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Sustainable data centers: 3 ways to get there
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The benefits of health data portability—and how to design for it
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Who needs a helium-recovery system?
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Sustainability in higher education (Part 1): Start with a carbon neutral master plan
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Design Quarterly Issue 23 | Technology update
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Storytelling for buildings: Why real estate branding matters
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7 elements of successful cultural center design
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[With Video] Delivering equity through P3 school design
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Office building asset repositioning: What should you look for?
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3 reasons for adaptive building reuse
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Design Quarterly Issue 22 | Experiences
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6 big net zero design ideas for a Houston Astrodome renovation
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How can design respond to burnout in healthcare professionals?
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Large-scale redevelopment projects need to learn from small-scale historic neighborhoods
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Preparing for building performance standards in cities
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Design Quarterly Issue 21 | Adaptive Reuse
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Edge data centers can speed your online experience
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Designing a workplace experience to answer: ‘Why should I go into the office?’
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Building decarbonization strategy: It starts before electrification
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Does your building need a life cycle assessment?
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Low-carbon building materials: Designers discuss alternative options
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Design Quarterly Issue 20 | RETHINK
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5 questions to ask before you write a decarbonization RFP
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Passive house design regulations: Here are 8 strategies for multifamily projects
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The future of design and AI in architecture
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Robots in the workplace: This one scans for indoor air quality and more
Design Quarterly Issue 19 | Decarbonization
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Advanced manufacturing facilities are key to a sustainable future
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8 challenges holding back vertical farming facilities
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From microchips to canola oil, manufacturers want to build factories in North America
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Can emerging alternative delivery processes result in better hospital design?
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Design Quarterly Issue 18 | The Future of Design
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6 design approaches that humanize cancer care amid technology advances
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Successful Indigenous school design: Listening, understanding, and acting
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What is an innovation center? A collaborative workspace that’s essential in today’s office
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[With Video] New city regulations are driving building retrofits
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Design Hive: Robyn Whitwham on designing for mental health
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Design Quarterly Issue 17 | New Design Essentials
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7 ways we can design more resilient healthcare projects today
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Using well-being, student input, and stewardship to design a WELL school
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Designing for a client’s nature-driven mission
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7 big ideas for revitalizing the urban realm
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Design Hive: Daryl Fonslow on adaptive reuse to net zero
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Design Quarterly Issue 16 | Climate Risk
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Even popular retail malls are reevaluating and refocusing to amplify experiences
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[With Video] 7 approaches to creating affordable housing for artists
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Design Hive: Dr. Rick Huijbregts on smart cities
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7 approaches to building reuse to help existing properties reach net zero
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Home is Where the Art is
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[With Video] 4 reasons we’re excited about our new automated design tool
Design Quarterly Issue 15 | Reuse and Revitalization
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Reinventing the Thompson Center: A research project into a modular, mixed-use destination
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The (remote) doctor is in: 5 ways telehealth is changing design
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Design Hive: Brenda Bush-Moline on health equity
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Design Quarterly Issue 14 | Tools and Data
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How is transit responding to reopening?
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What will the future campus look like?
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Listening to the land to design an urban Indigenous healthcare facility
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Design Quarterly Issue 13 | After the Reset
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Harmonizing the seen and unseen when designing for neurodiversity
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Recycle your building: 8 reasons to consider adaptive reuse and retrofitting
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Supporting equity with an inclusive neighborhood—it’s urban planning for all
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Design Quarterly Issue 12 | Equity and Inclusion
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COVID-19 has accelerated the need for flexible labs and research environments
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8 design strategies to enhance access to urban mental healthcare
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The Lily Pad Network: A natural analogy to advance resiliency
7 trends and techs—and 3 obstacles—shaping the big picture for an energy transition
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5 steps toward efficient building performance—from LEDs to heat pumps and more
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Design Quarterly Issue 11 | Empowering Design
Electricity as a clean source of energy: Quebec’s example
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Carbon: A common language for change—now is the time to act
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[With Video] Why VR matters in healthcare design
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Design Quarterly Issue 10 | The Carbon Issue
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How parametric design helps in the creation of custom interior elements
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Scanning smarter: Using reality capture on renovations
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From the Design Quarterly: Hospitality design in the digital era. How “smart” is smart?
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Design Quarterly Issue 09 | People, buildings & technology
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From the Design Quarterly: Looking back on the first large-scale net zero energy building
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[With Video] From the Design Quarterly: How can lighting design influence wellness?
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From the Design Quarterly: What does it mean to fly well?
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From the Design Quarterly: Design drivers for a new behavioral and mental health facility
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From the Design Quarterly: How do you future-proof a stadium in the digital age?
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Design Quarterly Issue 08 | Wellness & Active Lifestyles
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From the Design Quarterly: Meet me at the new mall—10 ways to make them cool
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From the Design Quarterly: Seeing civic infrastructure differently
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From the Design Quarterly: 6 approaches to waterfront revitalization
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From the Design Quarterly: 3 strategies to design academic research facilities to last
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From the Design Quarterly: House calls of the future
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Design Quarterly Issue 07 | Adapting to Change
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From the Design Quarterly: Stantec's CEO explores how sustainability is at the core of our business
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From the Design Quarterly: What are sustainability rankings and why do they matter?
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From the Design Quarterly: 8 ways to design for density and live where the action is
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From the Design Quarterly: Are net zero energy and net zero carbon buildings a must-have?
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Design Quarterly Issue 06 | Destination Zero
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From the Design Quarterly: Embracing the unknown when thinking big data and smart cities
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From the Design Quarterly: How are we designing for livable cities today?
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From the Design Quarterly: Technologies and trends changing how we power our world
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From the Design Quarterly: Housing design that keeps the city within reach
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From the Design Quarterly: Embracing modular and prefab for future-ready design
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From the Design Quarterly: Teaching sustainability and energy conservation through play
Design Quarterly Issue 05 | Smart & Livable Cities
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From the Design Quarterly: Speak up. Get involved. Shape the future.
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From the Design Quarterly: Why a buildings engineer may see an earth tube in your future
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From the Design Quarterly: Creating the right collisions for higher education
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From the Design Quarterly: Landscapes that do more
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From the Design Quarterly: A healthy future for mass timber in medical facilities
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From the Design Quarterly: 7 facets of the changing airport
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From the Design Quarterly: Breaking down silos in healthcare education
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From the Design Quarterly: What happens when hospitals move out?
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Design Quarterly Issue 04 | Intersections
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From the Design Quarterly: Embracing new technology to improve design
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From the Design Quarterly: Digitally illuminating a city’s utilization
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From the Design Quarterly: Bringing an urban campus together for the better
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From the Design Quarterly: Old idea, new form—makerspaces make it big
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From the Design Quarterly: Forecasting change for baby boomers and millennials
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Design Quarterly Issue 03 | Technology Driving Change
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From the Design Quarterly: Culture 2.0 in the workplace
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From the Design Quarterly: Bridging cultures to create buildings for unique populations
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From the Design Quarterly: Switching on the off-season
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From the Design Quarterly: Incubating campus cool
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Design Quarterly Issue 02 | Culture by Design
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From the Design Quarterly: Where’s my trashcan?
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Design Quarterly Issue 01 | The Sustainable City

