Tech giant Amazon utilized custom-designed architectural railings to complement the contemporary open-concept style of its East Palo Alto, California, office.
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When individuals reside in condos or apartments, they do not want to hear conversations happening in the next unit. This can be accomplished by constructing adequate walls to sufficiently block the sound.
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The Ecolab headquarters in St. Paul, Minnesota, was transformed using custom high-end rotating glass doors featuring a distinctive design and engineering technology.
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Designers and specifiers have a variety of ceiling materials, such as mineral fiber and thermoformed rigid vinyl, to choose from. Yet, product selection requires a rational investigation of the test data supporting manufacturer claims.
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Perhaps no other commercial design market is evolving faster than senior living. What started as a targeted push in the 1990s toward scaling down and decentralizing developments for the elderly—creating models less institutional in aesthetics for aging residents with challenges in health, cognition, mobility, and sensory abilities—has, in recent...
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Today’s building designers look to continuous insulation (ci) options to deliver a breadth of performance attributes including thermal, moisture, acoustic, and environmental benefits.
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Wood ceilings can not only provide inviting, eye-catching aesthetics, but also effective acoustical control, making them a versatile and functional design element. To obtain the acoustic benefits, the panels must be perforated and backed with a sound-absorbing material.
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Standards now require high-performance sound absorption overhead in many building types. Understanding the acoustic requirements within the building standards and translating those correctly into a project’s written specification is only the first step. One should also understand other potential impacts on the building design to ensure the facility sounds...
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At the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Logistics & Reconditioning Center in Grandview, Missouri, metal ceiling panels installed diagonally in a herring bone pattern create a signature space.
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When development firm Vulcan Real Estate asked world-renowned artist Spencer Finch to design an architectural canopy to connect the two office buildings at the center of Amazon’s campus in Seattle, his first course of action was a walk in the woods.
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