Another good question! And a question that gets to the heart of what makes our whole city special both culturally and architecturally. In our last post, on the state of public art in Atlanta, we left you at the scene of Resurgens Requiem, a historic performance by the acclaimed Spelman Glee Club during this year’s […]
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What Is the State of Public Art in Atlanta?
Good question. A little over a week ago Atlanta played host to the 2024 South and Appalachian Creative Placemaking Summit. That name needs a little unpacking, and we’ll get into what it means and what it has to do with design—but let’s just say that when hundreds of creatives and urbanists converge on the Woodruff […]
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Good Design Starts with Good Questions
Hello Atlanta. It’s good to be here. It’s especially good to find ourselves among so many of our partners in city building, all weighing in on what’s good for our city. We’re leaning in to talk about design, because that’s what we know and care about. How do we know good design when we encounter […]
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Perkins+Will Scores with Interior Design at IMG
The elevator lobby has basketball texture on the floor, turf on the walls along with a scoreboard. Employees and clients congregate to meet and relax in the Half Time area. Larger meetings are held on bleachers that rise above a grass turf. The open office area with custom workstations is the gridiron with yard markers […]
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Sprout Space Becomes a Reality
Every aspect of the Sprout Space classroom was designed with the goal of enhancing student learning. The design incorporates green building strategies that eliminate energy costs, create a healthier learning environment, and reduce construction costs. Sprout Space has a threefold mission: to provide healthy, sustainable, and flexible spaces for students to learn. Currently, more than […]
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Pro Bono Work Can Bring Out Best Efforts in Consulting Partners
In this last of a four-part series on social responsibility and pro bono work, Chris Sciarrone, an associate in the Atlanta office of Perkins+Will, discusses the relationship the firm has with other consultants on its pro bono projects. Extraordinary projects of any kind rarely result from solitary authorship. Design in particular requires thoughtful collaboration among a team of professionals […]
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Guidelines for a Positive Pro Bono Experience
In part three of the series on social responsibility and pro bono work, Chris Sciarrone, an associate in the Atlanta office of Perkins+Will, offers guidelines for a positive pro bono experience that could be used for any industry. Providing pro bono design services to community organizations has been part of the culture of Perkins +Will informally for several generations, […]
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Why Do Pro Bono Work in a Down Economy?
This is the second in a four-part series by Chris Sciarrone, an associate in the Atlanta office of Perkins+Will, on pro bono work and social responsibility in the architecture industry. Design, of course, is also a business, and one that often suffers disproportionately when the economy lags because of its ties to real estate and construction. An obvious question then, […]
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The Case for Pro Bono Design
This first column in a new four-part series by Chris Sciarrone, an associate in the Atlanta office of Perkins+Will, is on pro bono work and social responsibility in the architecture industry. A core belief shared among architects, urban designers, interior designers and related professionals is that good design can create positive transformation in the world. This is not […]
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A Run Along the Eastside Trail of the Atlanta BeltLine
Allen Post, author of the columns on Sprout Space in March 2012, writes this week about his experience with the new section of the Atlanta BeltLine. The photo is from Ryan Gravel, a senior urban designer for Perkins+Will, who conceived of the BeltLine while earning his master’s degree in architecture at Georgia Tech. Read more and […]
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You Can Hurry Creativity, Cut Design Time By Overlapping Phases
In this third part of a series on the planning and strategy of healthcare design, Amanda Mewborn discusses how she works with the architects at Perkins+Will and their healthcare clients on efficient design that enhances the quality of the patients’ experience. When I first joined Perkins+Will, I understood that I would have two main roles: […]
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Hospital Can Treat Emergency Room Patients Faster with Analysis of Treatment Process
Amanda Mewborn of Perkins+Will worked with a client on to understand process changes in the emergency department of a hospital, and used analytics to determine the impact of those process changes on the physical space. A large community hospital with more than 100,000 emergency visits annually struggled with patient waiting times, and decided to make […]
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Piedmont Sets a High Standard with the New Newnan Hospital
Recently, Amanda Mewborn of Perkins+Will visited Piedmont Newnan Hospital to see how the new hospital is providing world class care to the Coweta County community located about one hour south of Atlanta. Piedmont Newnan Hospital in Newnan, Georgia, about one hour south of Atlanta, is a showplace of the latest community acute care hospital design […]
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New Learning Environment Geared Towards Success in Workplace
In this last column in a series on K-12 design, Barbara Crum, Principal and Market Sector Leader for K-12 at Perkins+Will, discusses a new type of learning environment that mirrors a traditional work place. The Center for Advanced Professional Studies (CAPS) in Overland Park, Kansas, provides high school juniors and seniors with unique educational programs […]
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Innovative School Designs Support 21st Century Learning
In this second of a series on K-12 design, Barbara Crum, Principal and Market Sector Leader for K-12 at Perkins+Will, discusses the concept of project-based learning and how it was incorporated into the design of Coahulla Creek High School in Dalton, Georgia. Most of us went to high schools with the same design: long corridors […]
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A Total Transformation: Benjamin E. Mays High School
In the first of this new three-part series. Barbara Crum, Principal and Market Sector Leader for K-12 at Perkins+Will, discusses the transformation of Benjamin E. Mays High School in Southwest Atlanta. Perkins+Will won an Atlanta Urban Design Commission Award for the project in June 2012. If you’ve ever been involved in a home renovation then […]
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Designing Refuge: A Hospice Case Study
In part four of this series on hospice design, Ila Burdette of Perkins+Will illustrates how a thoughtful hospice design benefits patients, caregivers and families while also attracting community interaction. Willson Hospice in Albany, Georgia illustrates the latest hospice design trends we have covered in the past three columns. The new 34,000-square-foot facility includes a 15,000-sf […]
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Reaching Out, Ushering In: Transparent Buildings & Regenerative Gardens
In part three of this series on hospice design, Ila Burdette of Perkins+Will discusses the importance of the design of outdoor spaces at a hospice in supporting the work of the caregivers. Welcoming hospices that sensitively house treatment programs for the terminally ill can architecturally support caregivers’ extraordinary work. Perkins+Will has found we can do even more […]
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Making Places to Talk is Critical in Hospice Design
In part two of this series on hospice design, Ila Burdette of Perkins+Will discusses how good design considers the needs of the patient and the family members to provide a variety of comfortable and appropriate settings for all types of gatherings. Last week we explored strategies Perkins+Will uses in making friendly buildings to draw in […]
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Connecting Communities and Caregivers: Hospice Design
In part one of this new three-part series on healthcare design, Ila Burdette, principal at Perkins+Will, discusses the unique challenges of designing a hospice and how design can be used to create a welcoming magnet for the community. Photos are from hospices designed by Perkins+Will. In the fast-moving world of healthcare design, Perkins+Will has […]
