Body of Work

Since taking on a sales role on Nov. 21, '08, I've been working on a fairly wide variety of projects. My focus has coalesced around architectural doors for hospitality. Lots of middle east projects, with interesting side trips to other sectors and geos. I just put together a partial list of recent timber interior door projects where we are helping with design/samples, quoting or making doors:

• Qatar Foundation LEED Platinum student housing (Lynden Door is specified)
• 5-star hotel in Costa Rica
• specialty door designs for two upscale hotel brands (working with the corporate design team)
• 176 Madison - hotel/condo tower in NYC
• Georgetown Univ. School of Foreign Sciences, Education City, Qatar
• bamboo doors for a large Cdn green build townhouse project
• unique custom design for church doors in Vancouver, utilizing 3-form inserts
• approval for Lynden Door LD2000 20-minute suite entry doors for Marriott's SpringHill Suites brand
• sample doors to NYC architect - proposal for Yale University student housing
• Salalah and Muscat Airports, Oman
• 90-minute fire doors for a super-luxury space in Doha
• reconstituted teak veneer doors for a hotel in Venezuela
• US Sales colleagues at Lynden Door have recently received approval from Hilton as a preferred vendor

It's been an interesting couple of months!

MJT

StileLine - sapele

The Rediscovery Collection

Doors in a Modernist State of Mind

Let's face it, there are many times when a beautiful set of custom doors is designed for a project, at a significant cost, but they don't make it to the grand opening. Too often, as the project nears completion and budgets constrict, these masterpieces are lost to cost-cutting. More's the pity, the end result is often a complete reversal; the least expensive doors are substituted and the project suffers a profound aesthetic blow.

In an effort to prevent this, Lynden Door has developed a striking new offering - the Rediscovery Collection. To make the doors appealing but to keep our offering (and attendant costs) manageable, we've based our designs on the best advice we could gather from a select group of architects, designers and design cognizati. Input from this formal advisory council was matched with market research and the advice of our many door re-sellers - professionals working in the construction industry in North America and around the world. Then we worked diligently with our vendors and in-house production teams to scrupulously drive cost OUT of the line.

The result is a concise, urbane and definitive contemporary door collection with a reasonable price point and therefore, much greater accessibility.

At the same time, these great doors are available in a fully bespoke version - just ask. Also, GreenDor attributes - like no-added urea formaldehyde and agricultural waste fiber cores - are optionally available.


Tableau - horizontal walnut


Composition - sapele/maple


Grey Tree - reconstituted Macassar ebony


Rhytmus - jatoba (Brazilian cherry)

See the LDI site for more info: http://www.lyndendoor.com/products/stileline/rediscovery and also see the complete range of GreenDor options here: http://www.lyndendoor.com/resources/environment

allfornow

MJT

Marine salvaged timber from the PANAMA CANAL

                   

                                                                    

I have access to logs and/or veneer from marine salvaged tropical hardwoods recovered from the Panama Canal. These clear, old-growth timbers have a strong environmental pedigree and offer a unique appearance, exquisite quality and a compelling story.

In order to make the best use of this material, we need to connect with a large scale project - one seeking over 200 doors and also possibly veneer panels, matching furnishings (both solid and veneered) and other uses of this valuable fiber.

Prices are reasonable, so long as a high volume is involved. The vendor is a US firm with business in Alaska. The contact is a local BC boy who knows just about all there is to know about the timber industry and salvage.

Contact me for more images and information (species, cost, lead times, etc.). mitch.toews@lyndendoor.com

MJT