Commercial Update: Shopping Malls - November 2008
The floors in the common areas of enclosed shopping malls offer designers a large canvas for creativity and the opportunity to make almost any kind of statement.
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The floors in the common areas of enclosed shopping malls offer designers a large canvas for creativity and the opportunity to make almost any kind of statement.
This year’s Cersaie, the International Exhibition of Ceramic Tile and Bathroom Furnishings held annually in Bologna, Italy, showcased both innovations in surface technologies and artistic brilliance from the world’s leading ceramic tile designers.
Reading the newspaper today can be a depressing experience. Some say it’s the worst economic times since the Great Depression.
It’s a scary time out there. Whether you’re watching the stock market ticker scrolling across the bottom of the screen or the news of the day, there’s much around us today to cause us to fear.
Allowing his employees to run their own businesses within his business has helped Van Gilmore build Nashville Carpet into a local mainstay.
While 2008 has been another growth year in the commercial market, this year’s survey of top designers seems to indicate a more cautious and thoughtful approach and a more conservative aesthetic.
Sales of hardwood flooring, which consumers list as their number one flooring of choice, are still having a tough go of it this year after last year’s 12.9% slide.
In the world of floorcoverings, the use of decorative concrete, especially polished concrete, is relatively new on the scene but has been steadily growing.
Since its peak in 2005, the residential flooring market is down an estimated 25% with no clear upturn in sight.
A constant influx of new flooring materials, patterns, and colors are introduced to the market each year, giving designers and architects seemingly endless possibilities for their projects.