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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.



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HGA Insights Blog | Oct 22, 2020

Envisioning libraries as community hubs

In the following, HGA Vice President and Senior Designer Jane Dedering discusses her passion for libraries, community engagement, and how the current pandemic will influence libraries moving forward.

Clark Nexsen | Oct 20, 2020

Best practices in S+T office design

Within the constraints of the typical COVID-19 office protocols, lab users face the additional challenge of working with hands-on processes, tight schedules, and shared resources.

sponsored | Bill O'Keeffe | Oct 19, 2020

Going virtual

Manufacturers use virtual platforms to help architects meet CEU requirements. 

CannonDesign | Oct 19, 2020

Flexible design helped the University of Kansas Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital adapt to the coronavirus

The University of Kansas Strawberry Hill Behavioral Health Hospital had been open for just over six months when it was faced with the global coronavirus pandemic.

Burns & McDonnell | Oct 14, 2020

Altering facilities for a post-COVID-19 world

There are several possibilities when it comes to reconfiguring or adjusting a space to maintain the health and safety of workers, from reorganizing spaces to enable social distancing measures to full teardown and reconstruction of a plant.

sponsored | Star Building Systems | Oct 13, 2020

Wakarusa Township fire station meets innovation

Kuehler worked in partnership with Lawrence, Kansas-based architectural firm Hernly Associates and together, they created a vision for the new, nearly 14,500-square-foot station.

Proving Ground | Oct 8, 2020

4 challenges of realizing BIM's value for an owner

In recent years, we have found our consulting practice engaging more and more with owners that are questioning the value of BIM and how they can make use of potentially data-rich BIM assets.

sponsored | Panasonic | Oct 6, 2020

Healthy air systems protect builders and owners

Tenants expect healthy indoor air presenting both risk and opportunity for builders and owners. 

Rob Cassidy | Oct 2, 2020

Everyone's getting a fire pit!

Skeleton fire pit in Chicago, October 2020

sponsored | CENTRIA | Oct 2, 2020

The Jury is In: CENTRIA® Transforms Mall to Municipal Building

What used to be a strip mall and grocery store is now the home for municipal courts and the sheriff in Columbia, SC. Architects and planners tapped products from CENTRIA to make it all happen.

VIATechnik | Oct 1, 2020

Smart buildings stand on good data

The coming disruption of owning and operating a building and how to stay ahead through BIM.

sponsored | APA – The Engineered Wood Association | Oct 1, 2020

Exposing the beauty of engineered wood

A glimpse into the creative application of engineered wood products on one of the largest mass timber projects in the Pacific Northwest.

HDR | Sep 25, 2020

Performance-based textile cleaning and disinfection in the age of COVID-19

It is essential for both designers and environmental services to know the active ingredient(s) of the cleaning products being used within the facility.