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design - features

Stencil: HBF Textiles

Stencil is a large-scale pattern that evokes a thoroughly mod doily with a half-drop repeat that allows for pattern visibility when installed on smaller surfaces.

Sauerbruch Hutton

Former use: Prussian military uniform factory

Designing for Health: Mentoring the Next Generation of Healthcare Design Professionals

Local students get real world experience with The University Health System in San Antonio, Texas

educational design

Centennial College Library and Academic Facility

A library and academic facility defines a new gateway for a Toronto college and its diverse student body

First Net Zero Public School Opens in Texas

Lady Bird Johnson Middle School in Irving produces and supports its energy on-site

Umeå School of Architecture

PACCAR Hall, University of Washington

institutional design

Interiors Awards 2012: Adaptive Reuse

DiMenna Center for Classical Music in New York designed by H3 Hardy Collaboration Architecture

Interiors Awards 2012: Student/Conceptual

Kent Bellows Studio and Center for Visual Arts in Omaha, Nebraska designed by University of Nebraska students

Interiors Awards 2012: Public Space

Redesign of L.A. City College Music Hall Underway

hospitality design

Lukson

A sophisticated interior by MASS Architecture & Design to match the cuisine of Chef Sang Yoon

St. Regis Bal Harbour Resort

Yabu Pushelberg reinterprets south Florida glamour

AIA Launches Educational Web Portal

Inspirations Awards Deadline Extended

corporate design

Studio Fusion Adapts Manufacturing Site into Modern Office

Ingersoll Rand gets a new space that is both worker and environmentally friendly

Interiors Awards 2012: Small Office

iCrete's offices in Hollywood designed by Felderman Keatinge + Associates

Inspirations Awards Deadline Extended

Mannington Opens Public Voting for tx:style design challenge

retail design

Interiors Awards 2012: Showroom

Modern Chinese Garden in Zhuhai, China designed by Kris Lin Interior Design

Interiors Awards 2012: Retail

Omonia Bakery in Astoria, New York designed by Bluarch Architecture

Bloomsbury Abu Dhabi by Carbon

Pretty in Pink: Penhaligon, Singapore, Designed by Jenner Studio

socially responsible design

Designing for Health: Special Design Considerations for the Middle East

Cultural differences in the Middle East inform design preferences in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Designer Perspectives: A Q&A with Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks

The 2012 Designers of the Year Michael Murphy and Alan Ricks founded MASS Design Group to engage in deeply meaningful projects with organizations and partners also committed to the same ideals.

Herman Miller and MASS Design Group Form Partnership

Architecture for Humanity Launches Competition to Repurpose Military Sites

healthcare design

Designing for Health: Exploring Collaboration in the Consolidated Interventional Platform

A Perkins + Will designer imagines the possibilities in healthcare delivery with a few department reconfigurations for greater efficiency

Designing for Health: The differences between U.S. and U.K. clinical planning models

Differences in healthcare design such as spacial allocation were found during collaboration on several projects in the U.K. for a U.S. health system client

Designing for Health: Widening a Natural Circle of Inclusion

Designing for Health: Mentoring the Next Generation of Healthcare Design Professionals