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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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sponsored | Star Building Systems | Sep 21, 2018

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Paladino | Sep 19, 2018

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Gensler | Sep 17, 2018

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sponsored | GKD USA, Inc. | Sep 17, 2018

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NAC Architecture | Sep 12, 2018

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Gresham Smith | Sep 11, 2018

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HOK | Sep 10, 2018

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Given the dizzying speed in which the technology has caught on, it’s worth taking a moment to look at what we’ve learned to date about VR and discuss how it fits into the future of architecture and design.

CallisonRTKL | Sep 6, 2018

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Perkins and Will | Sep 4, 2018

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sponsored | George DuBose | Sep 4, 2018

Three forgotten truths about mold and moisture building failures

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