Product Reports will return as a major editorial feature in the December issue of Architectural Record, presenting the best new products and materials. An expert panel will select their favorites for publication from those submitted by September 5, 2008. Click here to enter.

Product Reports 2007
Our expert jury examined hundreds of submissions for our 35th annual review of the year’s most innovative new building products available. See winners in 13 different categories, including Furnishings, Openings, and Thermal Moisture and Protection. We also feature our Top Ten Green Products and Editors’ Picks.

Product Reports 2006
Our expert 8-member jury examined hundreds of entries for this year's Product Reports. We have the top contenders listed by category, including Concrete, Finishes, Electrical, and our newest category, Prototypes.

Pictured: Recycled vinyl wall coverings by Second-Look (Editors' Picks 2007)

Ceilings
This month’s roundup showcases a selection of new and innovative ceiling systems that feature undulating resin panels, prefabricated wooden coffers, and a simulated skylight.

Chicago • KBIS
This year's Kitchen & Bath Industry Show held in April experienced its largest turnout ever, with nearly 1,000 exhibitors and more than 45,000 attendees. The good news: Style and technology converged for a greener product offering that scored high marks in terms of both aesthetics and function.

Pictured: www.annafrench.co.uk

Each month RECORD reviews building product related web sites and blogs that might be of interest to our readership. We visit each site, kick the tires a bit, and share what it is about and how it functions.

Copper panels filter light while treading lightly
According to Uriah Bueller, owner/artist of the Boulder, Colorado–based metal-artwork studio UB Arts, the national launch of his company’s Parasoleil copper shade and privacy panels at last October’s ASLA conference in San Francisco not only received an overwhelming response from attendees but sparked ideas for new applications, such as replacement for glass in cabinet doors.

Featured Tradeshow Interview: Patrick Jouin
During the 2007 Salone del Mobile in Milan, French-born designer Patrick Jouin sat down in the Kartell booth with RECORD to discuss his new chair design for the Italian plastic furnishings company.

Listen in as Jouin explains the technology that gives his new Thalya chair for Kartell new levels of strength while remaining lightweight, as well as why he became a designer, and what his firm is working on next.

Image courtesy of Patrick Jouin