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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 14 | Tools and Data
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 09 | People, buildings & technology
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 08 | Wellness & Active Lifestyles
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 06 | Destination Zero
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Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 04 | Intersections
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 03 | Technology Driving Change
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 02 | Culture by Design
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Publication Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Blog Post 6 design approaches that humanize cancer care amid technology advances
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Blog Post Successful Indigenous school design: Listening, understanding, and acting
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Blog Post What is an innovation center? A collaborative workspace that’s essential in today’s office
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Blog Post [With Video] New city regulations are driving building retrofits
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Podcast Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials
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Blog Post 7 ways we can design more resilient healthcare projects today
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Blog Post Using well-being, student input, and stewardship to design a WELL school
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Blog Post Designing for a client’s nature-driven mission
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Blog Post 7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Podcast Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Blog Post Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
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Blog Post [With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists
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Podcast Design Hive: Dr. Rick Huijbregts on smart cities
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Blog Post Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties
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Blog Post 7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero
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Video Home is Where the Art is
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Blog Post [With Video] 4 reasons we’re excited about our new automated design tool
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Blog Post Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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Blog Post The (remote) doctor is in: 5 ways telehealth is changing design
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Blog Post Analyzing a building’s carbon life cycle in just one day
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Blog Post Pandemic challenges and solutions: Leveraging the virtual design studio
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Podcast Design Hive: Brenda Bush-Moline on health equity
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Blog Post When building reuse makes business sense
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 14 | Tools and Data
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Blog Post How is transit responding to reopening?
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Blog Post What will the future campus look like?
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Blog Post Sidewalk equity: How data helped Boston make better decisions
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Blog Post 5 ways we’re acting on diversity and inclusion in design
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Blog Post Listening to the land to design an urban Indigenous healthcare facility
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Podcast Design Hive: Rebel Roberts and Paul Sereno on the Niger Heritage project
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Blog Post Elevating low-rise development—it’s a SWELL idea
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Blog Post Harmonizing the seen and unseen when designing for neurodiversity
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Blog Post Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
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Blog Post Supporting equity with an inclusive neighborhood—it’s urban planning for all
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Blog Post Celebrating Niger’s rich heritage with design that instills national pride
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Blog Post How do we design a car-lite future for our cities?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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Blog Post COVID-19 has accelerated the need for flexible labs and research environments
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Podcast Design Hive: April Schneider on making cities more livable
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Blog Post 8 design strategies to enhance access to urban mental healthcare
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Blog Post The Lily Pad Network: A natural analogy to advance resiliency
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7 trends and techs—and 3 obstacles—shaping the big picture for an energy transition
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Blog Post The misaligned workplace: What COVID-19 taught us
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Blog Post 5 steps toward efficient building performance—from LEDs to heat pumps and more
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
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Blog Post Embodied carbon is changing the buildings conversation
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Electricity as a clean source of energy: Quebec’s example
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Blog Post Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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Blog Post [With Video] Why VR matters in healthcare design
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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Blog Post How parametric design helps in the creation of custom interior elements
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Blog Post Scanning smarter: Using reality capture on renovations
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Hospitality design in the digital era. How “smart” is smart?
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 09 | People, buildings & technology
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Looking back on the first large-scale net zero energy building
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Blog Post [With Video] From the Design Quarterly: How can lighting design influence wellness?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What does it mean to fly well?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Design drivers for a new behavioral and mental health facility
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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 Presenting Stantec Design Quarterly 08: Wellness & active lifestyles
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 08 | Wellness & Active Lifestyles
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Meet me at the new mall—10 ways to make them cool
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Seeing civic infrastructure differently
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
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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 From the Design Quarterly: House calls of the future
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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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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Stantec's CEO explores how sustainability is at the core of our business
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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 From the Design Quarterly: Teaching nature via outdoor spaces and sustainable design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 8 ways to design for density and live where the action is
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Are net zero energy and net zero carbon buildings a must-have?
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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 From the Design Quarterly: How are we designing for livable cities today?
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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 From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing modular and prefab for future-ready design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Teaching sustainability and energy conservation through play
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Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Presenting Stantec Design Quarterly 05: Smart & Livable Cities
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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 From the Design Quarterly: Creating the right collisions for higher education
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Landscapes that do more
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Article From the Design Quarterly: A healthy future for mass timber in medical facilities
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 7 facets of the changing airport
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Breaking down silos in healthcare education
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: What happens when hospitals move out?
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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 From the Design Quarterly: Embracing new technology to improve design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Digitally illuminating a city’s utilization
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Bringing an urban campus together for the better
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Old idea, new form—makerspaces make it big
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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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 From the Design Quarterly: Culture 2.0 in the workplace
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Bridging cultures to create buildings for unique populations
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From the Design Quarterly: Healthy neighbors
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Incubating campus cool
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Blog Post Presenting Design Quarterly 02: Culture by Design
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 02 | Culture by Design
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From the Design Quarterly: Living small means the city is your living room
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Where’s my trashcan?
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Blog Post Presenting the Stantec Design Quarterly
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Publication Issue 01 | The Sustainable City
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City