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Landscape Forms, North America's largest manufacturer of site furniture, today announced a creative collaboration with Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP. The new Concord collection, including benches, litter receptacles, bike racks, and light poles, will be introduced in January 2011. With this collaboration, Landscape Forms joins a select group of manufacturers in the Robert A.M. Stern Collection of furnishings and architectural finishes.

"Robert Stern Architects has an iconic reputation for a kind of design that is different from what we typically do," said Bill Main, president of Landscape Forms. "It challenges us to reach beyond our comfort zone. The firm's work makes reference to historical form and interprets traditional design vocabularies in new ways. That opens opportunities for us within an area of the market where we have not worked before. We believe that clients who value Stern's work have a real appreciation for quality, which is a natural fit with what we do."

"We invest a good deal of time and research in choosing our partners," said Alexander P. Lamis, managing partner for Robert A.M. Stern Designs. "Each is a market leader with a reputation for outstanding design, superb performance, and unparalleled customer service; each shares our commitment to environmental responsibility. Landscape Forms satisfies all these criteria. We have established a sympathetic relationship that I'm confident will provide the market with an outstanding collection of site furniture."

Landscape Forms, founded in 1969, is based in Kalamazoo, Michigan, with sales offices and installations throughout North America, the United Kingdom, the United Arab Emirates, Japan, and Southern Europe. Clients include municipalities, transit centers, corporations, academic institutions, and healthcare providers. Landscape Forms was recently listed among The Wall Street Journal's Top 15 Small Workplaces in the United States. For more information, please go to www.landscapeforms.com.

On Wednesday, July 7, 2010 Alexander Lamis, Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, appeared with Lisa Green of Selldorf Architects on the Beyond Architecture panel discussion at the Center for Architecture in New York City. Moderated by Donald Albrecht, Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York, the panel explored the historical and contemporary involvement of architects in product design.

Alexander P. Lamis, AIA, joined Robert A.M. Stern Architects in 1983 and has been a Partner in the firm since 1999. In addition to his architectural projects, Mr. Lamis manages Robert A.M. Stern Interiors, LLC, which provides interior design services to the firm’s architecture projects, and Robert A.M. Stern Design, LLC, which licenses the firm’s product designs.

Annabelle Selldorf is the founder and principal of Selldorf Architects, which currently employs 35 architects, designers, and support staff. Selldorf Architects has won numerous awards for its work, which includes cultural and arts, institutional, commercial, and high-end retail and residential projects. Ms. Selldorf is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame in 2006.

Donald Albrecht is the Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York and an independent curator. Recent exhibitions include Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future and The High Style of Dorothy Draper. His latest exhibition, Cars, Culture, and the City, co-curated with Phil Patton, opened in March at the Museum.

The event was presented by the AIA New York Chapter and held on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 from 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM at the Center for Architecture in New York City, located at 536 LaGuardia Place.

05/15/10 – Robert A.M. Stern Collection and Bentley Prince Street Introduce Modern Block

Today Bentley Prince Street introduced Modern Block, a new collection of carpet designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

“Since 2003 we have been creating floorcoverings with Robert A.M. Stern Architects that bring modern elegance to the marketplace,” said Anthony Minite, president and Chief Executive Officer of Bentley Prince Street. “Modern Block continues that legacy with classical geometric patterning done in a color palette that makes this design truly contemporary.”

“By rendering formal and syncopated rhythms of 20th century modernism in a contemporary color palette and using best sustainable practices, we have produced a design for our own time and place,” said Alexander Lamis, Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects.

Modern Block is available in both broadloom and carpet tile. Made with Antron Lumena 6.6 nylon, this product offers institutional durability without sacrificing a residential aesthetic. Modern Block comes standard with High PerformancePC backing, which contains a minimum average 10% post-consumer recycled content. Modern Block broadloom is certified to the NSF-140 Sustainable Carpet Assessment Standard at the Platinum level and carpet tile is certified to the Gold level.

Bentley Prince Street manufactures and markets award-winning broadloom and carpet tile products for commercial interiors across the globe. The company is committed to pursuing sustainable commerce and innovations to integrate style and function with environmental practices through its Mission Zero® goal of eliminating any negative impact it has on the environment by the year 2020. Robert A.M. Stern Architects is proud to join with partners that share its commitment to design and to environmentally sustainable materials and practices.

04/27/10 - Interior Design + Robert A.M. Stern Collection Host Party at The Century

Robert A.M. Stern and Interior Design Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen introduced the latest additions to the Robert A.M. Stern Collection last week at The Century, a newly completed residential tower in Los Angeles developed by Related and designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects. A crowd of over 300 designers were invited to enjoy cocktails and hors d’oeuvres as they perused our product offerings which include: furniture for David Edward, carpet for Bentley Prince Street, tile for Crossville, lighting for Lightolier, architectural glass for Bendheim, garden ornaments for Haddonstone, and hardware for S.A. Baxter.

04/01/10 - Introducing the Robert A.M. Stern Executive Chair for David Edward

The Robert A.M. Stern Executive Chair for David Edward updates the classic high backed office chair with a more sculpted form. Its rolled back echoes the detailing at the arms and the proportions are tailored to both residential and corporate office environments. The chair offers pneumatic height adjustment and sits atop a five prong castor base available in charcoal nylon or aluminum finishes.

Robert A.M. Stern Designs has been working with David Edward since 2003 to provide well-designed furnishings to the A&D community. David Edward is a family-owned business with over 300 skilled craftspeople working in environmentally-friendly production facilities to offer highly detailed furniture.

