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Warm Minimalism

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Making a Simple Space Feel Human Even for those of us who are not architects and designers, minimalism is a

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A Natural Wood Look

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Contributing to Sustainable Architecture with Natural Materials With the trend toward biophilic design on the rise with architects, it should

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Biophilic Urbanism

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Designing Spaces That Nurture a Relationship With Nature Humans have an innate tendency to interact or be closely associated with

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Shake, Rattle, & Roll

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Designing for Earthquakes in the West Earthquakes can be absolutely devastating to the structural integrity of a home or building. 

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Editor’s Desk: Democracy for Design

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Architects Align With Legislation That Rebukes Federal Design Uniformity Back in 2020, we wrote about the Making Federal Buildings Beautiful

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Editor’s Desk: Life Cycle Assessments

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Evaluating the Environmental Impact of Construction Products Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) analyze the impact that one object has on the

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Editor’s Desk: Build America, Buy America

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Promoting American Goods & Strengthening the Supply Chain At the end 2021, President Biden signed into law the Infrastructure Investment

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Editor’s Desk: Artificial Intelligence

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Harnessing Technology in the Architecture Industry Technology has its place in every aspect of the architecture industry, from planning to

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Editor’s Desk: Trade Show Season

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Conventions Remain a Top Business Tool In the West, winter is often a time when business can slow down.  It’s

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Editor’s Desk: Bamboo

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Eco-Ethical Building Material With Deep Roots Bamboo isn’t a new building material.  In fact, it’s one of the world’s oldest

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Editor’s Desk: Giving Back

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How Charitable Giving Can Impact You, Your Firm, & Your Community Giving back doesn’t have to be something that’s only

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Editor’s Desk: Office Space

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Let’s Go Back to Work Rewind to a couple years ago and I never thought I’d be writing this, but

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Editor’s Desk: Western Determination

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The Resiliency of the Architecture Industry As we shift from pandemic to endemic, from remote working to shared offices, from

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Editor’s Desk: Women in Architecture

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Celebrating & Uplifting Women in the Design Industry Louise Blanchard Bethune was the first American woman known to have worked

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Editor’s Desk: Opportunity to Purchase

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Does New Ordinance Level the Playing Field or Bulldoze Your Rights? East Palo Alto, California, has a divisive ordinance on

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The Strength of Precast Concrete
Article Feature 

The Strength of Precast Concrete

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Tariffs, Trade, & Tomorrow
Article Industry News 

Tariffs, Trade, & Tomorrow

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New & Improved
Article Cover Story Residential 

New & Improved

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In the Line of Fire
Architecture News Article 

In the Line of Fire

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Highs & Lows

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Jasper House
Article Feature 

Jasper House

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The Avalon Bothell Commons
Article Cover Story 

The Avalon Bothell Commons

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For the Fans
Article Commercial 

For the Fans

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Experiencing Nature
Article 

Experiencing Nature

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Kaiyo Restaurant
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Kaiyo Restaurant

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Tariffs, Trade, & Tomorrow
Article Industry News 

Tariffs, Trade, & Tomorrow

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Underlayment
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Underlayment

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Retirement
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Retirement

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Accessibility

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At the Booth

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Safety Month
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Safety Month

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Drainage Solutions

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Pet Doors

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Polyiso Insulation

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Rebranding

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Specification Document

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Key Position

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Rating Council

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Manufacturing Plant

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Award for Excellence

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PIMA’s New Associate Member

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Drink Rail

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Weather Wrap

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Roof Flow

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New Colors

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Paint Pen

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Updated Website

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Glass Catalog

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Self-Help Design Tools

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Moving Up

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Downlight

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Accordian-Style Door

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Dark Gray

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Steel Door

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Boilers

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Snow Fence

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Hawaiian Architecture

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Hyper-Real

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