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who’s who From births to promotions, see what your fellow NE W H members are up to Besa Lighting’s new website Trump International Las Vegas Patterson, Flynn & Martin introduces its new and improved website. Search classic and contemporary floorcovering collections, including carpet styles, rugs, borders, and custom work. Feature collections have been created by renowned guest designers such as Matthew Patrick Smyth, David Kleinberg, Kelly Wearstler, and Paule Marot. www.pattersonflynnmartin.com. Debra King McGowan, principal of Lam McGowan, gave birth to Sydney Anne McGowan on March 28 in New York City. Stacey Bran has joined the Washington, DC office of ForrestPerkins as an interior designer, working on luxury hotels. Bran is also planning her Memorial Day 2009 wedding to Jason Adolf. Vanessa Tefft, hospitality specialist with Humanscale for the Los Angeles area, recently got engaged to Joshua Stern at the Top of the Mark Hopkins Hotel in San Francisco. They will wed next spring in her hometown of Pasadena, California, at the Langham Huntington Hotel. The annual Bering & James Holiday Box Show is doing an open call to all artists. This year’s sale kicks off the first weekend of December and will run through the entire month. Forty-five percent of each art sale is given to the artist and a portion of the proceeds benefits DelPechin Children’s Center. For more information, log on to beringandjames.com. Merry N. Landis of Fine Art Resources/Art Consulting & Design, which specializes in art for the health care industry, will provide artwork for several facilities run by Genesis Healthcare Corporation. Landis also 8 nove mber 2008 www.newh.org tel 800.593.NEWH Sydney Anne McGowan Barlow Tyrie’s showhouse Nell Foster Jason Adolf and Stacey Bran Vanessa Tefft Victoria Erickson With a contemporary design that more closely reflects the style of their products, Besa Lighting has relaunched BesaLighting.com. Highlights include a professional rep search tool, a news section, easier navigation, and information on the company’s handcrafted glass complete with a brief video about the glass blowers. The Dallas office of Leo A Daly took home two top hospitality design awards from the American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) Texas Chapter as part of the society’s 2008 Legacy of Design Awards program: first place in the hospitality service category for the Hilton Irvine, Irvine, California, and second place in the hospitality service category for the Renaissance Pere Marquette, New Orleans. The awards were presented during the Legacy of Design Awards Celebration on Friday, August 15 in Dallas. White Associates Lighting is proud to introduce its newest member of its sales team, Matthew Girouard. UK Chapter member Lisa Banholzer of LMB Arts, Ltd. recently gave birth to six-pound, four-ounce Nell Foster. Make Be-Leaves recently completed an installation of high-end retirement community University Village in Thousand Oaks, California. Dallas based Purchasing Management International (PMI), one of the leading hospitality procurement companies, has completed the FF&E purchasing for Trump International Condominium Hotel & Tower in Las Vegas. The project consists of new construction of luxury 1875 units, corridors, public spaces, and restaurant. announces that her son and daughter-in-law are expecting their first child in mid November. Robert Meaders joined Roswell, Georgiabased Randall-Paulson Architects as a consultant to rebrand the company’s hospitality design studio. Pinnacle Lighting Agency, representing fine lighting and furniture manufacturers to the hospitality industry in the Dallas/Ft. Worth, Texas area, has begun representing Century Industries custom lighting. JANUS et Cie opened a new showroom in Dallas, in the city’s design district. Contact: 1525 Hi Line Dr., Ste. B, Dallas, TX 75207, 214.712.0003 Victoria Erickson, principal of Erickson Communications, a Las Vegas- and Seattlebased consulting firm, recently received her pilots license. The Carroll Adams Group announces new hires: Diane Bryan as a project manager; Sandy Webb as a project manager, who will handle OS&E procurement; and Gary Jilek. The Orlando-based firm also has several projects in the works including the Hilton Orlando Convention Center, W New Orleans City Center, the Westin Diplomat Resort and Spa in Hollywood, Florida, the W Vieques, Martineau Bay in Vieques, Puerto Rico, and multiple aloft locations. A new blog called studio g recently launched. It will discuss landscape design and hospitality design as it relates to gardens and all the things that go into making great outdoor spaces. www.greayer.com/studiog > http://www.BesaLighting.com http://www.pattersonflynnmartin.com http://www.beringandjames.com http://www.greayer.com/studiog http://www.newh.org

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of NEWH - November 2008

NEWH - November 2008
Contents
News
Who’s Who
Conference Roundup
Have you Seen?
Product Know-How
On the Scene
Service
Scholarship
Sustainability: Point of View
Sustainability: Green Luncheon
Cover Story: A Stone’s Throw
Project: Ice Spa
Project: Gene Juarez
New Members
Save the Date
Partner Profiles

NEWH - November 2008