Butler Rogers Baskett designed the new Johnson Chapel at the nexus of the Trinity School to support a variety of activities.
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A pair of former Nike missile silos take center stage as home to the rescued residents at a 24-hour rescue and rehabilitation facility in Sausalito, Calif.
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Through a creative use of animated color and lighting, as well as advanced technology inclusions, Page & Turnbull and the Rockwell Group restore three, historic military buildings in San Francisco into an engaging Disney masterpiece.
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TEK Architects has designed the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College to celebrate the triumph of life
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A new community library by Davis Brody Bond Aedas breaks the traditional mold and sets a 21st-century tone for a citywide library renovation program in Washington, D.C.
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The new, vibrant Tustin Library, designed by Field Paoli, in Tustin, Calif. provides a comfortable space for the community to gather, study, and socialize.
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In a joint venture, Leo A. Daly/LAN and PageSutherlandPage have designed a new Houston office for the General Service Administration that combines sustainability and a welcoming community image.
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Traces of California style and Dutch contemporary art do well to make employees forget that they work in a government office.
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Research has become a hot topic lately in interior design especially in the arenas of sustainability,
healthcare, and workplace environments.
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The 2010 award recognizes socially responsible commercial design at SPUR-hosted event.
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Five projects are recognized for their innovation and inspiration to socially responsible commercial design by Contract magazine.
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What colors will be popular this year, and what will be driving their
popularity?
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A visual montage of our 2010 winning projects
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One of North America's most distinctive port cities, New Orleans is known around the world for its complex and vibrant culture—a place where Creole cuisine, folk art, jazz, brass bands, and a melánge of languages, influences, and people merge in a shared identity that transcends its diverse population.
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In our 50th year of publication, Contract proudly presents the winners of the 31st Annual Interiors Awards Competition.
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Lighting designer Leni Schwendinger recently spoke with Contract magazine to
discuss the importance of light in design and how it can be utilized to
influence and enhance any commercial project.
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Environmental stewardship is giving some convention centers a competitive
advantage.
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Colleges
are now adapting the integrated design approach to their own campus dining
facilities.
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The designers at AC Martin Partners found themselves testing
materials for the new Hollenbeck Police Station on a firing range—with semi-automatic weapons.
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Converting a palace into a museum is commonplace in Europe, where aproliferation of princes has given way to the democratization of culture. Butfew of these transformations can compare in boldness with that of SchlossFreudenstein, in the Saxon mining town of Freiburg, Germany.
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By the year 2000, the 29,000-sq.-ft. Crandall Public Library in Glens Falls,
N.Y.—designed by renowned architect Charles A. Platt in 1931 as his last civic
building—was literally busting at the seams.
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