Oh Domino

TerraMai’s Naturally Distressed Teak flooring is highlighted in this special ‘green’ issue of Domino magazine.

This Old House Magazine

TerraMai’s Olive Tank Redwood Paneling highlights this story on reclaimed wood, specifically from tanks and barrels, in This Old House Magazine.

TerraMai goes Hollywood

Hollywood is learning to love green and its always loved beauty – which makes TerraMai a perfect match. TerraMai is provided the wall paneling material for the “Green Room” project at this year’s Emmy Awards, held Sunday, September 16 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.  

TerraMai Makes Dwell Magazine’s “Best-Dressed” List

Dwell highlights TerraMai’s Redwood Wine Tank Siding in its September 07 issue, as part of a feature on select exterior cladding products. 

New Headquarters Helps USGBC Advance Green Building

Reclaimed Douglas fir beams from TerraMai are spotlighted on the cover of this month’s Environmental Design + Construction. The new headquarters of the U.S. Green Building Council in Washington, D.C. is one of the premiere green building products in the world.

AIA/COTE 2007 Top Ten Green Projects Global Ecology Research Center at Stanford University

The American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Committee on the Environment (COTE) recently honored the Global Ecology Research Center at Stanford University as one of its 2007 Top Ten Green Projects. One of the most striking features of the project is the reclaimed wine tank redwood siding provided by TerraMai. 

The New York Times
Old-Growth Finds the New World

Story by LUKE JEROD KUMMER,
Published on March 15, 2007

THE house that Robin Howe and her husband, Andy Grossman, share in Bridgehampton, N.Y., is only a year old, but their living room floor dates back a century. Made of wide-plank teak, the floorboards have "a lived-in feel that is attractive and old and gentle on the feet," said Ms. Howe, a fashion designer. 

Popular Mechanics
TerraMai's Rescued Floors:
Recycling Old Wood

Story by Jim Gorman, Photos by James Westman/Studio D
Published in the March 2007 issue.  

San Francisco Chronicle
Old Timbers Get New Life: Lumber from ancient firs being deconstructed for future use

Story by Glen Martin, Photos by Lea Suzuki  
November 14, 2006

TerraMai’s reclamation work on the historic Esprit Corporate Headquarters at 900 Minnesota St. in San Francisco gets great coverage by the San Francisco Chronicle’s Glen Martin. The story highlights a fascinating project involving a building with rich San Francisco history, as well as twice-reclaimed Douglas fir from a legendary mill in the Sierra foothills. This project is yielding hundreds of thousands of board feet of amazing old-growth Douglas fir beams and timbers.

Conservation conscious:
TerraMai lumber focuses on making old-growth wood new-world friendly

By Marc Beauchamp, Record Searchlight
September 4, 2006

MCCLOUD - The only sawmill still working in this historic lumber town is cutting old-growth wood - but it's not what you might think. It's old-growth redwood reclaimed from wine tanks, Douglas fir from a World War II-vintage steel mill in Utah , oak beams from old barns in the Midwest, and massive teak poles that supported traditional houses in Southeast Asia .

Dwell Magazine
Step Lightly

written by Amara Holstein
September 2006

There's trouble underfoot when you're building a green home without considering the flooring. Take stock of these sustainable wood options that let you tread lightly on the land.

INSIDEOUT Magazine
In Our Own Backyard: TerraMai

written by Renee Casterline
August 2006

In Our Own Backyard is a celebration of the artisans, craftsmen and women, and farmers in our region who produce wonderful goods that lend color and texture to the fabric of our communities. Some of the producers may be well known, while others are fabulous discoveries. Take the time to share with these passionate people, visit their shops and farms and further explore the bounty of the Northstate.

Sunset Magazine

written by Dan Gregory
June, 2006

Sunset Magazine's annual Celebration Idea House features the latest in simple, elegant California-style living. The house is assembled in front of the Sunset Magazine headquarters for one month, then moved and used as a residence. TerraMai's reclaimed teak from Southeast Asia was the central feature of the master bathroom. Reclaimed Douglas fir from Pacific Northwest industrial buildings was used to create an entrance door and innovative entertainment area in the outdoor living room. .

San Francisco Chronicle

written by Susan Fornoff, Chronicle Staff Writer,
Saturday, April 22, 2006

San Francisco's Lorax Development partners Mike Kerwin, Joel Micucci and Pat Loughran incorporated every high-end, earth-friendly feature that they could find in their Noe Valley project, including the city's first approved rooftop rain catchment system. The 2,600-square-foot house on Clipper Street features TerraMai's railway sleeper floors and many other ground-breaking environmental design features.

TerraMai In This Old House Magazine

by Max Alexander
This Old House Magazine

This article highlights the recently completed Cambridge House, an intriguing project featured during late 2005 and early 2006 on the PBS television series This Old House. In a departure from their usual definition of "old", the This Old House team took on the complete renovation of this "modern" 1950's home, while maintaining the simple integrity of its Bauhaus-style architecture.