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Spacesmith: NYPD Tow Pound

2.1.10 | Spacesmith developed the new  New York City Police Department Building for two clients: the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation and the New York Police Department. The design, certified by the USGBC as LEED Gold, sets a precedent for operations facilities; it is part of an overall campus that includes an auction lot and parking fields.

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Law Firm Design

01.25.10 | Several years ago a prescient planning decision was made that has proven to be a valuable and cost effective strategy to manage the utilization of Class A real estate in an extremely challenged economy. In 2001, consistent robust growth compelled the law firm of Moore & VanAllen to consider bold action in the renovation and expansion of existing offices within a high-rise corporate center in Charlotte, North Carolina.

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Return To Muscatine

12.14.09 | Business savvy is becoming an important subject in the A&D community, even if for some it only means finding a job or re-thinking a career. Out-of-work design professionals are encouraged to beef up their credentials, learn BIM, etc.

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Project Focus | Perkins + Will, Chicago

12.14.09 | Perkins+Will, Chicago, recently underwent an expansion and renovation of its current location on the 35thand 36 floors at 330 N Wabash. The cornerstone of the renovation was to incorporate sustainable strategies and create a dynamic work environment, resulting in a LEED Registered Project, with point value currently tracking Platinum status.

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The HON Company Revitalizes Washington D.C. Showroom

11.16.09 | Competition in the mid-market is increasing as companies such as Knoll and Herman Miller are bringing lower cost systems and other products to their traditional products. The traditional mid-markets still have the edge with their multi-layered distribution networks, but they are noticing the moves and responding. The HON Company, while still catering to its traditional conservative and value-oriented base, has been moving upward aesthetically.

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11.9.09 | The international architecture firm BBG and a wholly-owned interior-design subsidiary BBGM have completed a move within Manhattan to the Empire State Building.  That building is acquiring new tenants in the midst of ongoing renovations and restacking, in a location known worldwide; now for the second time in its eighty-year existence, it is the city’s tallest structure and is finally getting its due as the enduring art deco classic.

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MANCINI•DUFFY RECEIVES NAIOP AWARD

8.17.09 | ManciniDuffy recently received an Award of Excellence for Best Renovation from the Maryland/DC Chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association, for the Council on Foreign Relations Headquarters in Washington, DC.

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Driving Cultural Change in the Workplace

8.3.09 | A generation ago, the average person had a 100,000-hour working life (40 hours x 50 weeks x 50 years).  Today, we can do everything that person did in a tenth of the time, a mere 10,000 hours.  Yet as productivity rises, business continuity becomes even more critical to a business’s ability to adapt effectively, which is critical for success. Staff retention and attraction and knowledge-sharing are necessary ingredients and many forward-thinking companies use their workplace as powerful tools to achieve these objectives and to stay on the competitive edge. 

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Project Focus | HOK Chicago

7.27.09 | HOK designed and moved into its new office space on the 14th floor of the CNA building in Chicago. The 27,000 sq.-ft. office obtained LEED-CI Platinum certification, one of four Chicago projects to achieve this rating.

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7.20.09 | Sometimes there is a ray of light that is almost astonishingly bright in its ability to illuminate our thinking. This happened recently with the example of the new 100-person offices of Cassidy & Pinkard Colliers, a leading national, full-service commercial real estate firm.

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