Practice: Materials

Marvin Windows talks trends in window design and specification.

What if windows were timber’s next architectural frontier?

Flat-roof homes are relatively rare, but that’s about to change.

Fire extinguishers are rarely a detail that excites architects and designers — if they are even fact ored into the design process. As afterthoughts, they are clunky and disrupt the smooth lines and exciting details of spatial design. As forethoughts, their shape often requires deeper wall cavities that are expensive, both in materials and the usable…

These roofs do a lot more than keep the sun off your back.

Kohler is a longtime power player in the wonderful world of faucets.

The Swirl concept was born directly out of sacred spirals that are among us in nature.

American Standard’s DXV line features unmatched, digitally made faucet designs.

Tesla’s solar tiles are the latest in roofing technology. Why are these sun-soaking mini panels such a big deal?