Crown has earned the GOOD DESIGN Award for its ESR 1000 Series reach trucks. The jury was particularly impressed by Crown’s technological innovations, including the newly developed Gena operating system and Xpress Lower mast lowering function.
The award was presented by the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design and the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies. Earlier, in 2020, the ESR 1000 Series also won the International Intralogistics and Forklift Truck of the Year (IFOY) Award in recognition of its many innovations relating to productivity, connectivity and operator safety.
Transport and logistical services provider Voigt Logistik has been using the reach truck for some time, and has been impressed by the forklift’s capabilities: “Crown’s recently launched ESR 1000 Series is a reach truck that our operators really appreciate for its many innovative features, such as Auto Height Select, Capacity Data Monitor and the new, intuitiv
Never dull: the car designs of Chris Bangle
By Autocar of Autocar |
Few designers have split public opinion quite like Chris Bangle.
Even today, some argue his approach to design produced the most unpalatable BMWs in the company’s history. Others insist his brilliant pencil strokes finally lured BMW out of the styling rut it was stuck in while inspiring scores of rivals to take new design approaches of their own.
But even though he left BMW in 2009, it s a mark of his impact that he is still very much a presence in automotive design, and he has just won the
Liberty Place is a premium grade office and retail precinct located in the heart of Sydney’s CBD, with dual frontages to Pitt Street and Castlereagh Street.
Designed by reputed architecture studio FJMT, Liberty Place was honoured at the 2015 International Architecture Awards by the Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design, in collaboration with the European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
The International Architecture Awards recognise excellence in architecture and urbanism from a global perspective, looking towards the future for design aesthetics.
Liberty Place comprises of three very different architectural forms: The first is the ANZ Tower, a 42-level premium grade office tower that stands out on the Sydney skyline with its distinctive glass walls. Next is 167 Castlereagh Street, a boutique 3-level commercial building featuring interesting curves and ProdEX exterior cladding panels in a vibrant Pale colour.
Airport’s Culturally Inspired Landscape Garners Surfacedesign Honors
Airport’s Culturally Inspired Landscape Garners Surfacedesign Honors
Surfacedesign won a 2020 American Architecture Award for its work at Auckland International Airport (AKL). The honor in the Urban Planning/Landscape Architecture category was awarded by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
“Because 75 percent of New Zealand’s visitors land in Auckland, airport management wanted to highlight the country’s historic land-use practices at and around the terminal,” says Surfacedesign Co-Founding Partner and Auckland project lead James A. Lord, FASLA. “Our ecological landscape design is culturally rooted, informed by New Zealand’s centuries-old agrarian traditions from its indigenous Maori settlers and European immigrants in the 1800s.”
Boise State News December 16, 2020
Over 130 buildings and urban plans from a shortlist of over 400 projects have won 2020 American Architecture Awards in a competition organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Boise State’s Center for the Visual Arts is among them.
The CVA is one of 11 winners in the Culture and Museums category. Its designer, HGA, submitted the building for consideration.
“This tremendous award confirms the Center for the Visual Arts project achieved two vital goals,” said Kathleen Keys, interim director of the School of the Arts. “The creation of a world class art research, teaching and learning facility, and simultaneously a brilliant work of architecture and design. The CVA mirrors Boise State’s commitment to the arts and significantly impacts the regional landscape with remarkable and dazzling contemporary architecture.”