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Cut Amount Needed, Cost of Lighting
In the third of this five-part video series, Paula Vaughan, Co-Director Sustainability for Perkins+Will, showcases some of the sustainable features of the new Perkins+Will office in Atlanta. This office, located at 1315 Peachtree Street, recently received LEED Platinum status with … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability
Tagged artificial light, LEED, lighting, lighting designer, office, paula vaughan, perkins+will, Platinum, sustainability
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Creative Systems Approach Reduces Energy Costs, Noise
In part two of this five-part video series, Paula Vaughan, Co-Director Sustainability for Perkins+Will, showcases some of the sustainable features of the new Perkins+Will office in Atlanta. This office, located at 1315 Peachtree Street, recently received LEED Platinum status with … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged creative systems, LEED, paula vaughan, perkins+will
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Avoiding Toxic Material in a Sustainable Building
In this new video series, Paula Vaughan, Co-Director Sustainability for Perkins+Will, showcases some of the sustainable features of the new Perkins+Will office in Atlanta. Located at 1315 Peachtree Street, the office recently received LEED Platinum status with a perfect score of … Continue reading
Posted in Sustainability, Uncategorized
Tagged building, challenges, COTE Top Ten Award, environment, green, LEED, paula vaughan, perkins, perkins+will, Platinum, precautionary material, sustainability, will
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What’s your favorite part of Sprout Space?
This week, view a video featuring two key members of the Sprout Space team. Joe and Erika discuss their favorite parts of the project.
Posted in K-12, Uncategorized
Tagged architect, building, perkins, perkins+will, project, Sprout Space, will
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Next Steps for Sprout Space
Whenever I tell people about Sprout Space, Perkins+Will’s new concept for modular classrooms, the reaction is overwhelmingly positive. If you are involved in education at all or have ever had a child attend classes in a traditional trailer, then you … Continue reading
Posted in K-12
Tagged Allen Post, National Building Museum, perkins+will, Sprout Space
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Being Healthy, Flexible, Sustainable Keys to Sprout Space
Last week I introduced Sprout Space, the modular classroom we designed at Perkins+Will that we hope will replace the trailers now used by eight million students in this country. These trailers, which are barely legal to be occupied as buildings, … Continue reading
Continuing the History of Innovations in School Design
Think about the classrooms of your childhood. Most likely every one was a big square, harshly lit by cheap fluorescent lights. And whether you were learning the multiplication tables or studying the solar system, chances are every classroom in your … Continue reading
Creating a Culture of Innovation
Capital isn’t so important in business. Experience isn’t so important. You can get both these things. What is important is ideas. If you have ideas, you have the main asset you need, and there isn’t any limit to what you … Continue reading
Culture Fit Crucial in Design
If you’ve ever done business in Japan you most likely took a huge stack of business cards with you and presented it to people with both hands. The exchanging of business cards follows a ritual in Japan and for American … Continue reading
Focus attention on design of the work environment, not on reduced real estate
When we take people on a tour of Perkins+Will’s new office space at 1315 Peachtree Street, we love showing them features like our solar shades that manage the penetration of the sun to reduce interior heat and our rainwater harvesting … Continue reading
Posted in Interiors, Workstations
Tagged perkins+will, Thought Leadership, Workstations
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