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Published Article The Indigenous Hub in Toronto Promises a Brighter Future
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Webinar Webinar: Strategies for Returning to the Workplace
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Published Article 5 reasons the Denver Metro area will be a post-pandemic “winner”
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Blog Post Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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Published Article School Resiliency is Crucial to Modern Student Safety
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Published Article Pandemic Response Lessons From Singapore
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Blog Post Warm welcome: What to consider when designing a modern mental health space
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Published Article Scenic Stormwater Management
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Published Article Is this the beginning of a micromobility revolution?
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Blog Post [With Video] Why VR matters in healthcare design
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Published Article Going viral: How the coronavirus pandemic could change the built environment
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Published Article How to design K-12 schools
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Published Article Signaling a Safe Return
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Blog Post [With Video] Beyond the monument: Honoring our heroes through contextual design
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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Published Article How This Veterans Research Building Evolved Amidst Design Changes
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Published Article A hybrid learning approach could redefine higher education
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Blog Post 7 talks, 7 cities, 7 big sustainability ideas
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Blog Post [With Video] How a young team shaped a new home for a mental health center
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Blog Post Awaiting departure, 6 feet away: How will airport holdrooms adjust?
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Blog Post What does designing with the heart of healthcare mean for nurses?
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Webinar Webinar Recording: Mall Remix: breathing new life into old malls
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Blog Post Did COVID-19 finally push us to completely paperless projects?
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Blog Post Why build modular residential buildings? Can they save time and money?
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Published Article Reconstruction could be COVID-19’s silver lining
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Published Article Pandemic control in high-performance buildings
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Blog Post How to focus on health and wellness in existing buildings
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Published Article Denver Water: A Holistic Design For First-Of-Its-Kind Water Reuse Initiative By Stantec
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Published Article Room to Grow
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Blog Post UV lighting in building infection control: Can passive light safely kill coronavirus?
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Published Article Five Questions with Pablo Quintana
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Blog Post How workplaces can shift toward holistic well-being ahead of returning to work
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Blog Post 5 strategies for creating safer, healthier hotel experiences
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Blog Post How parametric design helps in the creation of custom interior elements
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Blog Post Retail as a stage: Today’s extension of a centuries-old philosophy
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Published Article Port of the Future
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Blog Post Scanning smarter: Using reality capture on renovations
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Blog Post Engineering our return to the workplace after COVID-19
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Blog Post Exploring the airborne transmission of the coronavirus and strategies for mitigating risk
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Blog Post How can airports prepare for future operations during a time of so many unknowns?
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Blog Post Beyond sports: 4 ways investments in athletic facilities improve communities
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Published Article Published in STRIVE Magazine: Starting a journey toward homeless solutions
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Blog Post Building resiliency in transit design during COVID-19 and beyond
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Hospitality design in the digital era. How “smart” is smart?
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Blog Post 4 technologies for improving building sanitization in a post-pandemic society
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Blog Post Reawakening theme park magic while staying socially distant and safe
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Blog Post Getting back to business: How COVID-19 has shifted priorities in the transformed workplace
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Blog Post Bright places and gathering spaces: 5 tips to design a modern industrial learning center
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Blog Post Well-being can no longer be considered a luxury in a post-COVID workplace
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Blog Post Empathy, leadership, and listening during the pandemic pause
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Building design as a tool for wellness
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Blog Post Can airports integrate health screening and security measures into a single process?
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Blog Post If history is our guide, then COVID-19 will improve airport baggage check-in
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Video Environment, health and sustainability in real estate asset management
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Blog Post The 42nd Floor: A view into the space and technology of the workplace we will return to
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Blog Post Using lighting IoT data to inform a safer office reentry strategy
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 09 | People, buildings & technology
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Blog Post Airport traffic collapse—crisis or opportunity? Rethinking the business of airports
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Blog Post Lasers to the rescue: Using technology to collect essential data during COVID-19
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Blog Post COVID-19 is changing design paradigms
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Blog Post A global view of design and urban planning post-COVID-19 (Part 4): How will cities change?
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Published Article Published in Dezeen: "This is not a hospital" says architect behind McCormick conversion
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Blog Post So, what happens when it’s time to get back to the office?
