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Exclusive: Boen and Somerset—A dynamic duo

Floor Covering News

A few months ago Bauwerk Group, a Switzerland-based manufacturer of hardwood flooring that also owns the Boen brand, purchased the prefinished side of Somerset Hardwood Flooring , the company founded by Steve Merrick in 1990 as a supplier of unfinished goods. The prototypes we saw when I was in Switzerland last week were beautiful.

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The Bauhaus and Me

Life of an Architect

One of the main differences between then and now is that I’ll be sleeping in a hotel rather than on a train, but the other difference, and probably the more important one, is that I have been preparing for this trip by reading a bunch of books and doing a lot of preparatory research.

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The Bee Hole of an Architect | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Architects get our training starting in studios in college where a group of college aged kids spend way too much time together in very small quarters. So, never wear black or dark colors around killer bees! But… we are all guilty of the giggles and off color humor and a profanity here or there. I’m doomed.