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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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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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Trees figured prominently in the lives of Phoenix’s early settlers. Moving from enveloping green landscapes on the east coast to the vast and open desert, trees were more than a nostalgic reminder of home – they were also a practical … 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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by Christina Noble, AIA , LEED AP Originally published in AssociateNews, National News Publication for the American Institute of Architects, February 2008 This month’s theme for AssociateNews is the buzzword ‘Sustainability’. Consumers are becoming increasingly seduced by the many ways … Continue reading
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Big Box Reuse By Julia Christensen Review by Christina Noble, AIA , LEED AP Originally published in AssociateNews, National News Publication for the American Institute of Architects, August 2009 Big Box Reuse promises a post-big-box world where abandoned Wal-Mart and … Continue reading
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by Christina Noble, AIA , LEED AP Originally published in Forward: Architecture & Design Journal, Fall 2007 Legend has it that Louis Kahn’s Salk Institute design was driven by Kahn’s persistent requests for clarification of his users’ casual descriptions of … Continue reading