Architecture Building Material Samples  

Bring your lunch and learn about innovative or sustainable materials at the Materials Talks at Lunch! Talks take place in the VRC in AB117. Snacks will be provided.

Spring 2013 talks:

• January 16, 2013, at 12:15pm -- Mike Shanley, Forms + Surfaces:  Designs for Life
• February 6, 2013, at 12:15pm in the Architecture Building Atrium -- Rachel Kuipers, LiveRoof and LiveWall
• April 10, 2013, 12-1pm in AB 021 -- Tim Myers, Bonnell Aluminum.
  Note:  the April 10 talk is eligible for CEU credit.

Fall 2012 talks:

• October 17, 2012, at 12:15pm -- Rich Pilston, Concrete Cloth
• November 7, 2012, at 12:15pm -- Carlos Berrones, EcoClean

Spring 2012 talks:

• March 14, 2012, at 12:15pm -- Justin Edwards, Indiana Ready Mixed Concrete Association
• April 18, 2012, at 12:15pm -- Cindy Martin, Aztec/VAST Composite Masonry

Fall 2011 talks:

• September 28, 2011, at 12:15pm -- Austing Hess, Thermafiber, Mineral Wool Insulation
• October 19, 2011, at 12:15pm -- Chris Holmes, PPG Ideascapes, Energy Efficient Glazing
• November 2, 2011, at 12:15pm -- Jeff Pinyot, ECO Parking Lights, ECO Lighting Solutions

Spring 2011 talks:

• March 2, 2011 -- Lonnie Jones, Shaffner Heaney Associates, Solatube Commercial Distributor & Paul Burch, Solatube Corporation
• March 30, 2011 -- Dave Hullett, Environmental Greenscapes, Inc.
• April 6, 2011 -- Melissa Bair, Landscape Structures, Inc. represented by Countryside Play Structures 

Fall 2010 talks:

• October 20, 2010 -- Cheri Spicer-Longerbone, William E. Baker Co.
• November 1, 2010 -- Janey Zurface, Mayer Fabrics
• November 15, 2010 -- Ed Boutwell, Recycle Design, Inc.

The Architecture Library's Visual Resources Collection is home to the Architecture Building Material Samples collection of innovative or sustainable materials. Stop by the VRC in AB117 to browse through materials in the collection. Items in the collection may be checked out for 4 days.

New samples:

MOSStile:  "the first vertical maintenance-free garden"

Sibonit Exterior Facing and Cladding Board:  fiber cement panels

Litracon:  light-transmitting concrete

VAST Pavers:  composite landscape and resurfacing pavers

LightLouver:  Daylighting System

Stratum:  bamboo embedded surface material

WECork:  beautiful, durable, renewable, cork flooring