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The healthcare environment is growing in the right direction. Thanks to you. Making design decisions that affect the health of both the natural and patient-centered environments isn't easy. That's why we've worked with professionals like you to develop breakthrough flooring solutions for surgical suites, high traffic areas and many others. Your input has resulted in rubber floor covering that is also bacteriostatic, resistant to micro-organisms, easier to clean, noise-reducing and PVC-free.
Learn more at www.nora.com/us/healthcare.
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) announces the opening of the fifth public comment period for the proposed update to its LEED green building program. The comment period, which will close on December 10, enables the building community to view the most recent draft of the rating systems and provide comments where any substantive changes have been made.
Read more »A new research report from The Center for Health Design (CHD), with support from the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), and the Facility Guidelines Institute (FGI), finds that it is essential to focus on patient safety during the facility pre-design phase, as decisions made during this time affect all key decisions made later in the project.
Read more »KI and students in the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (UWM) School of Architecture and Urban Planning (SARUP) are exhibiting an exciting public seating prototype (called “DRIFT”) now through October 30, 2012 at Discovery World, Milwaukee’s premier science and technology museum.
Read more »We’re still taking nominations for our December feature The Next Great Industrial Designer (10 to Watch). Send a brief bio, headshot and 2-3 low res images of your work to [email protected] for consideration. We’ll post the products of candidates in the running to our Products We Love board on Pinterest.
Read more »Inspired by the shape behind their names, Leaf & Leaflette Modular flourish into a natural seating presence for environments of all kinds. The leaf-like design allows for comfortable, flexible, any-direction seating, while the chair back intentionally doubles as an armrest, ensuring further relaxation. Leaf lounge chairs, benches and tables exist beautifully alone or together with children’s sized Leaflette chairs and benches to provide elegant functionality and pave the way for creating exceptional arrangements of organic proportions.
Visit www.arcadiacontract.com for more information.
Mediterranea introduces River Rock. Four colors make up this porcelain tile collection (Sand, Pebble, Oyster and Forest) and they’re available in a full suite of sizes: 12 in. x 24 in., 18 in. x 18 in., 12 in. x 12 in. and 6 in. x 6 in.
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