DESERT LIVING CENTER, LAS VEGAS

As part of a massive water conservation program, the Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD) and the Las Vegas Springs Preserve Foundation hired AldrichPears Associates as part of a team to develop an interpretive master plan for a pristine parcel of land in the center of the city. The resulting 180-acre Las Vegas Springs Preserve (LVSP) is positioned to engage visitors with the valley’s past and inspire action toward a sustainable future.

MUSEO DEL ACERO
MONTERREY, MEXICO

VISTA, producers of immersive storytelling experiences, recently completed the feature visitor experience for this museum. Unique special effects and mixed media brought a dormant iron foundry back to life. The theater itself is actually the former iron furnace, which sat rusting and abandoned for the last twenty years.

The story of the construction and operation of furnace number three is told through archival film footage (treated and enhanced to HD) on a seven metre rear projection screen together with the voices of actual workers of that era.

California design company, Delphi Productions, faced a daunting challenge; replicate  of the 6 men featured in Rodin’s famous bronze statue Burghers of Calais in less than a month for Stanford University.  The replicas needed to be lightweight, durable and believable.  Instead of turning the project down, Delphi turned to TAA member 3D Custom Foam for help.

The Calgary Stampede has an ambitious plan to create a year-round destination for Calgarians and visitors.

TAA Member ConeHouse supports the event as brand site developer.

The site provides information about the new program to employees, volunteer community, media, agencies and suppliers. Key areas of information include positioning, design guidelines including logo use, colour and typography, common design specifications and logo file downloads.

The site provides digital asset management in support of the master brand, festival treatments, product brands, house brands and endorsed brands. Logo files are downloaded through a decision-tree, similar to sites developed by ConeHouse for Vancity and the Province of British Columbia.

Museo Del Acero, Monterey, Mexico

Dominating the Monterrey skyline, Blast Furnace No. 3 is one of the most recognizable icons of the Mexican metropolis, symbolizing the importance industry plays in Monterrey’s past, present and future. The future of the crumbling structure was seriously threatened until the Museo del Acero (Museum of Steel) envisioned it as a place to provide a fun and educational environment for families and children to discover steelmaking history and technology in Mexico.

Have you ever watched a cuttlefish launch a sneak attack on a tiny unsuspecting crab? In the Vancouver Aquarium’s new Canaccord Capital Exploration Gallery, designed by AldrichPears Associates, you can watch this scene play out – over and over.

Karo creates a spa-like environment for patients and a rich experience for gallery visitors at UBC's new Nobel Biocare Oral Health Centre. In this same feature, we note that Karo received an IIDA award for its work at the Royal Tyrrell Museum.