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Välinge launches latest generation of 5G inserters

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Configured to reach 140 tongues per minute in its standard version, this 5G inserter also enables two tongues to be inserted in the same panel for wide flooring boards. One of the new 5G inserters has been installed at Timberwise in Finland. Six new-generation 5G inserters have already been installed in Europe.

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The Aalto – Life of an Architect Holiday Cocktail

Life of an Architect

I didn’t really come up with this year’s cocktail on my own as I spent the last few weekends reverse engineering a cocktail I had while on my recent trip to Helsinki, Finland. The same thing is true of my perfectly recreated version here … have a great time but be responsible as you celebrate Finland’s greatest son.

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NeoCon Preview: Intros target contract market

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Stone Fiction field tiles are made in the USA and Green Square Certified to answer sustainability standards. In the Zero & Green collection, 40% of the virgin polymer content is bio-based and 60% of the total product is calcium carbonate—a natural mineral sourced within 124 miles of the production facility in Finland.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

Life of an Architect

Originally designed by Alvar Aalto and his wife Aino for the Savoy Restaurant in Helsinki, the design has been manufactured in Finland since 1936 and is an international icon. Architectural Graphic Standards for Residential Construction [$185] by American Institute of Architects (Author),? Giglio (Author),? and Dennis J.

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Architects and their Deserted Island Music | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

As was the architecture of Eliel Saarinen, the paintings of Akseli Gallen-Kallela, the political leadership of Marshall Mannerheim and perhaps most important the compiling of the Kalevala, the epic oral saga of Finland by Elias Lönnrot, published in 1849. John Coltrane – Standard Coltrane 5. Steely Dan – Aja 2.