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architects' choice: paints and coatings

  • a coat above

    Holst Architecture: Miller Paint Co.'s zero-VOC Acro Pure paint.

     

  • Metal Magic

    Max Strang Architecture: Modern Masters' Metal Effects is a water-based decorative painting system that can create patinaed and oxidized metal finishes for architectural applications.

     

  • Stain Alive

    Gracia Studio: Cabot's water- and oil-based semi-solid wood siding stains are guaranteed not to crack, peel, or blister, even under harsh weather conditions, according to the manufacturer, and are available in 74 colors.

     

  • benjamin moore

    The Moore brothers started their paint company in a small Brooklyn, N.Y., building in 1883.

     

  • polygal

    Polygal plastic-based products.

     

  • marvin

    Citing the Warroad, Minn.-based company's product quality, technical support, and willingness to take on almost any design challenge, our readers ranked Marvin as their preferred window brand whenever the budget allows it.

     

  • sub-zero

    Sub-Zero refrigerator and wine-storage units.

     

  • ave varia

    archi-tectonics: 3form's resin-based architectural panels are free of volatile oragnic compounds, solvents and emissions. Panels can be had in 4-by-8-and 4-by-10-foot sheets up to an inch thick.

     

  • moore please

    michael mcdonough architect: Benjamin Moore's Pristine Eco-Spec paints are low-odor, water-based paints and are available in flat, eggshell, and semi-gloss.

     

  • voc this way

    michael g. imber, architect: Farrow & Bell has used a raw material formula for its paints and wallpapers for more than 100 years and its paints' pure pigments emit very low VOC levels.

     
 
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2013 Residential Architect Design Awards Judging

Robert M. Cain, Brian Messana, Todd Hansen and E.B. Min, the 2013 Residential Architect Design Awards jury, discuss their selection of Bud Clark Commons by Holst Architecture as the 2013 Project of the Year. Calling Bud Clark Commons “architecture at its finest,” they noted that the beautifully designed building includes affordable studio apartments, a day center, and a shelter providing temporary housing for up to 90 men. The Portland, Ore., project’s social aspects as well as its design made it the clear choice for the 2013 RADA Project of the Year.

 
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