-the-art technology, SH Hotels & Resorts enhances guest experiences, offering personalized luxury that adapts to individual preferences.
  • And as SH Hotels & Resorts looks to the future, it remains devoted to its principles of sustainability.

Taylor Morrison Unveils 2024 Design Trends and Home Aesthetics

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Wednesday, November 29, 2023

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As consumers are leaning into self-expression when decorating their homes, America's Most Trusted® Home Builder Taylor Morrison (NYSE: TMHC) has curated a list of design trends and home aesthetics perfect for 2024. Based on input from Taylor Morrison's design and architectural experts, the highly anticipated home design trends illustrate ways to embrace and showcase personal style in your home.

Key Points: 
  • SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Nov. 29, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- As consumers are leaning into self-expression when decorating their homes, America's Most Trusted® Home Builder Taylor Morrison (NYSE: TMHC) has curated a list of design trends and home aesthetics perfect for 2024.
  • Based on input from Taylor Morrison's design and architectural experts, the highly anticipated home design trends illustrate ways to embrace and showcase personal style in your home.
  • Taylor Morrison anticipates the following five trending home aesthetics resonating with the next generation of homebuyers.
  • "Our home aesthetics showcase how to achieve an attainable version of these very stylized homes you're seeing on social media using products and design services Taylor Morrison already offers."

LAMDA Development Launches Little Athens, the Newest Neighborhood at The Ellinikon

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

ATHENS, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LAMDA Development is pleased to announce Little Athens, the latest residential neighborhood of The Ellinikon, Europe's largest urban regeneration project and a smart city being built from the ground up in Athens. Amid significant sales velocity across The Ellinikon's residential offerings, Little Athens will bring approximately 1,115 new residences to the sales market in its first phase. Created within the sustainable, smart urban ecosystem of The Ellinikon, Little Athens represents a brand-new residential approach for Athens, embodied in the neighborhood's first 50-meter-tall residential building, Park Rise, designed by acclaimed architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

Key Points: 
  • Amid significant sales velocity across The Ellinikon's residential offerings, Little Athens will bring approximately 1,115 new residences to the sales market in its first phase.
  • It will provide all the benefits of The Ellinikon, including the park, a short walk to the beach, a growing 24/7 community, and comfortable smart residences.
  • "The Ellinikon is intrinsically rooted in Athenian history and our singular culture," said Odisseas Athanasiou, CEO, LAMDA Development.
  • "Little Athens is an exemplar of this, influenced by local traditions of community, coastal living, and innovation.

LAMDA Development Launches Little Athens, the Newest Neighborhood at The Ellinikon

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Tuesday, October 24, 2023

ATHENS, Oct. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- LAMDA Development is pleased to announce Little Athens, the latest residential neighborhood of The Ellinikon, Europe's largest urban regeneration project and a smart city being built from the ground up in Athens. Amid significant sales velocity across The Ellinikon's residential offerings, Little Athens will bring approximately 1,115 new residences to the sales market in its first phase. Created within the sustainable, smart urban ecosystem of The Ellinikon, Little Athens represents a brand-new residential approach for Athens, embodied in the neighborhood's first 50-meter-tall residential building, Park Rise, designed by acclaimed architecture firm Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG).

Key Points: 
  • Amid significant sales velocity across The Ellinikon's residential offerings, Little Athens will bring approximately 1,115 new residences to the sales market in its first phase.
  • It will provide all the benefits of The Ellinikon, including the park, a short walk to the beach, a growing 24/7 community, and comfortable smart residences.
  • "The Ellinikon is intrinsically rooted in Athenian history and our singular culture," said Odisseas Athanasiou, CEO, LAMDA Development.
  • "Little Athens is an exemplar of this, influenced by local traditions of community, coastal living, and innovation.

Stantec selected to design new STEM building for University of North Texas at Dallas

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Friday, September 29, 2023

EDMONTON, Alberta and DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TSX, NYSE:STN

Key Points: 
  • EDMONTON, Alberta and DALLAS, Sept. 29, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- TSX, NYSE:STN
    Stantec , a global leader in sustainable design, has been selected to provide integrated design services for the new 122,000-square-foot Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) building at the University of North Texas at Dallas (UNTD).
  • The latest addition to the Dallas campus will reflect the logic, rigor, efficiency, and optimism of scientific learning through an innovative design that is clearly and functionally organized.
  • Stantec has steadily helped clients across North America respond to evolving academic and STEM learning, with related projects such as: Yale University Science Building ; The University of Texas at Dallas Sciences Building; University of Lethbridge Science Commons (with KPMB Architects); West Chester University Sciences & Engineering Center ; Central Michigan University Biosciences Building ; Texas A&M University – Corpus Christi Engineering & Life Sciences Research Building; and The University of Texas at Permian Basin School of Engineering Building .
  • Stantec is ranked as a top 10 design firm by Engineering News Record and Architectural Record and ranked the #1 A/E firm by Building Design + Construction for 10 consecutive years.

Seismic Opens New San Diego Headquarters Designed for Growing Hybrid Workforce

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Tuesday, July 18, 2023

Key Points: 
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230718368702/en/
    The pandemic changed the way we work, with human-centric design becoming critical to in-person workplaces .
  • Enabling a workplace that is innovative, inclusive and designed for flexibility demands a strategy to rethink how work gets done – which is why Seismic created its new headquarters with intention.
  • “We are proud to employ a hybrid, global workforce – and with our anticipated business growth, we look forward to continued expansion with local talent.
  • Visit our website to learn more about how companies enable their teams and grow revenue with Seismic.

Foliascreen brings inspiration to educational and commercial workspace

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Thursday, May 11, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The changing nature of the workplace means we need to be more flexible in how we work. By adding the Foliascreen® to a room, educators and those in corporate environments can use the space to expand the creativity of occupants, and the benefits cannot be overstated. Foliascreen gives people the freedom to adapt to the next challenge.

Key Points: 
  • NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- The changing nature of the workplace means we need to be more flexible in how we work.
  • By adding the Foliascreen ® to a room, educators and those in corporate environments can use the space to expand the creativity of occupants, and the benefits cannot be overstated.
  • Foliascreen feels at home in any room and can be tailored to the individual needs of the organization.
  • From improved appearance to a better overall working environment, customers have reaped the benefits of biophilic design using foliascreen.

Embedded, Rooftop Greenspace Lighting Newest Addition to Rooftop Architecture & Design

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Wednesday, May 10, 2023

NASHVILLE, Tenn., May 10, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- UpScapers partners with Italian architects and designers at Roofingreen for yet another first in the America's with a revolutionary embedded lighting system for rooftop green spaces.

Key Points: 
  • UpScapers brings another first to the vertical landscape market with RoofinLight - an embedded rooftop light-design system that integrates perfectly with the Roofingreen rooftop turf system and the Dbase rooftop ceramic tile system for the ultimate rooftop greenspace.
  • "Roofingreen believes the idea of RoofinLight is a reflection on current trends, against the background of an ever greener future."
  • Said Jackie Wiener, Principal at UpScapers
    At a recent trade exhibit in italy, a building's roof terrace has received a makeover.
  • The Roofingreen grass pile, with its highly natural appearance, is illuminated with the new collection of lighting devices designed by Marco Stefanelli.