The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development in early June completed America’s first PATH Concept Home in Omaha, Neb., featuring more than 60 efficient, sustainable and flexible products and systems all in one affordable home.
“With the PATH Concept Home, HUD has created a blueprint for the future of the American Dream by using innovative housing technologies that support our goals of sustainability, efficiency and flexibility in an affordable home,” HUD Assistant Secretary Darlene F. Williams told the gathering of more than 100 visitors at the ribbon-cutting event and open house held here. “June is National Homeownership Month, and we are excited to showcase a home that is affordable to purchase, maintain and renovate as families and their needs change over time.”
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Pacific Controls announced that its HQ Building was awarded the Digie Award for the Digital Real Estate – Extreme Office Building – International, category at Realcomm 2007 on 4th June at Boston, USA.
Dilip Rahulan, Chairman and CEO of Pacific Controls, on receipt of the Award said “We are delighted to receive the Digie Award 2007. It tells us and our clients that our efforts to showcase the concept of Intelligent green buildings has won Global Recognition, We deserve to be singled out for creating a trend in sustainable development and deployment of State of the Art Converged IP Technology in buildings. The Digie Award further recognizes our ability to meet the marketplace technology needs”.
Each year, Realcomm presents the most innovative real estate companies, individuals, and solution providers with the prestigious “Digie” Award. This award is designed to recognize the most forward-thinking leaders in commercial real estate who are making the greatest impact through the use of technology and automation. (more…)
Home Design Studio 11.0, a new consumer-level 3-D architecture program, is aimed at people who want to remodel a room, design a home, or landscape a yard.
Punch Software, well known for consumer-level design software for the PC, has created Home Design Studio for the Mac from the ground up, and the Mac version has benefited from the company’s experience on the Windows platform. The interface is good enough to get you up and designing right out of the box.
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Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK) announced today updates to its portfolio of academic software solutions, which promote project-based learning and provide worldwide access to the same cutting-edge, 3D design tools used by industry leading professionals. The innovative design curriculum included in Autodesk’s academic software has been developed for educators by educators, and provides the necessary tools to inspire and support tomorrow’s generation of future engineers, architects and designers.
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While many people gravitate to a particular condominium development because of its exterior architecture or fabulous location, it is the interior design that should really be the focus.
It’s true that in this era, with the allure of hot neighborhoods running high, that is tough to do. It’s a lot more fun to daydream about socializing in the wine bar across the street or luxuriating in the spa downstairs.
But if a person is really serious about condo living, she will think much more about her actual living space than what shops, restaurants and galleries are down the street.
Because there is immense truth to the cliché that home is where the heart is, interior designers focus their work on the abode itself. Yes, the neighborhood around the home — whether single-family or condo — is important and helps drive interior design. But ultimately, the living space is what residents will really bond with for years to come. (more…)
