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K-12 Schools

Windows in K-12 classrooms provide opportunities, not distractions

On a knee-jerk level, a window seems like a built-in distraction, guaranteed to promote daydreaming and wandering minds in any classroom or workspace.Yet, a steady stream of studies...
Aug. 26, 2024
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K-12 Schools

S.M.A.R.T. campus combines 3 schools on one site

From the start of the design process for Santa Clara Unified School District’s new preK-12 campus, discussions moved beyond brick-and-mortar to focus on envisioning ...
May 13, 2024
People Are The New Amenity Hero
Office Buildings

Workplace campus design philosophy: People are the new amenity

When leasing agents take clients to see buildings, they know what’s important: people. They never want to show an empty building; it’s the people who give it energy and make it...
March 28, 2024
LPA President Dan Heinfeld announced retirement
Architects

LPA President Dan Heinfeld announced retirement

LPA Design Studios announced the upcoming retirement of longtime president Dan Heinfeld, who led the firm’s growth from a small, commercial development-focused architecture...
Feb. 8, 2024
Taking the next steps: decarbonization, net-zero energy goals
Sustainability

The next steps for a sustainable, decarbonized future

For building owners and developers, the push to net zero energy and carbon neutrality is no longer an academic discussion. Government regulators are increasingly requiring that...
March 2, 2023
The Eliot Child Care Center Is Designed To Promote Exploration, Curiosity, And Play Based Learning Among Young Children
K-12 Schools

Designing an inspiring, net zero early childhood learning center

Around the country, school districts are searching for ways to offer effective, cost-efficient pre-kindergarten or transitional kindergarten (TK) programs to their communities...
Dec. 20, 2022
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Contractors

Less bad is no longer good enough

As we enter the next phase of our fight against climate change, I am cautiously optimistic about our sustainable future and the design industry’s ability to affect what the American...
Aug. 22, 2022
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K-12 Schools

Designing healthy learning environments

The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the importance and urgency of designing learning environments to promote and protect health. Now, many are asking, what makes a healthy or...
Aug. 9, 2022