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Biomimicry and Building Materials – What You Need to Know

Imagine spending four billion years in school.  That is a lot of education, and it forms the baseline for everything around us as we know it. For billions of years, nature has been adapting and evolving to changing temperatures, sea levels, climates, canopies and weather patterns, constantly learning and adjusting to survive.

 

Building has evolved for a few thousand years, starting with rocks, peaking with glass-clad high rises across the globe, and now settling back into an attempted harmony with nature.  

 

We are optimistic about the trend of bringing nature into the space through Biophilic Design, and we are eager to see more widespread adoption of Biomimicry on its heels.  

New Year, New Showroom

We have created a living library of installed building materials in our showroom.  We welcome the architect and design community to come to explore, touch and visualize their projects with just in time materials and samples at their disposal.  …

Episode 13 – Interview with elementAl

This episode will feature elementAl, one of the brands that we carry who is actively making a difference by recycling materials into a new, unique product.