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NSI publishes first industry-wide EPDs

Floor Covering News

These EPDs are cradle-to-grave in scope to define the environmental impacts throughout the entire life cycle, including quarrying, fabrication, installation, care/maintenance and disposal, according to the company. HPDs provide design teams and owners greater transparency of material ingredients and their potential human health impacts.

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Proof that Architects are not Boring | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

When filling out the registration form on my Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition, I asked everyone to share with me certain things – like their name, where they are from, what they are currently doing, etc – these were mandatory fields to fill in. My last design competition involved cake. I count planes.

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