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James McCown
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Projects
Leers Weinzapfel Associates Renovates a Space Age Library in Boston
Built in 1961, the Roslindale branch of the Boston Public Library just received a $11.7 million renovation by the Boston-based firm.
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Projects
Creating a Gleaming New Gateway at MIT
Weiss/Manfredi's 314 Main Street works with other new buildings on the east edge of the legendary campus to create a new center of energy.
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Programs
Designing Optimal Workplace Environments with Vibe Mapping and Ecotones
A multi-disciplinary Think Tank panel proposes that the study of nature can inform smarter workplace design.
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Programs
Beyond the Buzzword: How to Make “Hybrid Work” Really Work
Tension lingers over how and whether to return to the office, and a Think Tank Panel finds that in today’s environment a workplace needs to be more than a place to work.
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Programs
Redefining the Experience-Driven Workplace
Three Gensler designers weigh in on whether the workplace as we know it has a future.
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Programs
The Audacity of Experimentation
A Think Tank Panel finds that in order to innovate in the workplace realm, designers—and their clients—need to go bold.
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Programs
What Are the Right Ingredients for a Hybrid Workplace?
A Think Tank panel finds that an emphasis on collaboration makes hybrid workplaces work.
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Programs
What Role Can Technology Play in Designing an Effective and Equitable Workplace?
A Think Tank Panel investigates how designers are using technology to enhance creativity and collaboration in laboratory workplaces.
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Viewpoints
An MIT Study Shows Design Can Increase Engagement
A group of researchers at MIT found that the right level of crowdedness led to more chance encounters and more frequent communication across disciplinary boundaries.
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Viewpoints
Three Firms Chart the Future of Architectural Work
SOM, CannonDesign, and Rapt Studio sketch out a vision for how the next generation of designers will practice.
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Programs
Designing for the Happiness Ecosystem
A Think Tank Panel explores how designers can help create positive outcomes in the workplace.
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Programs
Designing the Welcome Back
Workplace design takes lessons from hospitality and vice-versa as interior designers prepare for the great return to work.
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Programs
Can the Workplace Cure Burnout?
A Think Tank panel investigates how design changes can impact workers’ experiences in the office.
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Programs
The Far-Reaching Tentacles of Work
A recent Think Tank panel investigated how changes in the way we work will impact design.
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Programs
Designing Workplaces for the Human Experience
As companies search for ways to lure employees back to the office, cutting-edge workplace design puts the human element first.
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Programs
Designing for Gen Z and Beyond
The next generation’s tastes, demographics, and political awareness are already having an impact on design, from educational spaces to workplaces.
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Developing Healthy Communities
Health-care development experts ask whether design can play a bigger role in community health.
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Programs
Third Spaces and the Future of Work
In offices and apartment buildings, new places to get work done bring a new set of challenges.
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Programs
Designing for Productivity and Equity
A Think Tank panel discusses how interior design can have a positive impact, from universities to offices.
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Products
With 3D Digitization, Material Bank Aims to Provide Designers with Even Simpler Specification
A partnership between sampling platform Material Bank and Vizoo, a Munich, Germany–based leading digitization company, could be the beginning of the end of the material sample slush pile.