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Webinar Recording Placemaking for innovation: Creating innovation ecosystems
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Blog Post Office building asset repositioning: What should you look for?
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Blog Post 3 reasons for adaptive building reuse
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Blog Post 6 big net zero design ideas for a Houston Astrodome renovation
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Blog Post Large-scale redevelopment projects need to learn from small-scale historic neighborhoods
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Blog Post Net zero building design starts with industry climate pledges
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Blog Post Preparing for building performance standards in cities
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 21 | Adaptive Reuse
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Blog Post Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings?
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Blog Post Geoexchange system installation: 6 steps that prioritize safety and efficiency
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Blog Post Building decarbonization strategy: It starts before electrification
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Blog Post Does your building need a life cycle assessment?
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Blog Post Low-carbon building materials: Designers discuss alternative options
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 20 | RETHINK
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Blog Post 5 questions to ask before you write a decarbonization RFP
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Blog Post New ASHRAE standards tip the balance toward net zero buildings
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Webinar Recording Mall of the Future Webinar Series
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Video The Meaning of Design
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Blog Post The future of design and AI in architecture
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Blog Post VR and community outreach programs: Building social acceptance with immersive technology
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Blog Post New York City’s Local Law 97 is fighting climate change, focusing on sustainable buildings
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Blog Post Designing for neurodiversity: Creating spaces that are inclusive of all
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Blog Post [With Video] New city regulations are driving building retrofits
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Blog Post Debunking 7 myths and embracing a universal design mindset
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Blog Post Do you want functional lighting or fantastic lighting? The difference is commissioning
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Podcast Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
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Video Stantec’s Buildings Team celebrates 10 years of being at the forefront of design
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Published Article Brick-and-Mortar Retail Design: Reimagining the Way We Shop
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Blog Post Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
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Blog Post Avoiding the wrecking ball: Restoring purpose in aging commercial properties
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Published Article Retail, Restaurant Industries Embrace Post-Pandemic Design Shifts
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Blog Post Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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Blog Post The new low-carbon suburb: Retrofitting communities for success in the post-COVID era
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Published Article It takes two: How architects and engineers blend their talents
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Blog Post What is design automation, and how can you optimize it for your next project?
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Published Article How to step into the net zero zone
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Blog Post Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
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Blog Post From zero to hero: Kick-starting the rebirth of North America’s malls
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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Published Article Making Richmond Hill future-ready: Interview with David Dixon
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Blog Post Keeping retail banks relevant (Part 2): Understanding generational preferences
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Blog Post Keeping retail banks relevant (Part 1): Becoming a post-pandemic “third place”
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Blog Post 5 steps toward efficient building performance—from LEDs to heat pumps and more
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
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Blog Post Dinner in a “snow globe”—one designer’s plan to help restaurants during a COVID-19 winter
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Blog Post How to turn shopping malls into a physical and virtual retail world
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Blog Post Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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Webinar Recording Mall Remix: breathing new life into old malls
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Blog Post Did COVID-19 finally push us to completely paperless projects?
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Published Article Reconstruction could be COVID-19’s silver lining
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Blog Post UV lighting in building infection control: Can passive light safely kill coronavirus?
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Blog Post How has shopping changed over the past 100 years? A look at the evolution of retail
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Blog Post 5 strategies for creating safer, healthier hotel experiences
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Blog Post Retail as a stage: Today’s extension of a centuries-old philosophy
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Blog Post Scanning smarter: Using reality capture on renovations
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Hospitality design in the digital era. How “smart” is smart?
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Blog Post 4 technologies for improving building sanitization in a post-pandemic society
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Blog Post The joys of recycling a building: How to get your adaptive reuse project on track
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Published Article Published in The Boston Globe: New high-rise in Chinatown will include affordable housing
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Published Article Published in Alaska Business: Architecture in Alaska
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Meet me at the new mall—10 ways to make them cool
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Blog Post Stantec’s Top 10 Ideas for 2019 (Plus 2 bonus items!)
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Published Article Repurposing Retail Centers: Profiles in Adaptation, Repositioning and Redevelopment
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Blog Post 3 benefits to embracing an integrated approach to building design
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Blog Post 6 myths about embracing non-toxic materials in interior design
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: 8 ways to design for density and live where the action is
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Published Article Published in Planning magazine: May you live in interesting times
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Blog Post [With Video] Envisioning the revitalized design of the Old Sacramento urban riverfront
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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Blog Post How can we build smart cities of the future?
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Article Moxy Hotel redevelopment provides window to the past
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Video All Things Urban: Joe Geller talks Stantec’s Urban Places
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Blog Post Brick-and-mortar retail is not dead—here’s proof
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Blog Post Energy efficiency is really about energy productivity—and that’s about the bottom line
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Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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Article The Dream Cabin: Reinventing what it’s like to sleep in a hotel room
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Blog Post Driving economically robust downtowns from buildings that are already there
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Blog Post The charms and challenges of working on Mackinac Island include winter and water
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Blog Post Using an environmental review tool to yield planning and economic development benefits
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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Article International Downtown Association Report: The Value of U.S. Downtowns and Center Cities
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Blog Post In the battle of suburbs vs. cities, could both be winning?
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Blog Post From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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Publication Design Quarterly Issue 02 | Culture by Design
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Blog Post What makes a boutique hotel stand out from the rest?
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Blog Post Retail is not dead: The omnichannel revolution is just changing how it works
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Blog Post Can a city’s downtown be its portal to prosperity?
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Blog Post Don’t think big box stores can be trailblazers for sustainability? Think again.
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Blog Post Creating communities from defunct suburban malls
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Blog Post Opening day at Wrigley Field: A behind-the-scenes view
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Interactive What does it take to turn around a declining mall?
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Interactive What does the hotel comeback look like?