Six firms have been announced winners in Shaw Contract Group‘s fourth annual Design Is… Award competition. The award recognizes inspirational and visionary design across the commercial interiors landscape. Participating projects had to feature Shaw Contract Group carpet as the predominant flooring in the space. “The Design…

Japanese designer Yusuke Hara of [Designkit], a design firm in Tokyo, has recently been awarded the Grand Prize in the Interior Design Category at the 2009 World Space Creators Awards for his project “scramble perpective”.

The names of the winners of the first Commerce Design Brussels contest have recently been announced at a gala event held at the Fondation pour l’Architecture in Brussels, Belgium. Developed based on an original concept from the Ville de Montréal, the contest aims to reward merchants in the Brussels region…

President Obama’s stimulus package has the country thinking “infrastructure” with a focus on urban environments and mass transit. Although these projects are not shovel ready, some students graduating from New York’s School of Visual Arts have designed transportation centers that enhance travel coast to coast.…

The Wing Luke Asian Museum in Seattle, WA, designed by Rick Sundberg, FAIA LEED AP of Olson Sundberg Kundig Allen Architects has received awards in two major national design competitions: a Great Places Award given by the Environmental Design Research Association (EDRA), Places:…

Via Metropolitan Home: Top honors go to Karman Ng for a refreshingly modern design of his Berkeley, CA home that speaks to mid-century sensibilities, cutting-edge trends, artistic expression and most of all the needs of his young family. Living…

Communication Design Montréal announced the Grands Prix of the third edition of the Creativity Montréal annual contest to over 500 design, architecture and communications professionals. These awards were presented in the commercial, office development and urban integration sectors. Grand Prix Winner: Michel…

The AIA/Los Angeles announced winners of the judges’ choice, as well as the people’s choice, in the 2008 Restaurant Design Awards, marking the fourth year of the AIA/LA’s much-anticipated awards program that recognizes the very best in restaurant, café, and lounge design. AIA/LA received over forty submissions in the…

The Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario (ARIDO) announced the winners of its 24th annual ARIDO Awards of Excellence at a gala dinner at the Direct Energy Centre. Among the winners were six Awards of Excellence and 17 Awards of Merit. This prestigious awards program honours innovation, creativity and…

Historic Hotel Wins 7th Annual CINTAS contest CINCINNATI, OH, August 27, 2008 – The finest restroom in America is in the five-star Hermitage Hotel in Nashville, Tennessee - says the Internet public who cast online ballots in the 7th annual “America’s Best Restroom” contest presented by Cincinnati-based Cintas Corporation, a…