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In planning for your 2013/2014 school year and beyond, here are 4 steps we employ to keep leading schools ahead of the curve.
Air pollution can travel hundreds of miles from its source
An exploration of Mycelium as an architectural product.
How can a physical space support teaching? Beyond that, can a more efficient classroom lead to greater student inspiration?
At MKThink, one of our strengths is the ability to explore curricular opportunities in our buildings’ designs for our K-12 private education clients.
3-D printing? Snooze. What’s next? Buildings that build themselves.
Regarding office space, an open design meant to facilitate collaboration is the trend. Thus, architects and designers alike must create inspiring places to interact, discuss, and innovate productively
Americans throw out a staggering 2,600 lbs. of waste each year per person.
If our sense of smell affects our emotions and cognitive abilities so strongly during fleeting interactions with scents, how are we being affected by the odors all around us during our working day?
Cities around the world have recognized the potentials and the problems of underutilized and unattractive space.
With the advance of technology, the library has experienced many shifts within its role in society and its design as the physical object itself.
An exploration of unused space in San Francisco.
Future libraries need to be seen as cultural houses, which stimulate intellectual curiosity and foster academic growth.
Building on water is appealing yet precarious.
Only thirty percent of our planet is covered by landmass.
Whether utilizing a simple palette or incorporating a trusted geometry; architects and engineers find success with habit and process.
Lessons from Sears Catalogue Housing 1908 – 1940.
A system of infrastructure that’s flexible and can be mobilized when the need arises would provide countless opportunities to deliver services more efficiently, sustainably, and inexpensively.
A new wave of immersive, 360 degree photography called panoramography has grown steadily in popularity and is set to revolutionize the way we do our work as architects.
United States workers spent an average of 1,749 hours in the office.
Architects are regularly challenged during the Construction Admin process by doing time-consuming, tedious punch lists.
Dance and architecture are both a manipulation of space and time.
Access to aerial photography from satellites has had an enormous impact on professionals working with the built and natural environment.
There is a point in the gestation of a new building in which the digital train stops dead in its tracks
How smart organizations are taking advantage of their workplace in new ways to improve productivity and their bottom line
People convert parking spots to mini-parks for a day
DoD’s Operational Energy Strategy will guide the Defense Department to a more strategic use of energy resources.
Protect the Architectural Fabric and Your Wallet
Let’s look below the surface to identity how architecture, culture, and the environment are intersecting to create such a memorable and spectacular place.
Lessons and opportunities from the experience of project FROG
RoundHouseOne combines MKThink’s client centric services with advanced information plus technology to provide an exceptional offering.
MKThink believes that student wellness on campus is directly influenced by the physical and programmatic attributes of residential housing typologies.
Attitudes towards wellness have changed the way colleges and universities design spaces to serve the wellness needs of their students.
Academic Services Integration Analysis
Many service-based businesses have improved customer satisfaction and simplified back office operations by integrating the service environment into a ‘one-stop-shop’.
The modern hospital stands as symbol of technological mastery and control in the face of the chaos that illness brings to the social fabric. When examining the modern hospital however, one is struck by just how much change is taking place in these central social institutions.
Over 3 million students at colleges, universities, and K-12 schools learn in modular trailers, known for poor air quality, structural inadequacy, and inferior aesthetics. Research on the $2 billion a year temporary classroom market reveals an industry ripe for innovative, strategic design.