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Project Review: Forest Park Middle School

Project Review: Forest Park Middle School

Where School Design Meets Curriculum

Traditional school design lacks the flexibility needed for today’s curriculum and often limits student exposure to opportunities outside of core subjects. In the past two decades, our perspective on school design has evolved to be more student-centered and promote collaboration and more personalized learning opportunities. School buildings are no longer simple places we send our children to receive direct instruction for nine months of the year. Instead, they are tools used to enhance learning and provide access to discovery. 

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Building A Highly Successful Career: Life As An Architect

Building A Highly Successful Career:  Life As An Architect

Design is always a product of its time. Buildings are the result of the influences that have acted upon the designers. What will be the design vocabulary of the 2000s? I am curious and intellectually excited to see how design evolves because of these influences.” – Michael Bahr

PRA’s Michael Bahr had a chance to sit down with Medium to discuss life as an architect and advice for a successful career as an architect.

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Is Retail Healthcare our Future?

Is Retail Healthcare our Future?

Walgreens, CVS Health, Walmart, and Amazon, what do they all have in common? They are all large retail stores that have chain stores or a vast retail market reach across the United States and are trying their hand at the healthcare industry. These new entries to the healthcare industry are challenging traditional healthcare providers and shifting how we view medical care. Not only are they making services more widely available, but they also provide transparent,

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The Importance of Religious Symbolism in Architecture

The Importance of Religious Symbolism in Architecture

Buildings that connect the human experience to faith are special places. Accomplished ‘architecture’ works on many levels of perception to offer a richer experience to the occupant. Religious architecture offers a unique opportunity to inspire, lift spirits, and subtly teach the faithful and those still seeking faith.

In this white paper, we explore how PRA’s Church designers used architecture and integrated religious symbolism at Martin Luther College’s Chapel of Christ to embody the Christian faith and the major considerations that influences those design decisions.

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Senior Living Design Trends: Confirmation by COVID-19

Senior Living Design Trends:  Confirmation by COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic has pushed some facilities to make changes quickly. The industry’s underlying concern should maintain focus on design trends with positive outcomes and avoid returning to less useful design ideas. The recent work done by a variety of these facilities has helped to validate some of these design trends as especially useful.

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