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METROPOLIS Introduces Natural Habitat, a Sustainable Homes Video Series

The series debuts with a tour of a tranquil upstate New York retreat designed with Passive House principles.

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July 1, 2004

NeoCon 2004

This year’s crop of products from the contract market.

By: Paul Makovsky

Every June when the NeoCon trade show happens, Chicago becomes the place to search for the latest trends in the American contract industry. Economic challenges in recent years have led U.S. designers and manufacturers to work together to make products that are competitively priced without sacrificing design or looking institutional. Those on these pages—all introduced this year at NeoCon—are good indicators of where contract design is headed.

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