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Sustainable data centers: 3 ways to get there

The benefits of health data portability—and how to design for it

Who needs a helium-recovery system?

Sustainability in higher education (Part 1): Start with a carbon neutral master plan

​Design Quarterly Issue 23 | Technology update

Storytelling for buildings: Why real estate branding matters

7 elements of successful cultural center design

[With Video] Delivering equity through P3 school design

Office building asset repositioning: What should you look for?

3 reasons for adaptive building reuse

Design Quarterly Issue 22 | Experiences

6 big net zero design ideas for a Houston Astrodome renovation

How can design respond to burnout in healthcare professionals?

Large-scale redevelopment projects need to learn from small-scale historic neighborhoods

Preparing for building performance standards in cities

Design Quarterly Issue 21 | Adaptive Reuse

Edge data centers can speed your online experience

Designing a workplace experience to answer: ‘Why should I go into the office?’

Building decarbonization strategy: It starts before electrification

Does your building need a life cycle assessment?

Low-carbon building materials: Designers discuss alternative options

Design Quarterly Issue 20 | RETHINK

5 questions to ask before you write a decarbonization RFP

Passive house design regulations: Here are 8 strategies for multifamily projects

The future of design and AI in architecture

Robots in the workplace: This one scans for indoor air quality and more

Design Quarterly Issue 19 | Decarbonization

Advanced manufacturing facilities are key to a sustainable future

8 challenges holding back vertical farming facilities

From microchips to canola oil, manufacturers want to build factories in North America

Can emerging alternative delivery processes result in better hospital design?

Design Quarterly Issue 18 | The Future of Design

6 design approaches that humanize cancer care amid technology advances

Successful Indigenous school design: Listening, understanding, and acting

What is an innovation center? A collaborative workspace that’s essential in today’s office

Design Quarterly Issue 23 | Technology update

Design Hive: Tariq Amlani on healthcare decarbonization

Design Quarterly Issue 23 | Technology update