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)

Moisture Control
From rain-screen technology and whole house dehumidification to enhanced sheathing and roof underlayment, this month’s selection homes in on excessive moisture and humidity—whether it’s pounding the exterior of a structure or coming from within the building itself.

Las Vegas • Lightfair
Alternating between the East and West Coasts, LightFair International, North America’s annual lighting-industry event, this year found itself in Las Vegas showcasing a vast array of luminaires, daylighting products, and control devices. It returns to New York City from May 5 to 7, 2009.

Pictured: www.ludowici.com

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.

Ingo Mauer and Osram ally for a visionary OLED
Celebrated for his avant-garde approach to illumination, Munich-based lighting designer Ingo Mauer was tapped by Osram Opto Semiconductors to develop an actual fixture using the company’s pioneering OLED (organic light-emitting diode) technology.

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