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By 2020 fifty percent of the US workforce will be Millennials. In that year the oldest of the Millennials will turn 40. I don’t know about you – but when I imagine a Millennial the common image that comes to … Continue reading
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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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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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Just a short walk from light rail and immediately adjacent to a City of Tempe bike path, the Valor Apartments will offer residents and their families safe, quality housing with an urban, sustainable, and transit-oriented design. Special attention has been paid … 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 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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Project Under Construction Placed at the foot of Picket Post Mountain, Superior boasts a cinematic quality where Main Street dies into the base of a mountain cliff. Our client purchased the Magma Hotel, located at the corner of Main and … 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 … Continue reading