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Published Article Published in Work Design: Choosing Responsibly: Healthier Materials in the Workplace
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Published Article Published in Healthcare Design: Solutions for Pandemic-Related Healthcare Capacity Issues
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Blog Post How remote VR meetings help design teams overcome the challenges of COVID-19
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Article Why it’s time to reimagine long-term care facilities
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Blog Post Healthy airports: What terminals will look like post-pandemic
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Blog Post 5 ways to achieve a healthier work space now and after COVID-19
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Blog Post The COVID-19 pandemic is proof that it’s time to implement virtual healthcare
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Blog Post Pandemic preparedness: How hospitals can adapt buildings to address worst-case scenarios
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Blog Post The level-up strategy: Responding to sea level rise in coastal communities
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It’s not if, but when: Designing healthcare spaces that support pandemic response
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Published Article Published in Buildings: 5 Things to Consider Before Starting a Lighting Upgrade
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Blog Post [With Video] From the Design Quarterly: How can lighting design influence wellness?
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Blog Post How do office sounds impact design? Hint: Not all sound in the workplace is bad
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Published Article Published in Retrofit: Designers Befriend a Researcher
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Blog Post The joys of recycling a building: How to get your adaptive reuse project on track
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What does it mean to fly well?
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Blog Post Great lighting design—a key to an immersive experience and occupant well-being
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Published Article Published in Interiors + Sources: Design Eases the Transition to Safety for Survivors of Abuse
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Blog Post Celebrating the Year of the Nurse: Impacting hospital design as clinical consultants
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Published Article Published in The Boston Globe: New high-rise in Chinatown will include affordable housing
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Blog Post How technology is changing the patient experience—and what that means for designers
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How systems thinking is good for our changing world
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 6 trends shaping community sports and rec facility design
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Published Article Published in Floor Daily: Retail: A Social Experience
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Published Article Published in Alaska Business: Architecture in Alaska
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Published Article Published in Alaska Business: The art of architecture
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Blog Post Why start-to-finish construction management is imperative to a successful airport project
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Design drivers for a new behavioral and mental health facility
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Article Published: Cooperatives Offer Innovative Option to Solve the Affordable Housing Shortage
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Blog Post A hospital that feels like home: Community as inspiration in healthcare design
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Blog Post Friday Night Lights: The architecture of high school football stadium design in Texas
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Blog Post Academic libraries of tomorrow: 4 models for storing your collections
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How do you future-proof a stadium in the digital age?
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Blog Post Waste not, want not: Turning human waste into a renewable-energy source for buildings
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 08 | Wellness & Active Lifestyles
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Blog Post Better than before: 3 ways design can ease the transition to safety for survivors of abuse
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Blog Post What’s cooking? When it comes to commercial kitchen design, it’s all about ventilation
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Blog Post Research and benchmarking: Revisiting a 21st century library a decade after design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 3 strategies to design academic research facilities to last
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Blog Post 3 benefits to embracing an integrated approach to building design
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Blog Post World Cities Day: Here’s how we can build a better urban life for future generations
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Blog Post 6 myths about embracing non-toxic materials in interior design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: House calls of the future
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Article Published in ARCHITECT: Integrating VR and AR Into Design Workflows
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Article Published in Building Design + Construction: 2019 Multifamily Giants Report
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Blog Post A culture of convenience is finding its way to healthcare
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Article Published in Landscape Architecture Magazine: Wheels of All Types
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
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Blog Post Presenting Stantec Design Quarterly 07: Adapting to change
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Article Published in Medical Construction & Design: Sustainability and the Patient Experience
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Article Published in Medical Construction & Design: Grounded Art
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Stantec's CEO explores how sustainability is at the core of our business
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Article Published: Beat the Heat—4 Energy-Saving Design Tips for Hot Climates
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Article Published: Cure for the Cold—4 Energy-Saving Tips for Buildings in Cold Climates
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Article Published in PRISM: A healthy future for mass timber in medical facilities
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What are sustainability rankings and why do they matter?
