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Fall flooring intros for 2022

Floor Covering News

W ith congestion at the ports beginning to ease, many flooring manufacturers find themselves in a position in which they are now facing a surplus of inventory heading into the fall selling season. Daltile’s new Scrapbook glazed porcelain tile offers vintage-inspired, 8-inch hexagons with 2 x 8 floor tiles in muted colors.

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Large Decks and Spectacular Views: McLaren House in New Zealand

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

This two-storey private residence designed by ArcHaus Architects in Auckland, New Zealand was especially planned for a couple who often receives visits from their extended family. The main building offers extensive views towards Tamaki Strait and out to Rangitoto and Waiheke Island in New Zealand.

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Fascinating Nature Escape in New Zealand: Annandale Seascape Cottage

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Annandale Seascape Cottage was designed by the architectural firm Pattersons on the edge of the peninsula Banks in New Zealand. ” The interiors are a hypnotizing array of textures, with furniture reduced to the minimum, encouraging a powerful connection with the outdoors. It is lined with horizontal macrocarpa wood.

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Industry reconnects with vigor in Las Vegas

Floor Covering News

The “show,” of course, was Surfaces 2022 —the first fully vested flooring convention since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Surfaces 2022 event, meanwhile, featured all the major players as well as top-tier flooring retailers. Judy Rosas, Sergio Rosas Flooring, Valencia, Calif., I am new to the flooring business.

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New Zealand Holiday Retreat Exhibiting a Clear Geometry: The Rutherford House

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Challenged to develop a residence that would victoriously face the cold winters and hot summers in Taupo Tauranga, New Zealand, Dorrington Architects created the Rutherford House. According to the architects, “the concrete base provides the required floor level rise, creating intermediate zones between inside and outside.

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Black Cube House in Poland Tailored for a Modern Family Life

Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

Demonstrating a “total makeover of a typical polish family house from 70s of XX century”, the new Black Cube House by KameleonLab extends in two opposite directions, creating space for a living room on the ground floor and new parents bedroom and wardrobe on first floor.

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Have Fun in This Solar-Powered Tree House

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The Skysphere is the brainchild of Jono Williams, a graphic designer and plastics engineer from New Zealand. The engineer spent $50,000 and took 3 years to create and assemble each element – from the sphere and steel structure to the wood flooring and ceiling. The glass walls add to its beauty and bring the outdoors in.