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Smith & Fong expands palmwood floor offering

Floor Covering News

San Francisco—Smith & Fong, a company specializing in sustainable interior finishes, has added six new colors to its award-winning Durapalm line of palmwood flooring. “We We have worked hard to develop a strong supply of high-quality palm from our sources in India,” said Dan Smith, owner.

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Residential Deconstruction versus Demolition | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Despite the fact that we are going to seek LEED for Homes certification for our project (where deconstruction is preferable to demolition), there are benefits to every residential home owner who is planning on building a new house on a site where a house currently exists. So what are the advantages to deconstruction?

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Introducing the CHouse Modern | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

The second floor has all the extra bedrooms and bathrooms – each bedroom space has a light monitor in the ceiling. Since the CHouse Modern has an exposed (polished and waxed) concrete floor, how we decided to structurally build the foundation led us to selecting a post tensioned slab. im from india. anyway that apart.

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