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Sacred Heart: Trinity School Johnson Chapel by Butler Rogers Baskett

Butler Rogers Baskett designed the new Johnson Chapel at the nexus of the Trinity School to support a variety of activities.



On the Wild Side: Marine Mammal Center by Noll & Tam Architects

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.



Restoring Fairytales: The Walt Disney Family Museum by Page & Turnbull and Rockwell Group

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.



Without Prejudice: TEK Architects designed the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College

TEK Architects has designed the Kupferberg Holocaust Resource Center at Queensborough Community College to celebrate the triumph of life



Reading the Future: A community library by Davis Brody Bond Aedas in Washington, D.C, sets a 21st-century tone

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.



Studious Attraction: Tustin Library

The new, vibrant Tustin Library, designed by Field Paoli, in Tustin, Calif. provides a comfortable space for the community to gather, study, and socialize.



My Green Neighbor: GSA Regional Field Office

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.



There’s No Place like Home: Huntsman Architectural Group Adds Warmth to High-Security Dutch Consulate

Traces of California style and Dutch contemporary art do well to make employees forget that they work in a government office.



The Inadmissible Evidence Behind Design

Research has become a hot topic lately in interior design especially in the arenas of sustainability, healthcare, and workplace environments.



Contract Honors Inspirations Award Winners with $5,000 Grants

The 2010 award recognizes socially responsible commercial design at SPUR-hosted event.



Inspirations Awards 2010 Winner Profiles

Five projects are recognized for their innovation and inspiration to socially responsible commercial design by Contract magazine.



Colors to Live By: Experts Predict Color Trends for 2010

What colors will be popular this year, and what will be driving their popularity?



Video Highlights: 2010 Interiors Awards Winning Projects

A visual montage of our 2010 winning projects



Interiors Awards 2010: Exhibit Winner

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.



The 31st Annual Interiors Awards

In our 50th year of publication, Contract proudly presents the winners of the 31st Annual Interiors Awards Competition.



Shades of Night: Why is Light Essential for Your Design?

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.



Convention Centers That Don't Make an Impact

Environmental stewardship is giving some convention centers a competitive advantage.



Educational Design Trends: Food Courting

Colleges are now adapting the integrated design approach to their own campus dining facilities.



Police Presence:Designing the Hollenbeck Police Station

The designers at AC Martin Partners found themselves testing materials for the new Hollenbeck Police Station on a firing range—with semi-automatic weapons.



From Castle to Treasury: Schloss Freudenstein Museum

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.



Reading Room

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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