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    Kirei Pacific Coastal Collection

    Sourced from the Northwest and made in SoCal, a new collection of architectural wood finishes is a West Coast product, through and through.

     
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    Cooper Lighting Metalux ArcLine LED Series

    These low-profile ceiling troffers use 40 less energy than a conventional three-lamp fluorescent troffer.

     
  • Fireclay Tile Runway Collection

    A fashion designer turns to tile, and the results include houndstooth- and corset-inspired patterns.

     
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    Bradley Corp. Advocate AV-Series Lavatory System

    Soap. water, blown air now come in one unit for hand-washing.

     
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    Gerflor Creation Collection

    Luxury vinyl tile gets the recycled-content, formaldehyde-free treatment.

     
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    Relationship Building

    LMN Architects knits old and new together at the University of Washington's Foster School of Business.

     
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    Warm All Over

    Radiant floor heating can provide cost savings and comfort in those hard-to-condition commercial places.

     
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    Viridian Reclaimed Wood

    Old shipping crates and pallets and gym bleachers get a new life as hardwood flooring.

     
  • What Now?

    Climate change and green building finally took the spotlight at the end of 2012, but how do we keep it in mainstream sights?

     
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    Real-Time Design

    David Benjamin of The Living and Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning, and Preservation talks about the intersection of biology, technology, and architecture.

     
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    The Envelope, Please

    Macalester College's Institute for Global Citizenship gets its Ph.D. in energy savings.

     
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    Harvesting Daylight

    How to increase natural light to reduce energy use, as well as minimize glare and heat gain.

     
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    Below the Law

    A subtle addition to UC Berkeley's School of Law digs into an existing courtyard to make room for a mix of communal spaces.

     
  • Low Energy, High Potential

    A net-zero-energy prototype for Los Angeles Unified School District aims for top results across the board.

     
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    Materials, Resources, and Contention

    Industry groups foresee problems with the proposed changes to LEED. We look at some of the concerns with LEED v4.