Tile of Spain USA

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Tucked away in the Les Gavarres mountain range in Palafrugell, Spain is Casa Celosía, an extraordinary vacation home, designed by Mónica Rivera and Emiliano López of Barcelona-based studio López Rivera Arquitectes. Better known as the Lattice House, this stunning private villa takes advantage of the region’s beautiful landscape with an intricately designed facade composed of ceramic latticework that invites the outdoors in.

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Architectural Ceramics

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Week of September 21st, 2020. As September is Hispanic Heritage month, we thought to cater our music accordingly. Curated from some of the top Latin hits of last decade, as well as some new emerging hits, our playlist is sure to get you up and dancing while you’re making that margarita. Don’t worry, it wouldn’t be a complete Latin American playlist without hearing Despacito at least once (but we won’t be disappointed if you skip that one).

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By John McGrath. The International Standards and Training Alliance (INSTALL) is putting a greater emphasis on working hand-in-hand with commercial architects and designers to develop guidelines for specifying flooring throughout COVID-19 and beyond. While these rules mainly apply to health care facilities, they can be used in several commercial applications including hospitality settings, institutional design and more.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

So I know that I have written before about the transition to online teaching that occurred last spring, but I am going to revisit. I recently wrote an article for Texas Architect Magazine (Sept/Oct issue) that was completed prior to the start of the school year. Now that the fall semester is underway, it is time for me to talk about the current system in place at my University.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By Steven Feldman. “Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success.”. I know unemployment currently sits at 8.4%, and the pandemic has forced many people to seek alternative forms of employment, sometimes outside their realm of expertise.

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The A to Z of Building

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

The latest Covid-19 construction statistics suggest that sites were operating at 80% in terms of productivity in August – according to the new Private Housebuilding report which was published by.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By Ken Ryan. Rotem Eylor, CEO of Republic, shows off an SPC display. Republic Flooring has graduated from specialty vendor to core vendor of the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA). The move represents another feather in the cap of this flourishing, six-year-old company, which is also a supplier partner for CCA Global , the industry’s largest buying group.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Jon England. Dalton—Shaw Floors has named industry veteran Jon England its new director of resilient category management. England most recently served as chief sales and marketing officer at J.J. Haines, the industry’s top-ranked distributor. Prior to that, he spent 14 years at Mohawk Industries, where he held a variety of positions during his tenure there.

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Floor Covering News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

By Ken Ryan. The NFA is moving full steam ahead with its in-person trade event scheduled for next week. When the National Floorcovering Alliance (NFA) convenes in Savannah, Ga., next week, it will mark the first time in more than six months that a major, in-person industry trade event was held since the coronavirus pandemic invaded the U.S. The decision to hold the fall meeting was done with an abundance of caution, according to NFA management.

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