Nordstrom Building: Classic Beauty in the Capital

First impressions are everything. When embarking on a next generation hotel design, La Quinta Inn & Suites held a design competition to help define the hotel’s appearance and layout. The Texas-based hotel company, in its commitment to taking a fresh approach to the interior and exterior design, specified NEOLITH® by TheSize for the exterior cladding. Following the compe...

Elegant. Light. Warm. When thinking of the Nordstrom brand, very specific descriptors emerge that evoke the chic, high-end style of the upscale retailer. Following a 2012 announcement that the former Sears location at Ottawa’s Rideau Centre would be reinvented as Nordstrom, a great deal of care was taken to select architects, technicians and consultants that understood t...

Each era brings its own obsession to kitchen design. For more than three decades, that obsession has been granite, with the material topping homebuyers’ lists as a must-have for countertops. But, designers and homeowners alike are now turning to alternative materials that support busier lifestyles with timeless designs and completely worry-free care. “I can certainly ...

NEOLITH® Polished finish by Spanish Sintered Compact Surface manufacturer TheSize has received the prestigious Plus X Award seal of approval for Innovation, High Quality, Design, and Functionality. Earlier this week, the company was also presented with the MATERIALICA Design + Technology Gold Award Certificate in the Surface & Technology category. Introduced in 2014, ...