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Cold Weather Protection for Your Wood Floor

November 27, 2019

Winter is here. Sorry. The cold weather brings with it a number of challenges for floors once the snow falls and sticks to your boots, melting inside. It often has salt mixed in, which leaves…...

Cold Weather Protection for Your Wood Floor

November 27, 2019

Winter is here. Sorry. The cold weather brings with it a number of challenges for floors once the snow falls and sticks to your boots, melting inside. It often has salt mixed in, which leaves…...

‘Another Life’ by Nicole Charles and Justin Pape, presented by Knot On My Planet and Holt Renfrew

September 21, 2019

Relative Space is proud to have provided material for "Another Life," an art installation by Nicole Charles and Justin Pape. Drawing attention to the impacts of our consumption, viewers were encouraged to attach pieces of…...

Board School: Colour and Surface

August 27, 2019

Board School is our series of educational pieces created to help you maximize your appreciation and the longevity of your wood floors. A wood floor can last for generations, so take the time to consider…...

Board School: Wood Flooring Finishes

July 03, 2019

Board School is our series of educational pieces created to help you maximize your appreciation and the longevity of your wood floors. There are many creative possibilities with wood flooring finishes, but they mostly fall…...

Wrapping Up IDS and the DesignTO Festival

January 26, 2019

Misfit by Batay-Csorba Architects In their exhibit Misfit, on view at Relative Space for the DesignTO Festival, Batay-Csorba Architects challenged our preconceptions about concrete, making an aesthetic argument for the venerable material’s flexibility and aliveness…...

White (Oak) Christmas: The Many Variations Between Species

December 11, 2018

As the holidays approach, many people are buying Christmas trees to celebrate the season, but what does the ideal tree look like? Some Christmas trees are tall and skinny with sparse needles, while others are…...

Q&A with architect Andrew Batay Csorba

November 16, 2018

A purveyor of high-end audio equipment from brands such as Sennheiser and AKG, Headfoneshop is a destination for audiophiles. The interior of its new store, located in the base of a 42-story mixed use tower…...

Q&A with architect Barbora Vokac Taylor

September 25, 2018

The clients deeply value connecting with their friends, family and neighbours, however their two-story 1950s home in Humber Valley Village dubbed “Hibou House” needed an update to maximize its potential for modern entertaining and living with…...

Board School: Matching Stairs and Flooring

September 04, 2018

Board School is our series of educational pieces created to help you maximize your appreciation and the longevity of your wood floors. Stairs in a home present a range of exciting design possibilities, but with…...

Board School: 8 Tips for Keeping Your New Floor Safe

July 26, 2018

Board School is our series of educational pieces created to help you maximize your appreciation and the longevity of your wood floors. Renovations are messy, and depending on timelines, sometimes your floors are installed before…...

The Importance of Certification and Origin

June 27, 2018

Wood is a natural product. It grows across the globe, in public and private spaces. Some trees are planted to be grown into lumber, but some are not. Some lumber is harvested ethically, but not…...

Board School: Reviewing Wood Flooring Samples at Home

June 14, 2018

Board School is our series of educational pieces created to help you maximize your appreciation and the longevity of your wood floors. With qualities that are often subtle and dependent on factors like light and…...

Following Up on the National Wood Flooring Association Expo

May 04, 2018

Things are never dull in the world of wood flooring trade shows (no, really!). At the NWFA Expo last month, we had one of our most unusual booths, and it was completely ad hoc. We…...

Meet the People Who Are Turning Plastic Waste Into Something Beautiful

April 04, 2018

Plastic bottle waste is a global scourge, but the problem is more visible in some areas than others. The canals of Amsterdam are iconic in their beauty and a draw for tourists, but they also…...

Architectural Digest Design Show Wrap Up

March 27, 2018

The 2018 ADD show has officially wrapped. The Relative Space New York team enjoyed speaking with lots of great design minds over the weekend and hearing about all the fantastic spaces that will be created…...

Architectural Digest Design Show 2018

February 05, 2018

Come visit us in New York at the AD Design Show (booth #283) from March 22 to 25th where we will be showcasing the Energía Natural collection. Energía Natural is an eco-friendly wood flooring collection…...

Q&A with Hadi Teherani on Open Frameworks for Parador

January 02, 2018

A Q&A with Hadi Teherani about Open Frameworks Iranian-German architect and designer Hadi Teherani has built a diverse and acclaimed body of work with his holistic and international vision. Here he discusses in-depth his latest…...

New Product: Open Frameworks by Hadi Teherani

December 19, 2017

Open Frameworks is a curated collection that is conceived around four components — colour, format, pattern, and link — every piece is designed to work together. Because there are no bad combinations, you can lead…...

A Tannic Tale

December 12, 2017

Fraser from the Relative Space team recently made an unlikely connection while on a scenic drive through France and Italy. He was visiting a wine bar in Beaune, France where he met the head wine-maker…...

Introducing the New Relative Space

February 28, 2017

We're proud to officially, and finally, launch our brand new website. Not just revamped; reinvented. Working with the brand created by the creatives of Anagrama, and designed and developed by the talented Electric Pulp, we…...

New Product: Matita by Foglie D’Oro

February 20, 2017

Italian parquet maker Foglie d’Oro has partnered with architecture and design firm Studio Rotella to create an exquisite new modular floor. As versatile as it is beautiful, the wooden planks of the Matita collection are…...

Featured Project: Manhattan Penthouse

February 13, 2017

For our first featured project we're digging into our archives for one of the most cozy and contemporary condos we've completed. Here we have our engineered hardwood, Sumo Myo, throughout the whole apartment. View it…...

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