SPOILER ALERT: If you don’t want to know the result of Springboard’s appearance this past Saturday on HGTV’s ‘Bang For Your Buck,’  read no further!

On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Springboard’s Paul Rosenblatt and Petra Fallaux were featured on the season premiere of HGTV’s ‘Bang For Your Buck.’ Their ‘Loft / House’ – which is pictured in the Residential Portfolio section of this website – was one of three Pittsburgh homes designer Monica Pederson visited with her HGTV crew. As the HGTV website notes: 

This is turning out to be a big weekend for television at Springboard!

On Saturday, at 3;30 pm, Springboard’s Loft/House will be featured on the season opener of  HGTV’s ‘Bang For Your Buck.’ (Check your local listings).

Then on Sunday, tune into KDKA’s ‘Sunday Business Page’ to see an interview with Springboard’s Paul Rosenblatt AIA and the National Aviary’s Cathy Schlott. They will be discussing the soon to be Silver LEED certified expansion of the National Aviary, and especially the opening of the Helen Schmidt Flitezone theater next month.

‘Sunday Business Page’ is a weekly public affairs program hosted by Jon Delano. This week’s program is devoted to notable new green building initiatives in Pittsburgh. In addition to the National Aviary, the episode features the new Consol Energy Center and Phipps Conservatory. 

Here is a link to the broadcast online – look for Sunday Business Page, September 25, 2010 (Part 2):

http://kdka.com/video/?cid=109

More on the host, Jon Delano: http://kdka.com/bios/Jon.Delano.KDKA.9.342713.html

The taping went well. We had an advantage that the other guests did not have: we were joined for the interview by Ex the Owl, one of the stars of the National Aviary’s free flight shows. Ex basically steals the KDKA show as well — she can rotate her head 360 and eat dead mice on camera.

Neither of the other guests can do that!

Ok, this is it.

We found the broadcast on the schedule and set our DVR for 3:30pm on Saturday, September 25.

The program is ‘Bang For Your Buck.’ The city is Pittsburgh. The space is a Master Bathroom.

Springboard’s Founding Principal Paul Rosenblatt AIA NCARB and Springboard’s Creative Director Petra Fallaux will show you the Master Bathroom they designed for the Loft /House.

For a preview of Springboard’s Loft /House, including the Master Bathroom featured on HGTV, check out the beautiful photographs that Denmarsh Photography – Alexander Denmarsh’s company – took of the project. Special thanks to Elliot Cramer for his efforts! http://www.springboarddesign.net/portfolio/residential/douglas-street-residence/

By the way, the Loft / House is a green building.  After tripling the size of the residence, the heating abnd cooling bills are the same as they were before the renovation. Call us to learn how you can make your renovation or addition energy efficient, too.

And send us your comments after the broadcast.

How did we do?

Thanks to Denmarsh Photography for the stunning photographs they took of our Loft / House. 

Some of these photographs are featured here on our website.

To find them, click on the ‘Portfolio’ tab and then follow the links from the ‘Residential Design’ section to the ‘Loft /House’.

Car Free Fridays event hosted by Springboard Design

September 17 – 9am – 11:00am 

Where: 24 Terminal Way

Agree to go car free today (bike, walk, bus) and receive the South Side property card full of discounts for South Side, Downtown, and Oakland businesses and receive an entry for the Car Free Fridays September raffle. If you ride your bike,  enjoy a light breakfast courtesy of Springboard Design.

Car Free Fridays is sponsored by BIKE PITTSBURGH. For more information on BIKE PITTSBURGH: http://bike-pgh.org/

SAVE THE DATE v.2: SEPTEMBER 18, 2010. According to Associate Producer Jenna Friederich, that may now be the date that HGTV has scheduled Springboard’s segment of ‘Bang For Your Buck.’ ‘If all goes as planned,’ she writes, ‘your “Bang For Your Buck” episode should premiere this Saturday afternoon at 3:30pm e/p.’

So, friends of Springboard, re-set your DVRs!

Once again, as you may recall, HGTV’s ‘Bang For Your Buck’ selected Springboard’s ‘Loft /House’ to be included on its upcoming ‘Pittsburgh Master Bathrooms’ episode. Springboard Principal Paul Rosenblatt AIA and Creative Director Petra Fallaux are featured. The segment was filmed in June and it looks like it will be broadcast soon. We are still not 100% sure, but the producer gave us this new ‘heads-up’ to share with you all!

Check local listings to confirm or continue to check this  link for official dates and times. Keep in mind that HGTV repeats their programs, so if you miss it the first time, it is sure to be rebroadcast.

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/episode_archive/0,1000237,HGTV_32663_1022,00.html

Stay tuned.

SAVE THE DATE: SEPTEMBER 17, 2010. That appears to be the date that HGTV has scheduled Springboard’s segment of ‘Bang For Your Buck.’ As you may recall, HGTV’s ‘Bang For Your Buck’ selected Springboard’s ‘Loft /House’ to be included on its upcoming ‘Pittsburgh Master Bathrooms’ episode. Springboard Principal Paul Rosenblatt AIA and Creative Director Petra Fallaux are featured. The segment was filmed in June and it looks like it will be broadcast on September 17, 2010. We are still not 100% sure, but the producer gave us a ‘heads-up’ to share with you all!

Check local listings to confirm or continue to check this  link for official dates and times.

http://www.hgtv.com/hgtv/episode_archive/0,1000237,HGTV_32663_1022,00.html

Stay tuned.

Springboard and Colab Architecture are pleased to announce the the opening of the exhibition they designed for the August Wilson Center for African American Culture. The exhibition opens to the public on Saturday, September 11, 2010.

Entitled ‘In My Father’s House,’  the August Wilson Center’s inaugural art exhibition invites visitors to ‘discover ways in which African Americans collect and preserve their culture. …This mixed-media exhibition uses the visual art and material culture of people of African descent, from heirlooms and fine art to political memorabilia and digital media, to explore how the past influences the present, helping to weave a community together from generation to generation.”

Springboard’s Principal, Paul Rosenblatt AIA and Colab’s Principal, Felecia Davis, collaborated with five teams of curators to develop a variety of collecting scenarios. Each of these scenarios became a room in a metaphoric house. Springboard and Colab’s design creates a dreamlike, theatrical setting for the exhibition.

For more information on the August Wilson Center and its other exhibits and programs, visit their website: http://www.augustwilsoncenter.org/about/index.php