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Who still makes industrial parquet and in what form?
FACTORY FLOOR BECOMES A DESIGN STATEMENT INDUSTRIAL PARQUET (OR ENGINEERED PARQUET) WINS OVER MORE ARCHITECTS
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Amongst special fitting patterns, industrial parquet (sometimes called engineered parquet) is more or less an outsider. Indeed, this type of parquet was originally a floor which consisted literally of ‘ leftovers’. There are good reasons why engineered parquet, which comprises blocks or
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mats of strips bound together (using tape or a net) in 100% solid wood in various sizes and thicknesses, is also called industrial parquet. Initially, it was fitted in public areas and factories.
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