Levitt Goodman Architects: The Castor Recycled Tube Light has a tongue-in-cheek design but is all business.
Kuklinski and Rappe Architects: Nu-Wool claims WALLSEAL—an engineered spray-in cellulose insulation made of recycled newsprint—completely fills cavities to eliminate air infiltration.
Kuklinski+Rappe Architects: Normann Copenhagen's Norm 69 pendant is thrifty and elegant.
Banducci Associates Architects: Clopay's Avante Collection are made with 2 1/8-inch frames in custom sizes.
Banducci Associates Architects: Oceanside Glasstile's Tessera are made from silica sand and, in some cases, post-consumer recycled bottle glass.
Swatt Architects: Concreteworks Studio's concrete countertops and bathtubs are embedded with fiber optics that are invisible during the day and glow at night.
Swatt Architects: To promote "continuity from interior to exterior," Swatt specs large aluminum openings from Fleetwood, as he did on this home.
Obie G. Bowman Architect: Redwood Lumber and Supply Co.'s rough-sawn lumber products.
Obie G. Bowman Architect: Solarium & Skylight Systems' window products.
Obie G. Bowman, Architect: Grace Construction Products' Hydroduct 660 drainage composite sheet and Bituthene 4000 pre-formed waterproof membrane.