An Architect told me in passing a couple weeks ago, ” all carpet is the same, right?” Well…it’s not. It may all be used primarily on the floor and all be somewhat fuzzy and soft, but carpet is not all the same. Yarn DNA, dyes, production methods and durability…are some of the ways that soft product under foot …
Monthly Archives: April 2015
PURPLE FABRIC UPDATE – WHEN THINGS GO WRONG
Remember when I talked about a fabric that was a color that I didn’t like so much? Well that fabric has shown its ugly head. I spent this week working on a new problem. I usually write about items that are done on a day to day basis, but this one has taken lots of …
RESTROOM SPACE PLANNING – ADA
I worked this afternoon with an intern architect on a submittal that came in from our stone sub-contractor. The submittal was for stone partitions for some restrooms in a commercial building. The stone for these partitions is specified as 1 & 1/4″ thick slabs of a marble called “Perlatina.” The submittal was to verify their layout for …
Design Shadow 