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For courses in Interior Design.   Offering a unique look at interior design, Materials and Components of Interior Architecture, Seventh Edition fully covers the nonstructural materials available to interior designers. With an eye on the environment, it provides a firm understanding of the products, properties, and uses of all materials, from floors, walls and ceilings to installation, and recycling. Going beyond paint and carpet, it explores over 27 different floorings and devotes separate chapters to kitchens and baths. Filled with the latest information provided directly from the suppliers, it helps students think knowledgeably and creatively about the “nuts and bolts” of interior design-both in terms of structure and style. New to this Edition New! More on environmentally sustainable materials-appears in this edition. Reinforces one of this text's central themes and makes students aware of new materials and alternate methods of disposal. New! Streamlined coverage of paint and wallcoverings-now appears in Chapter 2. Provides better continuity because these items are usually sold in the same store. New! The latest information on all products and cabinet construction from AWI-the Architectural Woodwork Institute. Helps designers keep up with products that have been discontinued and companies that have merged or gone out of business. Gives designers the latest information about materials so that they can incorporate them into their plans.