Spartanburg's school district enlisted the aid of local architect firm McMillan Pazdan Smith (MPS) who specified multiple Altro flooring products. Spartanburg, SC, USA—Merging with Carver High School in 1970 into a single entity as the final step of desegregating Spartanburg City Schools, Spartanburg High School provides an opportunity to address the global economy by shaping the minds of future generations. In 2016, the school district’s residents endorsed a bond measure to carry out a number of construction projects with the intent of implementing significant changes for their school system. This involved converting the former site of the Lan-Yair Country Club into a new state-of-the-art Spartanburg High School that combined elements of both traditional and contemporary design. The campus would surround students with timeless reminders of the school&rsquo

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Family-owned and operated since 1919, Altro is a world-leading manufacturer and innovator in commercial floors and walls. We work with architects, designers, contractors and end users in healthcare, education, food service and other sectors, and from safety to aesthetics, use our expertise to help them transform everyday spaces into thriving environments.

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The Mooring on Foreside trades the bland, institutional décor of traditional senior living facilities for a calming New England cape aesthetic. The Mooring on Foreside prides itself in providing responsive, specialized care for individuals living with progressive memory loss. In order to offer residents suffering from these conditions effective care in a familiar environment, The Mooring’s owner enlisted Gawron Turgeon Architects of Scarborough, Maine to design the ideal facility.“The overall challenge for The Mooring project was to create a functional, residential scale, small house community with a New England cottage style aesthetic. We also had to offer the safety and durabil

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A Lesson in Adhesive-Free Flooring

A renovation at Thompson Rivers University needed flooring that could endure the stress of consistent foot traffic and install quickly and efficiently. Established in 1970 on traditional Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc territory, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, Canada has dedicated its efforts to empowering their student body to achieve academic excellence in a diverse, inclusive environment. The Kamloops, BC campus offers both hands-on and digital learning options as well as individualized student services designed to complement its 200 available study programs.The university’s Old Main building, housing multiple classrooms and faculty offices, scheduled a multi-million dol

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Adhesive-free, vinyl flooring Altro Cantata features decorative, soft-look shades ideal for medium to heavy traffic spaces. Installed at up to 97% internal relative humidity even without a damp-proof membrane. The flooring’s easy cleaning and maintenance regime ensures that Cantata maintains its striking shades and performance. Ideal for healthcare, its adhesive-free installation means it can be laid straight down on to existing flooring.

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Flooring Revolutionizes Chicago Apartments

Built upon the torn-down Gonnella Bakery, Spoke Apartments’ new construction brings 10,000 sq. ft. of retail space sandwiched between two towers of one-and-two-bedroom luxury apartments, townhouses and penthouse suites. Flooring provided the finishing touch. Gensler’s Chicago branch, working with architecture firm FitzGerald Assocs., designed the interior amenities and individual units at the Spoke Towers. Angela Harper, senior associate at Gensler, said that they conducted much research on cost, thickness, durability, sound properties and aesthetics from different luxury vinyl tile (LVT) products across the industry.

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