by laura | Dec 31, 2010 | Business & People News
Whirlpool Corp. has opened a new “World of Whirlpool” facility in Chicago that will serve a resource for designers and trade customers. With nearly 30,000 sq. ft., the location will showcase the company’s home appliance brands. “We’ve worked hard since...
by laura | Dec 30, 2010 | Business & People News
Hanwha Surfaces has launched a new online fulfillment ordering system designed to provide quick solutions for architects, designers and distributors of the company’s quartz surface products. The online system, created in an effort to streamline orders, allows users to...
by laura | Dec 22, 2010 | Business & People News
GE Appliances & Lighting plans to provide a whole-home solution for energy management that looks at the entire home, including the kitchen. Using varied technologies from programmable thermostats to GE Profile Appliances enabled with Brillion technology to energy...
by laura | Dec 20, 2010 | Business & People News
Canyon Creek Cabinet Company donated the cabinetry for two new homes in Oregon built for veterans with serious disabilities and injuries. The homebuilding was spearheaded by Homes For Our Troops (HFOT), a national non-profit that raises money, and donates building...
by laura | Dec 17, 2010 | Business & People News
According to the National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA), kitchen and bath dealers expect marginal improvement in market conditions this quarter despite a decline in showroom visits, sales volumes, remodeling budgets and revenue last quarter. “Rather than buy a...
by laura | Dec 17, 2010 | Business & People News
As we wheeze our way to the finish line in 2010, I’m sure we’re all breathing a collective sigh of relief that it’s over. A lot of people predicted that 2009 was going to be the bottom of the housing market. We heard it from pundits and I heard it directly from...
by laura | Dec 16, 2010 | Business & People News
Hansgrohe AG has certified its products in the new IAPMO R&T Inc. Green Certification program. This listing identifies products that are water-efficient based on the water use reduction when compared to the water use baseline indicated in each specification....
by laura | Dec 15, 2010 | Business & People News
Duravit has partnered for the first time with Habitat for Humanity’s Gwinnett, Alabama branch. The company’s U.S. headquarters recently supported the local Habitat chapter with the donation of fixtures for four family townhomes and through volunteer work for a local...
by laura | Dec 15, 2010 | Business & People News
Principal of organicArchitect in San Francisco, Eric Corey Freed was 8 when he knew he wanted to be an architect and 10 when he attended a service at Beth Sholom Synagogue and discovered Frank Lloyd Wright: “I’m sitting in the seat and as birds are flying overhead,...
by laura | Dec 14, 2010 | Business & People News
Dornbracht has earned Interior Design magazine’s Best of Year Award in the kitchen fittings category for its water dispensers, as well as a win in the bath fittings category for its Performing Shower (pictured). The Best of Year Award program invites architects and...
