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Ocean Groves Boorai Centre keeps a safe outdoor play space close by. Photo: Fred Thompson

Ian Perkins, director of Perkins Architects, has been designing childcare and early learning centres since the mid-1980s.

With almost 100 centres completed, many of which are in the outer suburbs of Melbourne, Perkins has seen their development and growth, as well as their changes over the decades.

"We've always been conscious of allowing children to explore their minds, as well as spaces," he says. "But there is always that fine line between adventure and creating a nurturing and safe environment."

One of the most recent children's hubs completed by Perkins Architects is the Boorai Centre at Ocean Grove.

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Commissioned by the City of Geelong, the brief was to create a range of services for families with young children, from birth to kindergarten years.

A "one-stop shop", the Boorai Centre includes maternal and child health facilities and consulting rooms, together with a wing dedicated to "long day care".

At one end of this wing are rooms designated for younger infants, while at the other are rooms for those of kindergarten age.

Perkins Architects also created a secondary wing for kindergarten children attending sessional groups in the morning or afternoon.

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THE BAGUIO Cathedral is one of 36 structures in the summer capital which Baguio folks have asked to be declared as heritage sites. RICHARD BALONGLONG/INQUIRER NORTHERN LUZON

BAGUIO CITY, PhilippinesAcknowledging the need to make amends for their role in the overdevelopment of the summer capital, a group of architects has started a movement to popularize structures built by American colonial engineers and Filipinos to support a renewed Baguio conservation drive.

Aris Go, Baguio chapter president of the United Architects of the Philippines (UAP), said he and volunteer architects have been examining the foundations, design and building materials of old structures like the Diplomat Hotel at Dominican Hill and the Baguio Cathedral.

The city celebrated its 105th foundation day on Sept. 1.

Go said the group would lay down the principles behind Baguios old structures for an audience of engineers and building professionals, hoping to explain the structural character of the city designed by the late Chicago architect Daniel Burnham.

The move may also inspire Baguio architects to become more protective of these structures, he said.

We polled our [300] members, and about half of them turned out to be building contractors also, who bid for private and government projects, he said. This means some architects have different stakes when they pursue a construction job.

Go spoke at a news conference organized by the Baguio Heritage Foundation, which outlined the progress made in securing heritage status for 36 proposed historic sites here, among them the Baguio Cathedral and the Dominican Hill.

Go offered his apologies on behalf of his fellow architects, for their role in projects that contributed to the loss of landscapes or skylines that should have been preserved.

Joseph Alabanza, former city architect and a heritage foundation member, said he is worried about the overdevelopment of Baguio.

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by Aliyya Swaby | Sep 12, 2014 7:57 am

A two-story central atrium exhibiting community artwork and artifacts. Two child development activity rooms for young people. A teaching kitchen to host cooking classes. A rooftop patio with herb gardens for seniors. A music recording studio adjacent a teen lounge. A half-court gymnasium.

Local architects Regina Winters and Kenneth Boroson showed these features and more in a presentation of preliminary plans for the rebirth of Dixwell Community Q House.

Community members gathered in Wexler Grant Schools auditorium Thursday night responded favorably to the plans and eagerly offered suggestions for new programs and design elements.

We heard you, said Winters, whose company Zared Enterprises was hired to design the center, together with Kenneth Boroson Architects. The architects worked off of a site, a budget and a list of things the community wanted, she said.

The results included design elements tailored to different portions of the community, from kids to seniors, and activities ranging from socializing to skills training.

They did an excellent job of capturing it, said Jacqueline Bracey, the chairwoman of the Concerned Citizens for the Greater New Haven Dixwell Community Q House. She has led the campaign to reopen the center for more than 10 years.

Winters and Boroson proposed a set of symbols to decorate the Q House that would represent the heritage and hard work of the people who fought to re-build it. The design for the Q is a set of concentric circles the inner circle represents family and the outer circle represents house. Together, it literally represents community, Winters said.

