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How space supports programming changes at university libraries

The way students learn has changed. As a result, academic libraries are grappling with an identity crisis. No longer seen as merely archives for print materials or a place for...
Sept. 12, 2024
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New science, old buildings: Renovating for efficiency, flexibility, and connection

What does the research space of the future look like? And can it be housed in older buildings (or does it require new construction)?In a previous article, I laid out a series ...
July 3, 2024
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Insights for working well in a hybrid world

Advancing technology and the COVID-19 pandemic have changed the workplace and normalized hybrid work. This new lifestyle of work comes with new opportunities and challenges. For...
June 3, 2024
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GBBN's Inflation Reduction Act Calculator goes live

GBBN has publicly released its Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) Calculator, a tool that helps our clients—and now the wider public—understand funding opportunities in the IRA for...
Feb. 26, 2024
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Tactical issues for renovating university research buildings

It is an underappreciated fact that scientific work is closely connected to the built environment in which it’s done. As Henning Schmidgen of Bauhaus University puts it, “It is...
Jan. 25, 2024
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What's next for affordable housing in 2024?

What’s next with affordable housing? As 2023 draws to a close, GBBN’s Mary Jo Minerich and Amanda Markovic, AIA—two designers with a lot of affordable housing experience—sat down...
Dec. 14, 2023
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Leveraging land and light to enhance patient care

With its arid, high-desert environment, abundant sunshine, mountain ranges, and blend of Native American, Spanish, and Anglo cultures, Santa Fe, N.M., has long referred to itself...
Oct. 11, 2023
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Small town takes over big box

Rush County, Ind.,—a vibrant community in central Indiana—had an abandoned big box store and an even bigger dream. Their dream was to unite disparate community programs into one...
Aug. 31, 2023