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Documentary and Exhibition: Craft in America American craftsmanship, from ceramics to furniture, takes center stage in a three-part documentary that debuts on PBS in May. Read about the series and a related traveling exhibition.

Green Is the Word Not to be confused with New York's River House apartments by Bottomley, Wagner & White, the Riverhouse condominium by Polshek Partnership Architects, the Rockwell Group, and Ismael Leyva Architects welcomes residents this fall. The developer, the Sheldrake Organization, is gunning for LEED Gold based on the building's many eco-friendly aspects. Our Web site has details.

Interiors 07 Event Picks An eco-interiors case-study presentation and architecture tours of San Francisco will be just two of the highlights at Interiors 07, the ASID conference in March. Click to get more information about the don’t-miss events there.

Blue Skies Ahead Coop Himmelb(l)au will complete its first U.S. public project in July: an expansion of Ohio's Akron Art Museum, a 19th-century Renaissance revival building. The 63,000-square-foot new structure is notable fora 300-foot-long cantilevered steel armature—as renderings and construction photos posted on the Web reveal.

eWalk-Through Furniture impresario Guy Cnop, who used to carry a mix of manufacturers' wares at his three adjacent Los Angeles showrooms, has now converted them into a single 6,200-square-foot showcase exclusively for Ligne Roset's growing collections. The company's interior architect, Benoit Duranson, collaborated on the transformation.

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