Architecture & Design
Meet the 2012 MHN Excellence Award Finalists
Winners will be announced September 24 at the MHN Excellence Awards Cocktail Party in New York. Register today!
MHN Interview: What’s Old is New Again with GDC
GDC Properties recently completed an adaptive-reuse luxury community in DUMBO, Brooklyn. MHN speaks with Adam Ginsburg, co-chairman of GDC Properties, about this development and why he feels there’s a benefit to rehabbing older commercial properties into residential communities.
We Have a Winner for the MHN/RENTCafe Dream Apartment Pinterest Contest
After much deliberation, we have picked a winner for the MHN/RENTCafe Dream Apartment Pinterest contest. Congratulations to Jamie Lynn Natole, director of sales, design, social media and marketing at NM Residential!
Acoustic Ceiling Panels Enhance Your Amenity Package
While sound proofing is a definite must inside units, there are certain applications where it makes sense to provide an environment with enhanced acoustics. Media rooms, business centers, lobbies and clubhouses can all benefit from better environmental acoustics, and CertainTeed has just what you need.
Designers: Share Your Projects with ASI ‘Power of Materials’ Contest
Innovative materials help create multifamily spaces that stand apart. Architectural Systems, Inc. (ASI) wants to showcase those properties on its website and is now accepting entries for its Power of Materials Contest. Enter your best and most recent project photos from global rental, condo and mixed-use properties and you could win an iPad. The contest ends September 7. Send high-resolution images along with your headshot and a description of the project along with an explanation of how ASI products met the design intent and helped support the client’s business objectives. Email materials to greddick@archsystems.com by September 7.
MHN Interview: Tricks of the Trade for Staging Luxury Apartments
MHN talks to Cheryl Eisen, president, Interior Marketing Group, on how staging an apartment could make all the difference in closing the deal.
California Struggles with $1.7 Billion Loss in Redevelopment Funding
While this event may have been a blip on the screens of national developers, caution is in order for the multi-housing industry as a whole. Redevelopment agencies have been abolished in California, and it’s not a trend developers would like to see spread to the other 48 states.
California Faucets Revives Art Deco
California Faucets has unveiled a new line of faucet designs that pay homage to Art Deco, the eclectic design style of that began in Paris in the 1920s and quickly spread overseas. The company’s new collection features three different faucet designs each with their own blend of retro flare.
When Choosing a Deck, Pick One to Last
The resort-style pool and sun deck is really the shining star of the rental amenity space. It is also the most expensive to construct and maintain. There are a lot of choices out there when it comes to deck materials, but the sheer volume of traffic an apartment deck sees makes composite construction a necessity.
Look to Snaidero for Common Area Kitchens that ‘Wow’
Common area kitchens are becoming an increasingly important amenity, especially for the current generation of renters that seek to sometimes entertain in-house rather than out on the town. Snaidero has a kitchen for every type of building, and can create a product that is as unique as your property.