When and Where You Need to Use Trim-Tex Vinyl Expansions

Expansion beads are among the most popular types of specialty drywall accessories in Trim-Tex’s entire catalog. It’s not hard to see why—you cannot beat the flexibility of vinyl materials for expansion joints, where allowing for some controlled movement is crucial. Each of the three expansion beads Trim-Tex offers—093V Expansion, the subtler Hideaway Expansion and the Fire Rated 093X-V Expansion—are designed […]

John Standinger – LaBella Associates

When John Standinger took time to chat with Blueprint from his office in Rochester, New York, he couldn’t chat for long. For it was early summer, meaning it was time to oversee the maintaining of bridges and parks. That can take some doing in and around this medium-sized city on the southern shore of Lake […]

A terraced campus design inspired by historic stepwells

The built form evokes images of stepped wells. Photos courtesy Vinay Panjwani Situated within a 13-ha (32-acre) university campus, the main administration offices, along with an auditorium, seminar halls, library, and cafeteria, form the functions of Prestige University’s campus building in Indore, India. Stepped up diagonally from the northern point, the entire terrace of the […]