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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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Paladino | Jan 23, 2018

Green building trends for 2018 and beyond

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DLR Group | Jan 22, 2018

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sponsored | Bill Bridgeman | Jan 17, 2018

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sponsored | Aaron Mathews | Jan 17, 2018

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sponsored | Kristin Michael | Jan 17, 2018

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Gensler | Jan 16, 2018

The nation's capital of sustainable design

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sponsored | Doug Clark | Jan 15, 2018

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Paladino | Jan 15, 2018

Revolutionizing the standard green lease

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sponsored | Jeff Alexander | Jan 15, 2018

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SmithGroup | Jan 12, 2018

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