Is Brutal Architecture A Thing Of The Past?
For decades, if not centuries, human architecture was driven by the willingness to make bold statements to leave a mark for the builder and for the architect.
For decades, if not centuries, human architecture was driven by the willingness to make bold statements to leave a mark for the builder and for the architect.
When I stroll through a furniture retailer, I always watch how people react to the variety of surface materials offered. One pattern can be seen consistently: if a table top is wood, everyone touches it, feels it and the contact obviously pleases. Nobody strokes a table that is made of glass or other artificial surfaces.
Our ancestors believed that the Earth was flat and that the sun was the center of the universe. Fire, water, air and soil were considered to be the four building blocks of everything. The constellation of stars has been thought to influence human life directly. In hindsight, many widely-held opinions of the past look almost entertaining.
In June 2017 we published our second sustainability report "Doing Our Part". To keep you up-to-date on our sustainability projects, we will publish updates to the report on the website and report on it in our blog.
For about 2 years, a project team at Danzer, headed by James Angel of Danzer UK has been investigating better options for the packaging material that Danzer uses.