Our Mission. cornerst ne T H E A U T H O R I TAT I V E R E S O U R C E F O R E XC E L LE N C E I N A R C H I T E C T U R A L WO O D WO R K . Inside Info For Design And Construction Professionals A New Vision for our Next Generation of Woodwork Standards. TWO PART PRODUCT DESCRIPTORS AND ALIGNMENT TO MASTERFORMAT® i n the post-World War II 1950s economic boom, woodwork manufacturers needed a way to "level the playing field" in competitive bid markets to ensure each manufacturer met the same requirements of product deliverables. At that time, the Architectural Woodwork Institute began developing its Architectural Woodwork Quality Standards and in that process, descriptions were invented and adopted that reflected cost of production as an implied relationship and link to woodwork product quality. summer 2017 I designsolutions 11