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Phoenix New Times declares the Creative Center of Scottsdale the “Best Creative Collaboration, Phoenix 2014″! The Creative Center of Scottsdale, an eco-friendly co-working space set to be completed later this year, is a collaborative project by owner/photographer Michelle Pelberg-Biely … Continue reading
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Want to increase your employees’ productivity? Want a happier work environment? Turns out natural daylight can have a significant positive impact on your workplace culture. A recent study published in the Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine illustrates a positive link between natural … Continue reading
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Does your workspace help you create, think, concentrate and communicate? We understand it intuitively: face-to-face conversations and chance encounters are the most important interactions for a creative, productive and engaged company community. Having a teammate’s desk within accurate rubber-band throwing … Continue reading
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“Quality architecture to me is when a building manages to move me. What on earth is it that moves me? One word for it is atmosphere.” – Peter Zumthor, Atmospheres How do we create places that are meaningful? How does … Continue reading
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Creative Arts Center of Scottsdale’s Sustainable Features Contour Architecture specializes in sustainable, urban design in Phoenix Metro. For the Creative Center of Scottsdale we selected the International Green Construction Code as our guidepost. For this urban infill, adaptive reuse project … Continue reading
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Modernism has shaped Phoenix’s history. Our land area swelled as 20th century modern architecture came into its own. Modernism’s suburban slant condoned a frenetic grab for land on the periphery while simultaneously inspiring individual buildings influenced and surrounded … Continue reading
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Housed in the iconic Scottsdale landmark, Mandall’s Shooting Supplies store, the Creative Center of Scottsdale is an urban infill and highly sustainable adaptive reuse of three existing buildings at the southern edge of Downtown Scottsdale into co-working spaces for artists. … Continue reading
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Contour Architecture’s design for this 1,753sf coffee shop focuses on up-cycled materials from the previous tenant – a local knit shop – combining neighborhood history, sustainability and community in a shared gathering space. Contour’s design uses sustainable strategies to create … Continue reading
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Designing a collaborative and engaging work environment – balanced with spaces for focus – was central to Unicon’s expansion. Unicon, Inc. had five basic goals for their new space: 1. Promote interaction by creating a variety of spaces for … Continue reading
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The new Phoenix Revitalization Corporation Community Center, Offices and Garden will be a beacon of change and hope in Phoenix’s Central City South Neighborhood. The new center will revitalize vacant and underused land into a vibrant community destination that promotes … Continue reading
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The justice system is about the resolution of opposites: defense & prosecution, justice & injustice, power & weakness. What is interesting is not a balance between the two, but each side’s reliance on the other to define itself. The new … Continue reading
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The 425 5th Avenue tower was a trendsetter in the heart of Manhattan’s Murray Hill. The first to break the skyline in this neighborhood, other towers quickly followed. The slender mixed-use commercial and residential tower finds inspiration in accentuating its … Continue reading
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Residential colleges are central to students’ social and academic experiences at Rice University. Martel was designed as a new addition to the college system, introducing 232 new rooms to a campus where students prefer to live on-campus and participate in … Continue reading
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Southwest Contractor Best Concrete Project of 2004 Arizona State University Packard Street Garage is a cast-in-place concrete structure encased in a galvanized steel frame and stainless steel mesh, located near ASU’s athletic facilities. Americans love their cars. Movies such as Grease celebrate … Continue reading
