Photos: Sherwin-Williams Coil Coatings
The exhibit, Thinking In Color, debuted in late June at the AIA Conference on Architecture in New...
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Acrylicoat’s hard surface resists scratches and meets or exceeds the American Architectural Manuf...
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The silyl-terminated polyether (STPE) liquid-applied air barrier does not wash off when exposed t...
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It takes a team to find the perfect color combination, and this time we accomplished it with the...
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Duranar Sunstorm from PPG, Fluropon from Valspar, and Extreme Cover from Sherwin-WIlliams are jus...
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Schools all across the country are getting older and becoming less conducive to providing a posit...
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Butler Tech students can now study and work in neighboring buildings that feature ALPOLIC metal p...
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Valspar’s Valfon® coating in Prismatic Blue adds to the dimensionality of the new Ryerson Univers...
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Photos by Tom Cwenar
In striving to create the greenest office tower in the world, PNC, Gensler and their partners con...
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Lions Park was the largest shared space for a community of about 2,400.
Images courtesy of J Rick Martin Photography
With their extensive color-matching process, Valspar helps formulate nine coating colors to adorn...
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The 26-story hotel spanning 96,000 square-feet needed a way to not only differentiate itself amon...
read moreThe “new” neutral, Poised Taupe is classic yet modern and the perfect balance of warm and cool....
Room painted with the Intrepid palette. Photos courtesy Sherwin-Williams. Click here to enlarge.
The four palettes—Noir, Holistic, Intrepid, and Unbounded—were developed by a team of design and...
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Valspar's elite color matching process helped the Polk Penguin Conservation Center perfectly replicate a tabular iceberg in Antarctica. Click here to enlarge.
With Valspar’s expertly color-matched Fluropon coating, the Polk Penguin Conservation Center was...
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New urban developments use shop- and site-applied color to enliven the cityscape. The Brand, a mixed-use project in Glendale, Calif., designed by Carrier Johnson + Culture, employs pops of primary and secondary color. Photo: Costea Photography/Courtesy Carrier Johnson + Culture
History holds the key to the next coating or sealant specification. To earn 1.0 AIA CES HSW learn...
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Building envelope expert Bradley Carmichael of Hoffmann Architects explains how rainscreen wall s...
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This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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Photo: IdeaPaint.
Sherwin-Williams recently introduced Paint Shield, the first EPA-registered microbicidal paint th...
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Doctors at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say eliminating healthcare-associated infections is a top priority. Photo: Wikimedia Commons
The new product from Sherwin-Williams, called Paint Shield, is said to not only kill over 99.9% o...
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Researchers view the Colorado Rocky Mountains through an electricity-generating SolarWindow module. Photo courtesy SolarWindow Technologies
Made primarily out of hydrogen and carbon, the coating can turn see-through surfaces into solar p...
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The new headquarters in Irvine, Calif., for medical office software provider Kareo, designed by LAP Inc.
Because color is incredibly subjective, personal and situational, it is difficult to study scient...
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Stunning design by HKS leaves onlookers wondering—weathered steel or coating?
Exterior of West Los Angeles College, California
Color’s prominent role in wayfinding has become a focus in architecture, as color association is...
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A colorful hair spa called zoey + joey in Ann Arbor, Mich. “It’s a boutique salon that incorporates the simple use of color to support their brand,” says Wightman & Associates’ Marissa Kovatch. She says she usually specifies certain branded paint products as a basis of design, especially those that meet the VOC limits in LEED. Photo courtesy Wightman & Associates
The rapid pace of development of improved liquid-applied materials and finishes has given Buildin...
read moreChameleons are known for changing their skin colors to suit the observer, but what if a building...
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The building’s custom-fabricated wall panels look like copper, but are actually flat metal sheets...
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Dutch company AkzoNobel is partnering with Rem Koolhaas' firm OMA to study how the application of...
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