We are pleased to announce that the Haddonstone display, featuring Robert A.M. Stern’s Athenian and Olympian collections of garden ornaments, was named an ASID Imagine Top Pick at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show last week in New York City. For more information, please visit Haddonstone online.

Alexander Lamis, Partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects LLP, appeared on the panel Beyond Architecture at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show on Thursday, March 18, 2010, at Pier 94 in New York City. He discussed his firm’s product design program and how it fits into the firm’s architectural practice as a whole. In addition to his architectural projects, Mr. Lamis manages Robert A.M. Stern Interiors, LLC, which provides interior design services to the firm’s architecture projects, and Robert A.M. Stern Design, LLC, which licenses product designs.

Joining Mr. Lamis on the panel was Annabelle Selldorf, founder and principal of Selldorf Architects, which currently employs 35 architects, designers, and support staff. Selldorf Architects has won numerous awards for its work, which includes cultural and arts, institutional, commercial, and high-end retail and residential projects. Ms. Selldorf is a Fellow of the American Institute of Architects and in 2006 was inducted into the Interior Design Hall of Fame.

Donald Albrecht moderated the discussion. Mr. Albrecht is the Curator of Architecture and Design at the Museum of the City of New York and an independent curator. Recent exhibitions include Eero Saarinen: Shaping the Future and The High Style of Dorothy Draper. A new exhibition, Cars, Culture, and the City, co-curated with Phil Patton, opened in March at the Museum.

The panel was presented by The New York Times. For more information, please visit www.archdigesthomeshow.com .

SA Baxter introduced a new collection of door hardware designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects tonight at an event at its showroom at the New York Design Center in Manhattan. Grounded in tradition and sparked by the spirit of innovation, the Robert A.M. Stern Collection for SA Baxter will furnish today's residential and civic buildings with thoroughly contemporary reinterpretations of the neoclassical motifs that have inspired American architectural hardware from the colonial period to the present. The collection will complement with a wide variety of 21st-century interiors.

SA Baxter designs and manufactures timeless custom and semi-custom architectural hardware for high-end residential homes and buildings. All of the manufacturing for SA Baxter takes place in its environmental-friendly foundry located in New York's Hudson Valley.

12/07/09 - The Robert A.M. Stern Collection for Bendheim Announced

Today the Robert A.M. Stern Collection for Bendheim, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects in collaboration with Bendheim, the specialty glass resource, and Omni Décor, the world's leading manufacturer of architectural etched glass, was introduced worldwide. Four patterns of architectural glass offer varying levels of obscuration, with decorative etching on both sides lending dynamic interaction with light and surrounding design elements and a strong sense of dimensionality. The collection is intended for a broad range of interior and exterior applications.

"We are extremely proud to partner with leaders such as Robert A.M. Stern Architects and OmniDécor. This collection of crystal-clear, dimensional patterned glasses is unlike anything currently available on the market," said Donald Jayson, Sr. Vice President of Bendheim. "Glass technology has achieved a new level of sophistication," said Robert A.M. Stern, "making it possible to step beyond high performance with an exploration of patterning, translucency, and reflectivity." For samples and more information see Bendheim here or visit www.bendheim.com

Interior Design Editor-in-Chief Cindy Allen and Publisher Mark Strauss joined guests for cocktails and hors d'oeuvres October 28, 2009 during NeoCon East at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore. Guests previewed the latest product introductions by the Robert A.M. Stern Collection and its partner companies. Products included furniture for David Edward, carpet for Bentley Prince Street, tile for Crossville, lighting for Lightolier, architectural glass for Bendheim, and garden ornament for Haddonstone.

07/22/09 - David Edward Introduces Three New Lines of Robert A.M. Stern Collection Furniture

Robert A.M. Stern Designs' new furniture for the David Edward Collection was featured at First Look 2009 at the New York Design Center this evening. Lounge chairs and settees in three new lines—Astor, Cambridge, and Clarkson—are designed for a broad range of applications, including hospitality, healthcare, higher education, and residential.

David Edward is a family-owned business with over 300 skilled craftspeople working in environmentally-friendly production facilities to offer highly detailed furniture. Robert A.M. Stern Designs has been working with David Edward since 2003 to provide well-designed furnishings, initially to complement the architecture of the firm's own buildings; the Robert A.M. Stern Collection has been enthusiastically embraced by other architects and interior designers for their own projects.

05/18/09 - Haddonstone partners with Robert A.M. Stern Designs to create collection of garden urns

Haddonstone, the U.S. and U.K.'s leading manufacturer of fine cast stone landscape features, has partnered with Robert A.M. Stern Designs to create a new collection of ornamental garden urns. The first two lines in the collection, Olympian and Athenian, are now available through distributors and directly through Haddonstone online

"These classically-inspired, yet wholly contemporary, ornamental planters, operating at the intersection of nature and artifice, are designed to help define outdoor rooms in an architectural way," said Robert A.M. Stern, founder and senior partner at Robert A.M. Stern Architects. The Olympian Collection includes two series of tall, medium, and low urns, a tall slim amphora, along with bases for all elements of the collection, that interpret in a clean, contemporary way the pure shapes of ancient vessels as seen through the lens of late nineteenth-century Neoclassicism. The Athenian Collection includes tall, medium, and low urns in two designs, and their bases, inspired by the pure forms of Art Deco or Art Moderne ornaments of the early twentieth century. These designs will be appropriate for both formal and romantic gardens, whether residential, institutional, or commercial, or for interior uses.

Haddonstone is the U.S. and U.K.'s leading manufacturer of fine landscape ornaments and architectural cast stonework. Haddonstone offers 500 designs in the standard collection as well as custom products created to individual specifications.