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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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Cultural Facilities | Dec 4, 2019

Snøhetta wins competition to design maritime center in Esbjerg, Denmark

The project’s design was developed with WERK Arkitekter.

Cultural Facilities | Dec 1, 2019

Small-venue theaters play starring cultural and economic roles in New York City’s economy

A new study identifies the challenges these theaters face, and offers possible solutions that include more city support.

Cultural Facilities | Nov 11, 2019

‘The Whale’ will be an arctic attraction 185 miles north of the Arctic Circle

Dorte Mandrup won an international competition to design the project.

Cultural Facilities | Oct 29, 2019

A watchtower in Harlem, once a firefighter’s lookout, is restored as a landmark

The nearly $8 million project required major structural interventions.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 65 Cultural Sector Construction Firms for 2019

Whiting-Turner, Turner, PCL, Clark Group, and Gilbane top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector contractors and construction management firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 70 Cultural Sector Engineering Firms for 2019

Jacobs, Arup, EXP, BRPH, and Thornton Tomasetti head the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector engineering and engineering architecture (EA) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

Top 110 Cultural Sector Architecture Firms for 2019

Gensler, Populous, DLR Group, Stantec, and Perkins and Will top the rankings of the nation's largest cultural facility sector architecture and architecture engineering (AE) firms, as reported in Building Design+Construction's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Giants 400 | Oct 3, 2019

2019 Cultural Facility Giants Report: New libraries are all about community

The future of libraries is less about being quiet and more about hands-on learning and face-to-face interactions. This and more cultural sector trends from BD+C's 2019 Giants 300 Report.

Cultural Facilities | Sep 11, 2019

The Kennedy Center expands for the first time since its 1971 debut

The REACH, with three pavilions on a generous lawn, adds openness and light to this performance space.

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