Sadlerstone tiles are a combination of natural materials using cement
as the binder, producing a beautiful and durable material appropriate
to a wide range of applications including floors and walls. The
manufacturing process produces large and very dense slabs cut into
standard tile sizes.
The plan is to greatly increase the inventory of our core products,
expand our ‘green’ line of tiles and slabs, stock US manufactured
premium quality porcelain tiles and add to our well known natural stone
tile series ‘SpecSTONE’. In order to accomplish this plan, SpecCeramics
has just acquired a brand new warehouse/corporate office building in
the city of Fullerton, California.
The hospitality segment came later to the sustainability party than most in the contract sector, but it's catching up fast. Anna Marie Fanelli, a New Jersey designer, said, "We've seen sustainable or green design start commercially at the high end, but this isn't just a trend. It will become a mainstay at different levels of the market."
The new firm is maintaining a "heads down," "design as usual" style and is primarily focused on the numerous prestigious commissions already won in New York, Houston, Los Angeles, Tokyo and Shanghai. Rottet notes the transition to an independent practice has provided new creative opportunities as well as the flexibility to craft a practice with low overhead, efficient and experienced staff and a real sensitivity to clients' needs.
Tamares Group Chief Executive and Chairman Poju Zabludowicz, of
Liechtenstein, has twice attempted to build an art museum in downtown
Las Vegas. And there’s no guarantee a third attempt will be the charm
for the owner of the Plaza and other downtown casinos.
Brilliant inventions usually result when someone asks the right
question at the right time. Taja Sevelle, the founder and executive
director of Urban Farming, a Detroit-based nonprofit dedicated to
eradicating hunger, had just such a query for architect Robin Osler
when the two met last year for the first time.
SWA booked $32 million in revenue for the year ended June 30, double
its revenue for fiscal 2004. It is the second-largest landscape
architecture firm in the United States, in addition to land planning
and landscape-based urban design.