The Q House on Dixwell Avenue served as an anchor for the black community through much of the last century, a home away from home for local kids. The 1924 settlement house closed in 2013 after running out of money. The state approved $1 million in March to hire an architect and engineer for the centers pre-development phase, after spending $40,000 for a feasibility study last year. Gov. Dannel P. Malloy is expected to deliver around state bonding money to have the center built.

Mayor Toni Harp made revamping the Q House a cornerstone of her 2013 election campaign.

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Philadelphia, PA (PRWEB) September 12, 2014

Laura Morris, AAHID, LEED AP BD+C, IIDA, Lean Green Belt Principal & Senior Interior Designer at Array Architects is providing design guidance to leading healthcare systems throughout the nation.

She brings an inherent sense of space, accentuates patient-centered care with her designs and improves staff workflows by employing the tenets of process-led lean design. Integral to the success of New York Presbyterian's Milstein Patient Tower renovation project, view this video to learn more about Laura's skill set.

"Laura has helped accelerate our growth as a knowledge-based practice. Integrating Lauras expertise with Array's process-led lean design approach, has resulted in numerous successful projects in her two years with the firm. We are delighted to recognize the contributions she has made to our firm, notes Patricia Malick, AAHID, EDAC, Lean Green Belt, Practice Area Leader for Interior Design.

Laura can be reached at 610-270-0599 and lmorris(at)array-architects(dot)com.

Array Architects offers a full complement of knowledge-based services including planning, architecture, interior design and advisory services. Array is ranked by Modern Healthcare in the top 35 largest firms in the US, by design fees earned in 2013. When comparing fee volume of design firms focused exclusively on healthcare, Array has a #1 ranking across the U.S. In Architectural Records Top 300 List, Array is ranked 83 worldwide.

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Charlotte developer Goode Properties is seeking to rezone 1.7 acres across the street from the Metropolitan development for a mixed-use project that would feature a hotel, residences, offices and retail space.

The project, Baxter Place, would be built on roughly three-quarters of a one-block area east of South Kings Drive. Project plans also call for five townhomes and a six-level, 500-space parking deck.

Goode Properties is requesting that Charlotte City Council approve a rezoning request to allow a 140-foot-tall building on the site. Thats 40 feet above the sites current height restrictions.

Roy Goode, owner of Goode Properties, said the eight-story building would house the hotel and the office and retail space. He said the building needs to be 140 feet tall or the project wouldnt make economic sense, given land values and construction costs.

The site proposed for the project takes up most of the block defined by Luther Street to the north, Cherry Street to the east, Baxter Street to the south and South Kings Drive to the west. Roughly the southeast one-quarter of that block is not part of the project, Goode said.

Total development costs would be around $60 million, he said. Those costs would include demolition of two rental homes on the sites east side, where the townhomes would go.

Goode said no hotel deals have been signed yet. If a hotel deal is not reached, the building would be entirely offices and retail.

Plans for the hotel come in a year that has seen a handful of other hotel projects announced in or near uptown.

For example, a partnership comprising McKibbon Hotel Management of Florida and Charlotte-based Vision Ventures and Mount Vernon Asset Management in June announced plans for a 20-story hotel tower at the EpiCentre entertainment complex. In March, Crescent Communities unveiled plans for an office and hotel development on South Tryon Street.

Charlotte hospitality industry officials have said that having more hotels in uptown could help the city attract larger conventions.

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TM Montante Development the company tackling the conversion of the former Millard Fillmore Hospital complex is launching a construction management firm to handle not only its own development needs but a wide range of work for other clients.

The developer is starting Montante Construction as a full-service company to set and manage the schedules, budgets and full scope of building projects for its sister companies, TM Montante and Montante Solar.

It also will seek to manage construction jobs from third parties.

Currently, Montante is redeveloping the former E.M. Hager Planing Mill on Elm Street near Clinton Street in Buffalo once the home to Spaghetti Warehouse into a mixed-use building with 22 apartments and 10,000 square feet of office space, now occupied by C&S Companies.

It is also leading the redevelopment of the former hospital into a mixture of senior housing, townhomes, condos, apartments, retail space and a community facility.

TM Montante is also developer for the Riverview Solar Technology Park in Tonawanda, with support from its solar-energy affiliate, which was started several years ago.

