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Explore - Flooring
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A Mama's Touch
Nina Tolstrup, the Danish furniture and product designer, who works under the name Studiomama, has been carving herself an enviable reputation in the UK.
written by: Grant Gibsonphotos by: Ben Anders02.26.09 -
Stoked to Soak
Compelling custom solutions to off-the-shelf problems are often hard to come by. But landscape architects James A. Lord and Roderick Wyllie relished the challenge of making a standard hot tub the...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Jeremy Harris02.05.09 -
Garden Apartment
Botanist Patrick Blanc has been bringing the wilds of the rainforests to Parisian walls for over 30 years, most recently at the Jean Nouvel–designed Quai Branly museum. One lucky family,...
written by: Michelle Hoffmanphotos by: Jessica Antola02.05.09 -
Simply Sustainable
Located in a hidden valley on the picturesque Izu Peninsula, a few hours west of Tokyo, the Watanabe Residence, designed by architect Tadashi Murai, looks more like an imposing black box propped...
written by: Julian Worrallphotos by: Alessio Guarino02.02.09 -
Rising to the Occasion
Gerard Kitchener is fond of talking about the weather, especially as it pertains to Waratah Bay in southeastern Victoria, Australia.
written by: Catherine Franklinphotos by: Peter Hyatt02.02.09 -
Barely There
If not for the dawn appearance of the bear, which came loping toward Maem Slater-Enns and her then six-month-old daughter as they sat contemplating the water, the Enns family might still be...
written by: Deborah Bishopphotos by: Thomas Fricke02.01.09 -
Taking His Own Advice
When Greg Reitz was ten years old, he was already so worried about the state of the planet that, without prompting from his parents, he spent his allowance to join Greenpeace.
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Robert Gregory02.01.09 -
LEEDing the Way
One day last April there was great excitement on Highland Avenue, a quiet, hilly street (on which this writer happens to live) of Craftsman bungalows and 1960s apartment buildings in the Ocean Park...
written by: Frances Andertonphotos by: Dave Lauridsen02.01.09 -
A Green Approach
Architect Robert Swatt, designer of the GreenCity Lofts condo complex on the border of Oakland and Emeryville, California, makes no claim to longstanding environmental expertise.
written by: Reyhan Harmanciphotos by: Cesar Rubio02.01.09 -
Well Thawed Out
At the end of 2000, Tryggvi Thorsteinsson and Erla Dögg Ingjaldsdóttir, Icelandic natives and partners in the Santa Monica–based design firm Minarc, bought what was essentially a teardown in the...
written by: Kathryn Harrisphotos by: Raif Seeburger02.01.09 -
Winds of Change
Caught in the grip of the worst drought in a century, Australians are showering together.
written by: Karen Pakulaphotos by: Brett Boardman02.01.09 -
Hz so Good
Architects Simon Beames and Simon Dickens are worried. They are worried about the impact that construction makes on the environment, though they are equally concerned about being thought of as...
written by: Iain Aitch02.01.09 -
Canadian Beacon
When most people think of locations for a holiday home, they have visions of beaches, golf courses, spas, and chalets. But few have the mettle to choose the sort of place that architects André...
written by: Amara Holsteinphotos by: Paul Orenstein02.01.09 -
Natural Fiber Floor Covering
In colonial times, these kinds of carpets were used as padding beneath finer imports from the Orient, until some iconoclast realized they were tread-worthy in their own right. Fibreworks’s range of...
$26.50
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Bio-Floor Collection
If you’re sensitive to chemicals (or just got really paranoid after seeing Julianne Moore in 1995’s Safe), you can sleep like a little lamb on top of this all-raw material, 100 percent...
$40.00
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Metropolitan Collection
Fans of fisherman’s sweaters can kick off their L.L. Bean moccasins and enjoy the warmth of Metropolitan Collection’s heavy piles and bright colors. Check their website for the latest styles, but...
$47.00
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Spartina
Build It Green, a local design resource, led us to these carpets at Hendricksen, an eco-flooring emporium.
$45.75
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FLOR System
In the film The Corporation, Ray Anderson, InterfaceFlor CEO, says “We’ll spend the rest of our days harvesting yester-year’s carpets and recycling them…with zero scrap...
$3.34
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InterfaceFlor
Launched in the spring of 2003 and based in Elmhurst, Illinois (just outside Chicago), FLOR is a line of design-inspired carpet squares for the home that lets you create unique area rugs, runners...
01.28.09 -
TerraMai
TerraMai provides distinctive, one-of-a-kind wood products for premiere commercial and residential projects throughout the world. Our products include flooring, siding...
01.27.09