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Blog Post Securing access to healthcare services for people in rural and remote communities
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Blog Post Thinking outside the “austere” box: Reimagining government facility design
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Blog Post What cancer taught me about healthcare design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Digitally modeling cost-effective sustainable solutions
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Article Taking data to new heights: Stantec Tower’s crane camera project
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Blog Post Weaving mental healthcare spaces into the neighborhood
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Blog Post Family business office update: 6 ways to get the most out of your workplace designer
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Video Design really impacts the wellbeing of building users
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Blog Post How can we optimize evolving lighting design to enhance health and well-being?
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Video What’s Research + Benchmarking at Stantec?
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Video Can furniture support a better learning experience?
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Blog Post Grounded art: Flooring in healthcare spaces increases in creativity and impact
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Article Published in Metro Magazine: Retrofitting garages for zero-emissions buses
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Blog Post Building pride and community through high school athletics facility design
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Article Published in Alaska Business Monthly: Arctic infrastructure ingenuity
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Blog Post Let it rain: A holistic plan for water use and reuse in a sustainable building
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Blog Post Can a kids’ healthcare space teach, entertain, and heal?
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Blog Post Healthcare design choices: Is polyurethane upholstery fabric the best option in hospitals?
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Blog Post Modular construction for healthcare: A remedy for increased flexibility in care
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Blog Post Elderly care: Can design cure loneliness as we focus on aging in place?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 06 | Destination Zero
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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Blog Post Presenting Stantec Design Quarterly 06: Destination Zero
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Blog Post Designing wellness communities to focus on integrated healthcare—reducing costs naturally
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Published Article Published in Learning by Design: Stock Plans vs. Community Input
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Blog Post Cutting calories and carbon: Rethinking residence life to promote a healthier campus
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Blog Post Why the most effective school designs go beyond safety and security
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Published Article Published in Great Lakes by Design: Food culture
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Technologies and trends changing how we power our world
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Blog Post 4 design features of a modern medical office building that make it a community landmark
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Blog Post City planners and healthcare providers need to talk about their common goals
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The power of mentorship: Choosing to help students find their career path
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Published Article Published in Green Operations: Holistic Healthcare
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Blog Post Work and school are no longer just places. They’re complete experiences.
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Blog Post Illuminating trends for better healthcare
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
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Blog Post [With Video] 5 ways to design a transit maintenance facility that’s also a people place
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Blog Post Extreme weather: Designing schools to withstand the forces of nature
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing modular and prefab for future-ready design
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Blog Post Brick-and-mortar retail is not dead—here’s proof
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Blog Post Energy efficiency is really about energy productivity—and that’s about the bottom line
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Published Article Published: Four considerations before embarking on a carbon therapy center
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 9 facets of smart cities
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Blog Post 6 ways to brand your property
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Blog Post Advice to help aspiring engineers build confidence, design better projects, and develop stronger client relationships
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Blog Post Art and architecture meet in the desert
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Blog Post Education design: How much daylight is right for today’s tech-enabled schools?
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Blog Post What happens downtown doesn’t stay downtown: The ripple effects of a strong center city
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Blog Post Is your career and technical education center future-ready?
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Blog Post Micro-lofts: Are these tiny units coming to the suburbs?
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Blog Post Self-service bag drops and the challenges of speeding up airport baggage check-in
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Blog Post From ancient to contemporary: How to design a monastery in the 21st century
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Blog Post Design comeuppance: The call center gets its turn
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Speak up. Get involved. Shape the future.
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Why a buildings engineer may see an earth tube in your future
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Blog Post How virtual reality can improve client and end-user relationships
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Creating the right collisions for higher education
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Article Published in Parks & Rec Business: An Uphill Battle
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Blog Post Listening at the point of care: 4 key points from the first-ever Caregivers’ Forum
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Article Published: Structural engineer rides out 7.0 quake in Anchorage, then inspects for damage
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Article The Dream Cabin: Reinventing what it’s like to sleep in a hotel room
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Video Rethinking details with Passive House
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Blog Post A conference by the people, for the people: 4 takeaways from BILT North America
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Blog Post Transforming a quick stop into a memorable stay through the power of design
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Article From the Design Quarterly: A healthy future for mass timber in medical facilities
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Blog Post Open plan 2.0: Tips for a successful transition to a new open-office design
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Blog Post Prefab lab systems: Concepts to optimize construction, maintenance, and flexibility
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Breaking down silos in healthcare education
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Blog Post Extreme caution! The trials and tribulations of renovating historic buildings in NYC
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Video Mental Health and Substance Use Wellness Centre at Royal Columbian Hospital
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Blog Post 5 reasons to cheer high-rise development—when it’s done right
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What happens when hospitals move out?