In all, it has $85 million of projects in various stages of work.

Theyve always been kind of in the development picture, but their profile has seemed to grow recently, said spokesman Phil Pantano. The profile and depth of projects that theyve been taking on has grown.

The new entity will be led by President Douglas Elia, a local construction veteran who served as the key point person for LPCiminelli on several projects across the region, including the Conventus medical office building on Main Street at the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus.

Ciminelli Real Estate Corp. is the developer for that eight-story building, and LPCiminelli is the contractor.

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Construction will be starting soon to kick off two large real estate projects in Prosper.

Both are being developed by Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones Blue Star Land Co.

Work will begin within weeks on utilities to support the Gates of Prosper mixed-use development on Preston Road and U.S. Highway 380. The infrastructure development will also enable construction of the more than 700-acre Star Trail residential community on the planned route of the Dallas North Tollway.

We have to bring in utilities sewer lines are coming from the west, Blue Star CEO Joe Hickman said. We will start within 30 days.

That sewer is a $5 million project, he said. It services almost every piece of our property.

Blue Star Land is teaming up with Lincoln Property to build the first phase of the 500-acre Gates of Prosper at the northeast corner of Preston and U.S. 380.

Lincoln Property is the same firm thats partnered with the Dallas Cowboys on their new headquarters and mixed-use project in Frisco.

About 300,000 square feet of retail space has been proposed for the first phase.

Other portions of the Gates of Prosper will contain office buildings, apartments and more retail.

Hickman said the plan is to start building the shopping center early next year.

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Restoration Hardware reported earnings recently and its revenue growth showed a significant deceleration in comparison to what investors have come to expect. Nonetheless, for investors with a long-term outlook, Restoration Hardware has a plan in place to keep growth robust, thus allowing for long-term stock gains.

Its past growth is undeniable Restoration Hardware is luxury to the core, vintage yet modern timeless designs, selling home improvement furniture and goods created by hundreds of small and medium-sized vendors who sell specifically to Restoration Hardware.

Albeit, Restoration Hardware's stock traded lower on Thursday after quarterly earnings revealed that revenue growth decelerated from prior quarters. In the second quarter, comparable sales increased just 13% year over year, which represents a significant slow-down from what investors are used to seeing, such as 20% to 30% comparable growth over the last two years. Nonetheless, when compared to other home improvement retailers, Restoration Hardware's growth is undeniable.

To explain, Restoration Hardware's most recent quarter's comparable sales growth can be seen below, compared to home improvement competitors Lumber Liquidators , Home Depot , and Lowe's Companies . In addition to the single-quarter performance, the same period for the previous two years is also included, further illustrating the degree of growth for Restoration Hardware long term.

Quarter/Year

Restoration Hardware

Lumber Liquidators

Lowe's

Home Depot

Q2/2014

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With the late morning sun back-lighting them, the stained glass windows in the sanctuary at First Presbyterian Church look as resplendent as they did when master glassmakers David and John Povey installed them in 1910.

They used warm colors because of the gray days we so often have here, said Lynne Neville, who is a member of the churchs stained glass restoration project.

Started with fundraising in 2011, the project has restored two of the main windows, which were buckling over time due to softening of the leading and came (a kind of putty) that holds the stained glass pieces together.

But a closer look shows that the newly restored windows are cleaner, straighter and let in more light.

The middle panel of one window, the Good Shepherd, is completed, but the side panels feature white boards to hold the place of the glass panels now under renovation by a Mill City stained glass artist.

Still awaiting funding for full restoration is a piece called Jesus Knocking at the Door.

That title inspired the idea for a tour of historic homes and sites to benefit the glass restoration effort, Neville said.

Participants not only will get an inside look at some of Corvallis most significant historic homes, they will get a look at some innovative recent restoration projects.

For example, the 1905-06 Horner House, built by John and Isabelle Horner, whose collection formed the basis for a museum collection, has been occupied by its current owners only since November. They are in the midst of an extensive interior remodel to make the house functional for the 21st century but also preserving its historic features.

Proceeds from the house will go to the Jesus Knocking window restoration, which is set for 2015.

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