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Delta’s Pilar Waterfall faucet turns on or off with a touch anywhere on its handle or spout.
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Wilsonart Contract Flooring Urban Renewal and Global Influence
Eight new designs for commercial-grade high-laminate flooring based on urban and global designs.
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Q: I built a lot of homes in upstate New York in the 1980s using 2x6 studs, fiberglass batts, and a poly vapor retarder for the shell. Given the rising cost of heating and cooling, the owners are asking about energy upgrades to their walls. I'd like to suggest adding 1 or 2 inches of rigid foam on...
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Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
outstanding achievement | interior lighting
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Creative Artists Agency Headquarters
outstanding achievement | interior lighting
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Elevated floors on pier foundations are mandated in V zones and recommended in coastal A zones. But the moisture and energy details can be a head-scratcher. Whether a builder places the floor system on pier supports or on a perimeter stemwall, he has to face interrelated problems of air sealing...
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A proposed interior-design law stirs controversy in California; a fatal fall leads to criminal obstruction charge in Illinois; more
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Avoiding plaster disaster; a floating sink
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Q: I'm building a house in North Carolina, which has a mixed-humid climate (climate zone 3). My local building inspector - backed up by his boss - requires a polyethylene vapor retarder on the interior side of cellulose-insulated walls. My insulation contractor says that interior polyethylene is...
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Q: Tile Doorway Detail When there's an entry between an exterior tiled deck and an interior living space, how should the threshold be detailed so that the doorway doesn't leak? My client uses a wheelchair and would like the interior and exterior floors to be in approximately the same plane.