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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 | Jeff Alexander | Sep 11, 2017

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LPA | Sep 8, 2017

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sponsored | Bill Bridgeman | Sep 7, 2017

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Gensler | Sep 7, 2017

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Hinge | Sep 1, 2017

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NBBJ | Sep 1, 2017

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sponsored | Ross Ufberg | Aug 28, 2017

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Stantec | Aug 28, 2017

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sponsored | Cary Barger | Aug 24, 2017

Controlling condensation

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