Key Contact: Jim Black, principal/architect
Active Regions: Southeast, Mid-Atlantic, Northeast
In Their Own Words:
Forum Architecture & Interior Design Inc., based in Altamonte Springs, Fla. (Orlando), is a full-service architectural firm specializing in planning, architecture and interior design. Founded in 1986 by its principals James B. Black and R. Norman Stoehr, Forum currently maintains a staff of approximately 50 design professionals. Forum is a full-service architectural firm that has designed over 50,000 apartment units and 4,500 timeshare units in 12 states. (more…)
STEVE KIERAN STOPS BRIEFLY to survey the Chesapeake Bay from the living room of his half-built house. It’s a great view, but today he’s most interested in what’s inside the walls of his utility room.
“Look at that,” Kieran says, leading me into a small, tidy space filled with neat bundles of flexible orange tubing. Bolted to the wall is a row of black manifold boxes, each the size of a coffee cup. “It’s beautiful. It’s like the engine of a car.” He’s right; it looks less like a typical utility space – meters and junction boxes crammed with wires that splay off in all directions – and more like a piece of industrial design, crafted with planning and precision. And for good reason: This room and two more like it hold the house’s high tech systems. It arrived at the site as a single unit stuffed with a tankless water heater, pumps, and other equipment ready to hook into the air, water, data, and power systems. (more…)
In a first, the Australian International Furniture Fair will feature Decoration + Design at the three day Sydney event which opens on Wednesday 7 February 2007 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour.
A highlight of the 2007 event is Milou Ket, international speaker and founder of Netherlands design consultancy Milou Ket Styling & Design. She is the key note speaker of the 2007 International Industry Seminar Series. Specialising in wood and metal furniture, Milou has worked with companies including Ikea, Royal Auping, Esprit Home, British Home Stores, House of Fraser and Debenhams. Milou has published several styling books, is a guest columnist for many publications, and an advisor and consultant to Swarovski. She will be joined by Australian industry experts who will discuss interior trends, products and colour forecasts. (more…)
