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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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Office Buildings | Mar 19, 2018

A cost guide to office fit-outs provides comparisons for 59 markets

The new JLL report also finds landlords offering more generous tenant improvement allowances.

Office Buildings | Feb 8, 2018

The American Psychiatric Association moves into The Wharf

The new office occupies 3 floors at 800 Main Avenue SW.

Architects | Sep 30, 2016

HOK partners with Delos to accredit its designers as wellness professionals

They are also working on the first WELL-certified city district, in Tampa, Fla. 

Interior Architecture | Oct 30, 2015

New study supports connection between worker cognition and indoor air quality

The study found that, on average, participants’ cognitive scores were 101% higher when the air ventilation was highest, compared to the air quality during “conventional” building days. 

Architects | SRG Partnership | Feb 9, 2015

The generalist architect vs. the specialist architect

The corporate world today quite often insists on hiring specialists, but the generalists have an intrinsic quality to adapt to new horizons or even cultural shifts in the market, writes SRG Partnership's Gary Harris.

Dec 28, 2014

AIA course: Enhancing interior comfort while improving overall building efficacy

Providing more comfortable conditions to building occupants has become a top priority in today’s interior designs. This course is worth 1.0 AIA LU/HSW.

Dec 28, 2014

Workplace design trends: Make way for the Millennials

Driven by changing work styles, mobile technology, and the growing presence of Millennials, today’s workplaces are changing, mostly for the better. We examine the top office design trends. 

HDR | Dec 28, 2014

10 essential habits of successful architects

Want to take the next step as a design processional? John Gresko, Senior Project Architect with HDR, explores the traits that many great architects possess. 

HDR | Dec 28, 2014

10 unglamorous things architects do

An acquaintance recently asked me about the kinds of things I did on a day-to-day basis at work, anticipating a response loaded with enviable activities. She was wrong, writes HDR's John Gresko.

Dec 28, 2014

New trends in ceiling designs and materials [AIA course]

A broad array of new and improved ceiling products offers designers everything from superior acoustics and closed-loop, recycled content to eased integration with lighting systems, HVAC diffusers, fire sprinkler heads, and other overhead problems. This course describes how Building Teams are exploring ways to go beyond the treatment of ceilings as white, monolithic planes.

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