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3 weeks ago | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:Aro Homes proposes a new era for sustainable residential design with fast, beautiful, carbon-negative homes. Designed by Olson Kundig, the first Aro homes in Mountain View were delivered in 90 days thanks to a hybrid offsite and onsite construction system. With extremely low embodied carbon and efficient systems throughout the home, Aro targets carbon neutrality in less than 20 years.
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2 months ago | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:As we spend a lot of time sleeping, a sustainable mattress and eco-friendly, nontoxic bedding is important to boost health and wellness. CEO Ron Rudzin founded the online luxury mattress brand Saatva with the goal of transparency, ease, and value. Wearable devices measure your quality of rest, trendy aromatherapy blends are on sale to make you drowsy faster, and thousands of people online preach nighttime routines and sleep strategies.
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2 months ago | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:Infinity Drain’s architectural drainage solutions are marked by customizability, quality, and aesthetic appeal. The goal is to marry different approaches to drainage and waterproofing with the aesthetic possibilities of architectural design. The range of offerings can be customized for use in showers, sinks, pools, roof drainage, and driveway drains across residential, commercial, and hospitality developments. It’s physics: Water flows downward.
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2 months ago | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:Flooring renewal extends the lifespan of existing materials, reduces waste, and conserves resources without sacrificing design possibilities. Bona participated in a third-party study that found renewing floors realizes a 90% savings in resources and up to 92% reduction in carbon footprint. Renewing resilient flooring saves time and labor to minimize disruption while improving the visual appeal and hygiene in a space.
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Jan 23, 2025 | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio |Lark Breen
Creating textiles is among the oldest human activities, and today remains a playground for innovation in terms of artistry, sustainability, craft, and digitalization. As the leading international gathering for purveyors of textiles, fibers, and materials, Heimtextil 2025 proved itself a home (or heim) for the industry as it grows and evolves.
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Oct 28, 2024 | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:The Executive Briefing Center is a hospitality-forward space to welcome guests, host events, and educate partners. Formerly an undefined storage space, the building preserves much of its original shape and structure on the main quad of Illumina’s campus. ZGF infuses Illumina’s brand mission in organic finishes, high-tech exhibition space, scientifically inspired artworks, and a central helical staircase.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:Chicago-based firm Wheeler Kearns Architects designed this Lake Michigan holiday home to blend into its ravine like a treehouse. Radiant floors, solar energy, LED lights, and best-in-class detailing ensure all-season comfort. The home reflects its landscape in blue tile and shou sugi ban siding, while concrete floors and durable finishes ensure its longevity. Just off the shores of Lake Michigan, a modern holiday home seems to float in the trees above lakeside sand dunes.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
sixtysixmag.com | Lark Breen
“Don’t blow it up,” echoed through my mind as I sat behind the wheel of the brand new EX90, Volvo’s flagship, all-electric SUV. I wasn’t actually worried about exploding the car—though it wouldn’t be the first time I inadvertently caused smoke to pour out from under the hood of a fancy midsize SUV (sorry again, Chris). I imagine it’s much harder to combust an electric engine than a gas engine. Clearly I’m not the usual car reporter.
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Aug 1, 2024 | 
sixtysixmag.com | Gianna Annunzio |Lark Breen |Chris Force
“Handmade” and “mass production” rarely go hand-in-hand. Handcraft evokes quiet images of soft fingertips and scrutinizing detail. Mass production sounds like a factory, full of metal and clanging. Yet Maya Romanoff—a family-run company and the largest US manufacturer of handmade wallcoverings—proves it is possible to produce artistic and responsible products at relatively large scale almost entirely by hand.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
gbdmagazine.com | Lark Breen
Story at a glance:A home in the Berkshires is designed to make as little impact on the landscape as possible—visually, ecologically, and in terms of its larger environmental footprint. Architects Pachano & Vollert designed the home around the existing site, pinning it to existing rock and preserving trees throughout the construction process. External insulation and high-end membranes help the house exceed passive house requirements for airtightness.
