6.2.08 | After years of experiencing the building through AutoCAD layers and endless combinations of PowerPoint slides, I was finally walking through the door of Haworth Center in Holland, MI. I floated past the greeters in a stupor, and felt my knees go weak. Is this waking life, or am I trapped in a Perkins+Will rendering?

5.26.08 | Sustainable design got a very visible boost this week with the opening of Haworth’'s radically reworked headquarters building. Heralded during its design and construction phases as a model of environmental sensitivity, the structure unveiled on May 21 delivers convincingly on its promise.

5.26.08 | Colebrook, Bosson, Saunders caught my attention over ten years ago when I was trying to find a way to get an 85lb, 21 inch CRT off of my desk. While flat-screen monitors were not price-attractive in those days, at least CBS was thinking along the same lines as I was, and was offering more elegance than was typically of the upright computer carts found in hospitals.

5.5.08 | Introduction
Most architects are faced with significant competition when they decide to compete for a large industrial facility design project; when the process includes both architects and design-build contractors this competition often becomes both more severe and more polarized. And neither the design firm nor the developer is often able to step out of their metaphor for industrial design quality.

3.17.08 | The all-new Milliken Contract New York showroom debuted February 27. Located on the 26^th floor at 875 Avenue of the Americas, the showroom was designed to be an example of sustainable design in the workplace. Transparent interior walls keep the space open to views of the Empire State Building, the Statue of Liberty and Times Square, allowing natural light to enhance nearly every aspect of the showroom.

3.10.08 |A three-some is occurring in New York City. Bill Gross & Associates, Empire Office and Frezza have been getting awful cozy lately, and an unveiling of Frezza’'s new New York City display space in the Bill Gross & Associates showroom located at 257 Park Avenue South was the perfect place for the three to show each other off to all their friends.