NKBA Announces 2006/2007 Student Design Competition Winners
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Sherylin Doyle, AKBD, Manager of Academic Relations, (908) 813-3793;
HACKETTSTOWN, N.J. (February 7, 2007) - The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is pleased to announce the winners of the 2006/2007 NKBA Student Design Competition.
The NKBA would like to thank the sponsors of the 2006/2007 NKBA Student Design Competition, American Woodmark Corp. and Sub-Zero Freezer Company/Wolf Appliance Company for their continued support and generosity. Winners will be officially recognized at a special awards ceremony to be held in May at the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference (K/BIS) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Open only to NKBA Student Members, this annual competition challenges student designers to create functional, efficient and attractive spaces that meet the requirements presented. The NKBA received 150 kitchen entries and 124 bathroom entries, more than double the number of bathroom entries received last year.
In the kitchen category, three place winners and two honorable mentions were awarded:
- 1st Place: Suchin Coutre, College of Dupage, Glen Ellyn, Ill.
- 2nd Place: Michelle Wilcher, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
- 3rd Place: Allison Marie Bradshaw, Lakeland College, Vermilion, Alberta
- Honorable Mention: Alan Gilmer, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Antonina Kennedy, Seminole Community College, Sanford, Fla.
In the bathroom category, three place winners and two honorable mentions were awarded:
- 1st Place: J. Robert Call, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
- 2nd Place: Kara Lynn Eastham, Weber State University, Ogden, Utah
- 3rd Place: Allison Marie Bradshaw, Lakeland College, Vermilion, Alberta
- Honorable Mention: Coleby Joyner, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga. Brittany Gardner, East Carolina University, Greenville, N.C.
About the National Kitchen & Bath Association
The National Kitchen & Bath Association (NKBA) is a non-profit trade association that has educated and led the kitchen and bath industry since 1963. With nearly 40,000 members and growing, the NKBA owns the Kitchen/Bath Industry Show & Conference (K/BIS), the world’s largest trade show dedicated to the kitchen and bath industry. The mission of the NKBA is to enhance member success and excellence, promote professionalism and ethical business practices and provide leadership and direction for the kitchen and bath industry. For more information, visit www.nkba.org or call NKBA Customer Service at 800-843-6522.
About American Woodmark
American Woodmark Corporation, located in Winchester, Va., is the third largest manufacturer of kitchen and bath cabinets in the United States. Offering more than 230 cabinet lines in a wide variety of designs, materials and finishes, American Woodmark products are sold through a network of dealers and distributors and directly to home centers and major homebuilders. The Company currently operates 15 manufacturing facilities in Arizona, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maryland, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia, as well as various service centers across the country. American Woodmark shares are traded on the NASDAQ National Market under the symbol “AMWD.” To find out more about American Woodmark, and view its vast array of cabinet styles, visit its web site at www.americanwoodmark.com.
About Sub-Zero Freezer Company
For more than 60 years, Sub-Zero has offered innovative, aesthetically appealing and technologically advanced solutions to meet virtually any home refrigeration need. Through foresight and responsiveness, the company has earned its position as an industry leader – a position Sub-Zero intends to maintain well into the new millennium. Unique to Sub-Zero and indicative of the company’s innovative engineering is its dual refrigeration system, which relies on two separate, self-contained cooling systems to keep fresh food fresher and preserve frozen food longer. Sub-Zero is the only refrigeration company to offer dual refrigeration. For more information on Sub-Zero Freezer Company, log on to www.subzero.com