RIVA Spain Announced Winner of The Architect’s Newspaper 2024 Best of Products Award
RIVA MAX is a 100 % European-engineered, white oak hardwood collection that elevates the ambiance in both commercial and residential spaces.
MIAMI, FL — September 9, 2024 — RIVA Spain, a luxury flooring brand and leader in European wood manufacturing, is pleased to announce that RIVA MAX has been named a winner in The Architect’s Newspaper 2024 Best of Products Award. The latest engineered hardwood collection won the award for the Best of Finishes & Surfaces: Interior Flooring category.
RIVA MAX is a 100% European White Oak engineered hardwood flooring collection designed to elevate both commercial and residential interiors. Featuring 10-inch wide planks—a defining characteristic of the collection—the flooring offers a seamless and sophisticated hardwood aesthetic, perfect for creating continuity and enhancing natural beauty.
“I’m always drawn to a wide plank, and that’s what I appreciated here. The images were calming and beautiful,”
said Carrie Norman, an Architect’s Newspaper Best of Products Awards judge and assistant professor in the Department of Architecture at MIT.
Beyond its striking visual appeal, RIVA MAX is distinguished by its sustainable craftsmanship. Sourced responsibly from European forests, RIVA Spain’s flooring is made exclusively from 100% European wood, celebrated for its durability, longevity, and timeless elegance. Drawing on 80 years of expertise in wood craftsmanship, RIVA Spain excels in creating engineered hardwood floors that offer superior sustainability. Compared to solid wood, engineered hardwood delivers larger plank sizes and greater dimensional stability, making it more resilient to moisture and environmental changes while reducing the overall environmental impact.
The Architect’s Newspaper Best of Product Awards honors the best products for architects, designers, and taste-makers. Judged by a jury composed of architects, designers, educators, curators, manufacturers, and AN editors, the winning products showcase the best of innovation, aesthetics, performance, and value. The awards honor products across over 30 categories, including building materials, facades, finishes and surfaces, acoustics, lighting and electrical, furnishings, hardware, appliances and plumbing, openings, and technology. Winning products showcase innovation, aesthetics, performance, and value. Follow the @RIVASpain Instagram page.
