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Skift
When it comes to dreaming up concepts for the hotel of the future, it's clear that today's architects and designers are focused on a shared theme: sustainability, as it applies not only to the environment, but to culture, as well.
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Building Design + Construction
Connell Foley LLP, a New Jersey-based law firm, recently opened its new corporate headquarters at 56 Roseland. The new 75,000-square-foot space was designed by Gensler and resides in a 400,000-square-foot suburban office building. The contemporary space includes a conference center, attorney offices, and support operations on the first floor.
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School Construction News
As times and technology change so do students' needs. When faced with rising financial pressures and students' changing preferences, colleges and universities continue to look for new ways to reduce operating costs while continuing to improve the educational experience. To do so, architects and designers face these design challenges head on, ultimately creating new trends and principles for sustainable institutions.
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Architizer
Today's modern employee spends well over the typical 40 hours per week at work, a standard set decades before digital technology changed business entirely. Especially in a booming metropolis, where the workday extends into the late evening and people are attached to their computers for six hours or more, it's important for companies to create spaces that cater to employees' comfort and productivity levels. In short, the 21st century office needs to be a place where people want to stay.
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Bisnow
From open office to bringing the outdoors in, tech companies have long been trendsetters in office design. Companies like Salesforce, Twitter, Pinterest, Airbnb, and Oracle each have their own take on how to provide a productive and effective work environment and offer their own unique amenities. But not all decisions have been for the benefit of all, and tech companies have had to create new ways to keep their workers happy.
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No matter what market or environment you are designing for, Acrovyn by Design can reproduce virtually any image, message or color onto your walls without the concern of damage. Forge a new aesthetic with a selection of ready-to-print patterns, or customize with stunning graphics. Create something beautiful and protect it for years to come.
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Co.Design
When companies try to create "branded" experiences for their consumers, the results can be seriously cringeworthy. Anyone who's ever stepped inside a company's corny, hashtag-laden "activation" knows that's not the way to make your brand more meaningful.
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Building Design + Construction
A new 75,000-square-foot Early Learning Campus, designed specifically for The Awty International School's pre-K through first grade students, recently opened in Houston. Shepley Bulfinch's design created the new campus from a vacant 30-year-old office park that sits on a 5.25-acre site.
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IIDA
The IIDA Leaders Breakfast is an annual international event series that celebrates design's importance in the global marketplace by honoring the people who are both the legacy and future of design. Each breakfast features a renowned keynote speaker and recognizes one city-selected honoree who has made significant contributions to the design industry. Tickets are available for Dallas and Toronto.
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IIDA
The IIDA Foundation, in partnership with the Interior Design Educators Council Foundation, Inc., is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for the 2nd annual IIDA Foundation Diversity Award. This award recognizes an educator who is actively advancing diversity in the Interior Design industry. The recipient will receive $5,000 on behalf of the IIDA Foundation. Completed application packets are due October 27, 2017.
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If sitting at a desk all day has got you down, the Kick™ Balance Board from Mayline®-Safco® can help you kick the habit of the sedentary workday. This sleek balance board helps promote more movement and features an anti-fatigue mat surface for additional comfort.
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Dezeen
Bjarke Ingels' firm BIG has unveiled its new visitor centre for toy company Lego — a stack of huge building blocks, featuring brightly coloured patios that are home to a submarine, a shark, and a camel. A pair of "pixelated" staircases allow visitors to scale the exterior of the Lego House to reach the patios, which are set atop 21 blocks shaped to resemble scaled-up Lego bricks.
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Architecture & Design
Governments at all levels invest a lot in greening Australian suburbs. Yet, in a recent report, we show that the greening efforts of most of our metropolitan local governments are actually going backwards. This is a puzzle, as greening has clear environmental and economic benefits.
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Len-Tex Clean Vinyl™ Wallcoverings with Ultra-Fresh® Antimicrobial Protection aren’t just beautiful, they’re durable and promote healthier indoor air quality. Our extensive selection of design options are perfect for hospitality, healthcare, institutional, and corporate projects. And with 100% of our product components Made in the USA, we’re proud to help safeguard American jobs.
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Geek Wire
Looking down is part of the point of going up in Seattle's Space Needle. For visitors to the landmark's restaurant high above ground, it will be a featured element of dining there, as new renderings show the glass floor with a view 500 feet to what's below.
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Wise Bread
Searching for a new job can be a stressful ordeal. There is always a feeling that you could be doing more to make yourself attractive to employers: more networking, more updates to your LinkedIn profile, more classes to boost your skills. This desire to do more, however, sometimes comes with an urge to spend money on products and services that you may not need.
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Forbes
Some management styles prove unpopular to employees, yet as long as profits are positive, managers have little motivation to change. After all, some of history's most successful leaders seem to share certain characteristics such as arrogance and insensitivity. Take the late Steve Jobs, for example. Jobs was accused of being mean-spirited, arrogant, and dictatorial, yet which company was named the biggest tech company in the world by Forbes in 2016? Apple.
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