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Klaus Nienkämper (Entrepreneurship) Born in Duisburg, Germany, Klaus Nienkämper arrived in Canada in 1960 with in his pocket and a language barrier to overcome. His first job was at a car wash on Torontos King Street. However, intent on making modern furniture, Klaus began working with respected designers and in 1968, with minimal capital, established a company that introduced classic European imports to the Canadian market. In the seventies and eighties Nienkämper became a licensed manufacturer for Swiss Design, DeSede and Knoll products. Today, The The Nienkamper Store occupies a restored historical building on King Street. Owned by Klaus since 1968, this furniture showroom initiated the transformation of a decaying neighbourhood into a design district. Since the nineties, Nienkämper has manufactured Canadian-designed furniture at a 120000-sq.-ft. facility employing upwards of 220 individuals. Many are immigrants 40 nationalities are represented on the payroll. Toronto Star News ArticleNienkämper sells throughout Canada and has showrooms in New York, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Dallas, San Francisco and Los Angeles. Also represented in Mexico, England and Hong Kong, the company has completed Middle East, Far East and European projects. Nienkämper furniture is coveted in boardrooms and offices of major corporations, and in homes. Special projects have included Prime Minister Pierre Trudeaus offices and the Canadian Embassy in Washington, DC. The company has also ...

boomforlife.com A master-planned community in the spectacular desert of Southern California, BOOM changes America's idea of Twenty-First century urban life. Pedestrian-oriented, culture-driven, designed to inspire residents to better themselves and others, BOOM radically alters how we think about home, community and wellness. To create this new vision for living, developer BOOM Communities, Inc., formed a team of both renowned and emerging architects. These ten international architects will design all buildings as well as landscape the 100+ acre site. Bordered by the desert, and showcasing newly created natural landscapes throughout, the first phase has eight distinct housing neighborhoods, each designed by a different architect. Each architect set out to design an environment promoting both privacy and social interaction and did so in their own unique way. Plazas and pathways connect all 300 homes to an entertainment complex, with restaurants and stores, a boutique hotel, a gym + spa, along with state-of-the-art wellness facilities. Each is designed by one of the participating architects. While BOOM takes great pride in its architectural achievement, it is about more than new design. BOOM is also about lifestyle and a sense of community. Residents who live at BOOM will have the opportunity to be active and involved in the many social and sports activities the community offers, as well as BOOM's mentoring programs for the Desert communities.BOOM is forming a Private ...