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Natural Stone Institute inducts new board members

Floor Covering News

Oberlin, Ohio—The Natural Stone Institute will welcome three individuals to its board of directors in January 2022. Sam Arcot, Rugo Stone, LLC. Arcot is the special projects manager at Rugo Stone in Lorton, V.a. The post Natural Stone Institute inducts new board members appeared first on Floor Covering News.

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ASCER Announces Highly Distinguished Jury for the 19th Annual Tile of Spain Awards

Tile of Spain USA

In 1990, he founded his studio, Kengo Kuma & Associates, in Tokyo, Japan. Kuma has received coveted awards and distinctions, such as the Architectural Institute of Japan Award, the Spirit of Nature Wood Architecture Award (Finland), and the International Stone Architecture Award. Javier Villar Ruiz (KKAA).

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NSI completes new home for R.I.S.E. program

Floor Covering News

Oberlin, Ohio— The Natural Stone Institute (NSI) has provided natural stone and fabrication services for another home through the Gary Sinise Foundation’s R.I.S.E. His first deployment was the 31 MUE in 2009, which took him to Japan, Korea, Thailand, the Philippines and Australia. Josue Barron and his family in Temecula, Calif.

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Curated Maximalism Inspired from Around The Globe

Garden State Tile Blog

Knotty woods, sinewy patterned stone and deep color blend, beckoning to be touched.”. Spas are a place for peace and tranquility, and no other place brings out these feelings more so than the spas of Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s history is thousands of years old yet their aesthetic feel modern and cutting edge.

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Curated Maximalism Inspired from Around The Globe

Garden State Tile Blog

Knotty woods, sinewy patterned stone and deep color blend, beckoning to be touched.”. Spas are a place for peace and tranquility, and no other place brings out these feelings more so than the spas of Tokyo, Japan. Japan’s history is thousands of years old yet their aesthetic feel modern and cutting edge.

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Why Japanese Interior Design is Popular

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Our busy world, whose cultures seem to mesh more readily thanks to social media, is primed to open their doors to the relaxing and very zen style of Japan. Japan is a prime example of many of the statements mentioned above. Japan is heavily populated —it is the world’s tenth-most populous country. Zen Lifestyle.

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5 Ways to Get a Zen Living Room

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Since Zen gardens are usually made up of sand, stone or gravel, they’re easy to put indoors because they don’t have the upkeep of natural plant life. Image: ASI Interiors Chic Buddha statues Zen itself is grounded in a type of Buddhism from Japan. Bring that Zen feel inside with sliding doors that open to a stone Zen garden.

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