The nature of office work is continuously evolving. Many organizations have experimented with a variety of “remote work” scenarios over the years. Each organization has had reasons to pursue their vision for the future of work. And then…. 2020 arrived. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced organizations to re-imagine how they operate. This forced experiment has, perhaps, provided glimpses about the need for in-person work envornments,
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The Milwaukee headquarters for Bader Rutter illustrates how design can synergistically address common corporate imperatives of modern workplace design.
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PRA Partner Michael Brush will offer his insight as a featured panelist 11:00am EDT, June 5, 2020. The event is hosted by the Lakewood Ranch Business Alliance of Lakewood Ranch, FL as a segment within their continous LEADS series focused on Leadership, Education, Awareness, Development Skills.
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Returning to work following this pandemic may require organizations to develp COVID-19 strategies to ensure employee safety.
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Four recently-completed facilities designed by Plunkett Raysich Architects, LLP (PRA) were honored by the Wisconsin Chapter of American Society of Interior Designers (ASID) at the organization’s 2019 Design Excellence Awards on March 21.
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Creating Engaging Office Environments
You must have engaged employees. You must drive innovation. You must attract and retain the best and the brightest from a diminishing workforce. You must foster collaboration to tap the full potential of your employees. After hearing all of these, you must be thoroughly confused.
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BOMA (Building Owners and Managers Association) now includes balconies and roof decks in rentable square footage. BOMA 2017 for Office Buildings is approaching the first anniversary of its release, but you may be unaware of an important change that affects both building owners and tenants. Balconies, Covered Galleries and Finished Rooftop Terraces are now included in the “Tenant Area”, previously known as the Useable Square Footage. (USF.) For buildings with these types of amenities, this change significantly affects what is included in the Rentable Square Footage.
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Perhaps contrary to popular perception, Architects are not typically driven by the prospect of winning design awards. Creating environments that meet the diverse needs of our clients is our raison d’etre, and if we happen to be recognized for achieving that goal in an artful way, we are grateful. We are also happy for our clients, because good design is a result of a collaborative effort and a lot of work for all involved. Great design involves innovation and creativity that often requires not only a shared vision,
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Demand for Catholic education is increasing rapidly as parishes consolidate their school systems. Traditionally, each Catholic church would run their own school. Now, as the trend turns to shared school systems that serve multiple parishes, the school buildings need to expand for the growth.
Expanding for growth can mean either renovating and adding on to existing school buildings, or creating a whole new school building. Either way, the challenges remain the same. The school building has to serve more than one purpose.
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We live in dangerous times. As any lighting designer will tell you, LED lighting is here to stay, bringing with it a vast array of opportunities and challenges. The opportunities include energy savings, dim ability, and new fixture designs that were never before possible, but LED fixtures are still plagued with uncertain color rendition, as well as brightness and glare issues, making it challenging to create the lighting effects that are so important to our perception of a space.
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