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Blog Post Biophilic design: What is it? Why it matters? And how do we use it?
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Blog Post Presenting Design Quarterly 04: Intersections
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 04 | Intersections
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Blog Post How the right-sizing of hybrid operating rooms helps hospitals, surgeons, and patients
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Blog Post Designing healthcare spaces for kids: Infusing a sense of exploration and curiosity
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Blog Post BREEAM New Construction 2018 - Part Two
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Blog Post Healthy light: How to design tunable or dynamic lighting to benefit patients and staff
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing new technology to improve design
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Blog Post 7 principles to create a get-well plan for healthcare
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Article Stantec Education in the news
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Blog Post Are you too busy for BIM?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Digitally illuminating a city’s utilization
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Blog Post Corporate workplace design: 8 interiors trends to watch
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Blog Post The charms and challenges of working on Mackinac Island include winter and water
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Blog Post BREEAM New Construction 2018 - Part One
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Published Article Published in Seattle DJC: OSU football center opts for flexible lighting scheme
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Blog Post Transformative design: Autonomy, agility, technology, and connectivity drive change
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Blog Post World Architecture Day: How do people and places impact global design decisions?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Why should design firms leverage gaming engines?
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Blog Post Stantec: Our evolution from 1 person to a global firm
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Blog Post Stantec's new global headquarters: A towering achievement
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Blog Post One chance to make a good first impression: Office lobbies see a revamp
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Blog Post Wildfire recovery: Creating a resilient home for outdoor education from ashes
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Blog Post Why the Avenir Centre stands as Raven Spanier’s legacy
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Old idea, new form—makerspaces make it big
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Blog Post How can public-private partnerships ease the student housing challenge in tight markets?
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Video Libraries & Learning Commons, Part 4
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Blog Post Assembly (and rigorous planning) required: Managing pros and cons of modular construction
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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Blog Post What if your neighborhood could make you healthier?
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Video Two Words: One Choice
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Blog Post Designing in “light” of circadian support: 6 strategies for commercial spaces
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Blog Post Presenting Design Quarterly 03: Technology driving change
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 03 | Technology Driving Change
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: How do designers use narrative as a tool?
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Blog Post What can workplace design learn from makerspaces in educational environments? (Part 1)
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Culture 2.0 in the workplace
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Blog Post [With Video] Living WELL: Designing a new home for hundreds with health at the heart
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Blog Post [With Video] A hometown girl helps redesign hospital where she was born
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Bridging cultures to create buildings for unique populations
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Video Libraries & Learning Commons, Part 3
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Blog Post [With Video] Your community needs a BMX track—here’s why
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Blog Post Why your office needs a makerspace—it’s about investing in the creative workplace
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From the Design Quarterly: Healthy neighbors
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Blog Post 3 things to consider when designing a storm shelter for your school
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Blog Post Ten ways that Muay Thai showed me how to be a better designer
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Blog Post Mental health: How architects can help direct a path toward recovery
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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Blog Post What does affordable housing look like in a thriving metro area?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Incubating campus cool
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Blog Post 5 ways to make healthcare waiting rooms more functional and comfortable
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Blog Post What does the workplace of the future look like? Denver developers discuss 3 major disruptors
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Blog Post Presenting Design Quarterly 02: Culture by Design
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Blog Post Molecular branding: Designing to support innovation in cancer therapies
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 02 | Culture by Design
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Video Libraries & Learning Commons, Part 2
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Blog Post Sustainability goes beyond zero carbon—it’s about creating greater wellness for tenants
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Blog Post Can capital partnerships provide hospitals an affordable facility solution?
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Blog Post Hard Hats with Heart: Giving with the community’s health in mind
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Blog Post The 10 sustainability trends that forward-thinking organizations have on their mind
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Blog Post When should we add innovative tech to our designer’s toolbox?
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Blog Post What makes a boutique hotel stand out from the rest?
