This small, taut building, surrounded by Royal Palms and faced with four-story high metal fabric sunscreens, is the furthest thing imaginable from a sheriff’s department. The Omega 1510 tames the southern California sun for the employees inside. Architect Carter & Burgess

The Commonwealth Medical Education College is the first Allopathic College of Medicine to open in Pennsylvania in approximately 60 years. The new facility serves more than 500 students with 175 full-time equivalent faculty members, plus support personnel. Highland Associates designed the project in collaboration with HOK. The 4-story 119,000 square foot East Wing includes a 250 seat auditorium and two 190 seat lecture halls, where FlutterFree® was utilized to both enhance the natural acoustics of the spaces and promote cross communication in the learning environment. Repost from RPG Facebook page

Annette Strauss Artist Square – Zinc Panel Feature Wall – http://bit.ly/zYXVLi

The Mellow Mushroom pizza chain assigned the construction of its new restaurant, located in Charlotte, North Carolina (USA), to the architecture firm Tobin Starr + Partners. The three suspended ceilings, which are the focal point and masterpiece of the restaurant, were designed in the image of the flying carpets of the Arabian Nights tales. For more information visit http://tinyurl.com/86tuu6l

Architects and designers admire GKD Metal Fabrics because they are functional, versatile and handsome, and they’ve been used successfully in many, very different, projects. They have been specified throughout the world for exterior facades, sunscreens, suspended ceilings, walls, columns cladding, floors and infill.

Are you looking for a way to make your swimming pool or spa area more interesting? Check out the following projects using Clipso technical fabrics with digital print on walls and/or ceilings of swimming pools. The technical fabric comes in an antibacterial finish so no need to worry about mold, in combination with an acoustical backing it can also improve the acoustics in the space. For more information visit http://tiny.cc/y9o3h

A distinguished modernist building, designed by the international architectural firm Kohn, Pedersen, Fox, houses the Rothermere American Institute in Oxford, were strict requirements with regard to glare, solar control and UV protection led the architects to consider the design of a glass louvre brise-soleil. More here: http://tiny.cc/vvjh4

The Orange County Library in Orange, CA is a great example for translucent serpentine curved ceiling. The designer used Radians with a Perry Blue finish. For more information visit http://tiny.cc/go1y8

Verdi Cinemas is a Barcelona trademark for those who love good movies. The Verdi’s screening of films created by auteurs has made a complex synonymous with quality cinema. For its 20th anniversary in 2007 the cinemas decided to renovate its auditorium. The goal was to be able to offer outstanding comfort as well as great films. The cinema operators chose the 9106 model of the Megaseat collection an exceptionally roomy and comfortable chair. For more information visithttp://tiny.cc/sbhnn

Staircase Special! Look at those projects using Crisand glass for staircases. The projects show different application of glass in a staircase. The Art Gallery project in New York for example does not use any metal elements just the glass to hold the stairs in place. If you look closely in the images the staircase almost disappears. For more information visithttp://tiny.cc/y2sba