7.21.08 | When do revolutions start? Do they, as some suggest, simply burst into flame, in due course producing tectonic shifts in values and a new way of life? Or is there a period of rumbling and of belching of smoke before the great fire begins?

7.14.08 | The intricate details of workstation selection and implementation may not be the first topic when discussing the design of an office interior. Certainly this is so in the case of the Watermark Credit Union headquarters in Seattle. This recent IA Interior Architects’ project features an eye-catching 15-ft.-high pavilion (which serves as an internet café) wrapped in 3-Form Eco-Resin, bold references to the Watermark brand, and interior landscaping.

5.5.08 | Introduction
Most architects are faced with significant competition when they decide to compete for a large industrial facility design project; when the process includes both architects and design-build contractors this competition often becomes both more severe and more polarized. And neither the design firm nor the developer is often able to step out of their metaphor for industrial design quality.