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Blog Post Planning for 100: Looking beyond the horizon of zero-net-energy buildings
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Blog Post The human sundial: How a student’s learning environment can serve as a teaching tool
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Blog Post Embracing the challenge in a new era of project management and delivery
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Blog Post Transforming career and technical education (Part 2): What are the needs and challenges?
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Blog Post When is it time to rip off the band-aid and really plan for healthcare facility power?
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Video Libraries & Learning Commons, Part 1
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Video Designing for STEM Education
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From the Design Quarterly: Living small means the city is your living room
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Blog Post Should UV light be a weapon in our infection-control arsenal inside hospitals?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What is the passive house?
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Blog Post Give your HQ some heart: Creating branded workplaces
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Blog Post Practicing what we preach: Championing sustainability and wellness across Stantec
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Blog Post We can help prevent hospital-acquired infections during renovation
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Blog Post Transforming career technical education (Part 1): Creating a flexible innovation zone
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Blog Post The renovation of iconic Wrigley Field is an example of large-scale building recycling
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Published Article UX Rules! How Interactive 3-D Reality Systems Enhance Client Engagement
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Blog Post Retail is not dead: The omnichannel revolution is just changing how it works
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Blog Post Resilient design for waterfront buildings: A real estate win-win in a vulnerable area
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Blog Post There’s a lot to learn from the failures of public-private funding for hospital projects
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Blog Post Find design inspiration for your school through virtual tours
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Blog Post Indigenous healthcare facility design, a conversation (Part 2)
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Blog Post Indigenous healthcare facility design, a conversation (Part 1)
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Blog Post Play on: How to get the most out of your sports field with artificial turf
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Blog Post Resurrecting a community centre
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Blog Post Healthcare design that cares for the whole child
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Article The Space Kit: Helping educators and students effectively plan their schools
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Blog Post City region benefits from Nationally Significant Renewable Infrastructure
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Blog Post Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Blog Post Don’t think big box stores can be trailblazers for sustainability? Think again.
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Blog Post 5 ways a hotel can be more than a place to sleep
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Blog Post 5 elements for a healthy medical lounge
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Blog Post Will Fitwel "fit well" in the building industry?
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Video With sustainability in mind
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Blog Post How technology will disrupt long-term senior care
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Video The future of higher ed
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Blog Post What makes a successful study space in an academic building?
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Blog Post The emergence of health-focused rating systems
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Blog Post When net positive is business plus
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Blog Post Hooked on classics: Why do we still study classical architecture?
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Blog Post 4 strategies to get the most from your project manager or owner’s representative
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Blog Post Turning toasty exhaust air into usable heat—That’s sustainability!
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Blog Post The future of school design: Net Zero should be the norm
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Blog Post Mind the gap: A translational approach to research and medicine
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Blog Post Opening day at Wrigley Field: A behind-the-scenes view
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Blog Post How the Taussig Cancer Center is making the patient experience number one
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Blog Post Decoding Canada’s Climate Innovation Program
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Blog Post A US Infrastructure Report Card 2017 preview
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Blog Post What happens when extreme sports and engineering collide (not literally)?
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Blog Post Creating a big STEAM impact on a small budget
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Blog Post Trends affecting the corporate workplace
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Published Article A case for innovative elementary school design
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Blog Post Five must-have rooms in the workplace of the future
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Blog Post How can we improve high school design? Ask the students
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Blog Post 3 ways to design immersive experiences: start with a flight suit
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Blog Post 3 design technology trends that non-design tech geeks need to know about
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Blog Post What's the impact of school design on student learning?
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Blog Post How being a lifelong learner helps you design great schools
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Blog Post Creating a safe mode to diagnose Revit add-in issues
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Blog Post Edison meets Einstein: Redesigning schools for academic and technical learning
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Blog Post From consultant to trusted advisor: 4 tips for program managers
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Blog Post How can we design adaptable buildings?
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Blog Post Top 5 tips for fast-track site development
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Bringing an urban campus together for the better
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Interactive Getting back to the office: Our COVID-19 research highlights
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Interactive Designing interiors with non-toxic materials
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Interactive Frontiers in workplace wellness
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Interactive City-scale amenities give Sacramento its waterfront back
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Interactive The smart, flexible workplace
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Interactive 9 breakthrough technologies for tackling climate change
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Interactive Is mass timber a viable option for your next building project?
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Interactive Get to know the digital twin