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Mar 17, 2012 | Post by: admin No Comments

#Bamboo door with stainless steel inlays makes for a sharp looking door!

Our most recent project included flush bamboo doors with stainless steel inlays. The client wanted to match their honey colored strand woven bamboo on the interior passage way doors. We ran the honey colored woven bamboo horizontally across the door divided by 1/2″ strips of stainless steel. The hardware on the doors is brushed nickel and

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Mar 15, 2012 | Post by: admin No Comments

Amazing #architecture offers a mirror of ocean studies

I recently came across the architecture of de Hoog and Keirulf. The project that caught my eye was a ocean sciences building. I fell in love with the shell shaped roof that mimics the centers focus.  Rix is ​​the Center for Ocean invention that was

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Mar 15, 2012 | Post by: admin No Comments

Art Deco Mermaids!

I have been fortunate to go out to Catalina Island, one of the channel islands found off the Southern California coast, on several occasions. I love the tile found on the island and the classic Cali style. This last time I learned new facts about the architecture of the famous casino building.

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Mar 06, 2012 | Post by: admin No Comments

Mcgraw Hill offers a course that provides a comprehensive introduction to #bamboo as a proven #sustainable building product.

 Mcgraww Hill offers a course on bamboo as a building material. The course is a presentation designed to earn you 1.00 AIA/CES Learning Unit.  Their website states, “The course reviews how bamboo is sustainably grown, harvested and manufactured to create a variety of plywood, flooring and other products. Special emphasis is placed

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