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Editorial
renovation and
adaptive reuse
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Industry News
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Your Father's Office Building, Repositioned
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PHOTOGRAPHY: RYAN GOBUTY/GENSLER (70); NIKOLAS KOENIG (72); HALKIN MASON PHOTOGRAPHY (74); PAÚL RIVERA (76); PAUL CROSBY (78); SEAN AIRHART/NBBJ (80); GARRETT ROWLAND (50)
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Lobby renovations boost the image and value of office towers
from the 1970s to 1990s
by Krista Sykes
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by Evelyn M. Lee, AIA
Gensler | Los Angeles
by Michael Webb
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by Edward Keegan, AIA
NELSON | Boston
by Krista Sykes
Columnist: The Building Blocks for
a Truly Multidisciplinary Practice
Exhibition: Missed Opportunities
at Chicago Architecture Biennial
36
Product Focus:
A Gem of a Seat
The Laine barstool by Defne
Koz for Bernhardt Design
features a jewelry-like setting
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Product Focus:
Light Box
The Stickbulb X Collection
of illuminated forms function
as tables and chandeliers
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Product Briefs
Sunset Media Center
745 Atlantic Avenue
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One Dag
Hammarskjold Plaza
Studios Architecture | New York
by Sam Lubell
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1133 Avenue
of the Americas
Gensler | New York
by Sam Lubell
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Perkins+Will | Minneapolis
by Edward Keegan, AIA
NBBJ | Seattle
by John Czarnecki
Capella Tower
50
1201 Third Avenue
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Designers Select: Tables and Casegoods
Designers identify their favorite new tables and casegoods
50
Denver Union Station and The Crawford Hotel
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Sources
87
Ad Index
Tryba Architects, Johnson Nathan Strohe, AvroKO | Denver
by John Gendall
58
U.S. Embassy Finland
Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners | Helsinki
by Lydia Lee
88
Installation: Member of Pussy Riot Depicted
on Canvas in Sunset Media Center
volume 56 issue 9
cover: Sunset Media Center by Gensler.
Photo by Ryan Gobuty/Gensler.
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Contents
Editorial
Industry News
Columnist: The Building Blocks for a Truly Multidisciplinary Practice
Exhibition: Missed Opportunities at Chicago Architecture Biennial
Product Focus: A Gem of a Seat
Product Focus: Light Box
Product Briefs
Denver Union Station and The Crawford Hotel
U.S. Embassy Finland
Your Father’s Office Building, Repositioned
Sunset Media Center
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
745 Atlantic Avenue
1133 Avenue of the Americas
Capella Tower
1201 Third Avenue
Designers Select: Tables and Casegoods
Sources
Ad Index
Installation: Member of Pussy Riot Depicted on Canvas in Sunset Media Center
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Contract - November 2015 - Columnist: The Building Blocks for a Truly Multidisciplinary Practice
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Contract - November 2015 - Exhibition: Missed Opportunities at Chicago Architecture Biennial
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Contract - November 2015 - Product Focus: A Gem of a Seat
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Contract - November 2015 - Product Focus: Light Box
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Contract - November 2015 - Product Briefs
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Contract - November 2015 - Your Father’s Office Building, Repositioned
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Contract - November 2015 - Sunset Media Center
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Contract - November 2015 - One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza
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Contract - November 2015 - 745 Atlantic Avenue
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Contract - November 2015 - 1133 Avenue of the Americas
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Contract - November 2015 - Capella Tower
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Contract - November 2015 - 1201 Third Avenue
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Contract - November 2015 - Designers Select: Tables and Casegoods
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Contract - November 2015 - Sources
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Contract - November 2015 - Ad Index
Contract - November 2015 - Installation: Member of Pussy Riot Depicted on Canvas in Sunset Media Center
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