The Metropolitan at Reston Town Center is a new high-rise luxury apartment building with plenty of amenities and high-end finishes.

The chic interior design is enhanced by tasteful contemporary works by Washington area artists. The most striking feature is the rooftop — a combination of open-air pool and terrace, along with a 12,000-square-foot enclosed entertainment, fitness and lounge area.

The apartments are at the western end of the pedestrian-friendly Reston Town Center, a multi-block mixed-use development that includes an outdoor shopping mall, homes, offices and outdoor entertainment space. At the center of it all, an open-air plaza holds a large ice skating rink in winter and music and other events the rest of the year. Read more…

Indianapolis-based The Exhibit House has named Mike Crosson as its president and CEO. Crosson previously served as CEO of retail strategy and design firm JGA. He succeeds Exhibit House owner Jeff Hoffman, who will become the company’s chairman. General Manager Jerry Frisby will continue his duties. The Exhibit House is a full service display and exhibit designer/builder.

Veteran visual and experiential design executive Mike Crosson has been named president and CEO of The Exhibit House, the national exhibit and display designer builder based here in Indianapolis.
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ALBION — The Orleans Economic Development Agency is planning a new building for the Medina Business Park.

But right now that facility, a proposed light manufacturing and warehousing business, is pixels on a screen because it is being virtually constructed for the time being, according to Village of Medina Zoning and Code Enforcement Officer Martin Busch.

“This is a unique project,” Busch said Thursday at the Orleans County Planning Board meeting. “It’s as much a marketing tool as it is a site plan. You will be able to virtually tour the building.” Read more…

Moroccan Furniture and Home decor importer adopts fair trade practices
Moroccan furniture and home decor importer proactively adopts fair trade practices. The popularity of Moroccan Furnishings and home decor has Skyrocketed the demand for such rare and unique items in North America. The Moroccan Bazaar (http://www.themoroccanbazaar.com), the largest importer of Moroccan furniture and home decor, announces the adoption of new purchasing standards in an effort to adhere to its principle of promoting the Moroccan handmade industry while displaying a socially responsible relationship with the artisans’ community.
Despite the increasing demand for Moroccan home decor and furniture, global competition from manufactured imitation from China and India, rise of raw material and falling prices have squeezed the earning potentials of Artisans to new lows. In the face of deteriorating workplace, The Moroccan Bazaar has developed a new approach to its purchasing procedures. Read more…

NEO MART company, a furniture shop with a concept of “sleek, modern and contemporary” will be opened today. Situated at Unit 9, 10 and 11, Complex 116 of Kampung Delima Satu, the three storey establishment consists of furniture products of these concepts consisting of sofas, children’s furniture and lamps. Hand-picked from various countries across the region, the prices of its quality products are of middle range. Read more…

To reduce building design industry’s impact on environment, key leaders in sector are collaborating to establish carbon-neutral buildings by 2030. AIA, ASHRAE, Architecture 2030, IESNA, and USGBC, supported by representatives of DOE, finalized agreement of understanding, establishing common starting point and goal of net zero energy buildings. Agreement allows building sector to design buildings that use less energy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To reduce the building design industry’s impact on the environment, key leaders in that sector are collaborating to establish carbon-neutral buildings by the year 2030. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE), Architecture 2030, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA), and the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), supported by representatives of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), finalized an agreement of understanding this week, establishing a common starting point and a goal of net zero energy buildings. Read more…

John Sperath, president of Blue Ribbon Residential Construction, has announced that the company has received the 2007 Star Award for Best Attic Over $100,000 from the Home Builders Association of Raleigh-Wake County. A panel of expert judges from within the industry selected the winners. Blue Ribbon is an award winning, fully licensed residential contracting firm that provides interior and exterior remodeling services.

“I am proud that Blue Ribbon has received the 2007 Star Award for Best Attic over $100,000,” said Sperath. “It indicates the respect and appreciation we have received from our peers and the hard work of our team.”
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Lisa Peck and Kristen Mengelkoch, partners in Pisa Design, are making Context, the team’s just-launched magazine on home, inspiration and design, available for download on the web. This issue of the magazine is titled Nesting.

Feature articles include “Wild Design,” an article about the courting rituals of the bowerbird. In the rainforest of eastern Australia interior design is for the birds. And nesting has taken on a whole different look. But this accomplished architect is not who you might expect.
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Some people go to the spa for rejuvenation, finding new energy in mud baths and seaweed wraps. I go to home furnishings markets. As I cruise each aisle, checking out what’s new and hot in home interior design, my step gets a little lighter and my outlook a little brighter.

But nothing gets my spirits soaring more than the Big Daddy of them all, the huge home furnishings market in High Point, N.C. High Point is aptly named, because it is always the high point of my year as a retail buyer. It’s at this huge market that you see design trends being born and spot the up-and-coming colors and styles. Read more…

Ami Baxter and Leanne Pergande know there’s more to interior design than picking out wallpaper.

Baxter and Pergande moved beyond the home decorating aspect of interior design when they launched their Fargo firm, Firefly Designs, two years ago.

The duo offers event design and event coordinating – an arena that includes creating an event’s concept with invitations, centerpieces, invitations, party favors and other design elements. Read more…