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Dallas' first couple of design hitches Staffelbach future to big-league suitor

Dallas' first couple of design hitches Staffelbach future to big-league suitor

Andre Staffelbach, Dallas’ interior design of hall-of-famer, and his CEO wife, Jo Staffelbach Heinz, have decided to run with the big dogs.

On Tuesday evening, the sole owners of Staffelbach Design Group quietly merged their 70-person firm into Minneapolis-based DLR Group, the nation’s 23rd-largest integrated architectural and design firm, which is owned by an employee stock ownership program (ESOP).

Architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry retiring

Architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry retiring

Legendary Chicago architects Stanley Tigerman and Margaret McCurry of Tigerman McCurry Architects are closing their Chicago office and tell Dennis Rodkin at Crain’s Chicago Business that they are retiring. The pair, which have long been prominent figures in Chicago’s architecture scene, say that they will make a formal announcement in the coming weeks.

This Firm Is Redesigning The Most Stressful Places On Earth

This Firm Is Redesigning The Most Stressful Places On Earth

For the New York-based design firm Icrave, interior design isn’t just choosing paint colors, lighting, and furniture. While the firm got its start in 2002 designing the interiors of bars and restaurants, it has since branched into designing airport terminals, including the jetsetting JetBlue terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City, and most recently, healthcare spaces, like the Josie Robertson Surgery Center at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.

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Now WeWork Wants To Build Out Your Office And Run It For You

Now WeWork Wants To Build Out Your Office And Run It For You

At a time when more traditional businesses are scrambling to adopt the efficiencies of leaner startups, help is on the way. WeWork is currently in the research phase of a new initiative through which it will revamp companies’ offices for them, remaking them in WeWork’s image and arming them with office-management technology and a cultural attaché.

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Virtual Reality as a Design Tool: What We’ve Learned and Where We're Going

Virtual Reality as a Design Tool: What We’ve Learned and Where We're Going

In many ways, 2016 was a breakout year for virtual reality in the design professions. After years of speculation and buildup, manufacturers such as HTC, Oculus, and Microsoft released powerful head-mounted displays that gave designers and clients a truly immersive and interactive 3D experience. At the same time, new software such as Lumion, Enscape3D and InsiteVR made it relatively simple for architects and engineers to convert building information modeling (BIM) data into a virtual reality experience..

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Brexit Is Official. Here’s What That Means For Designers

Brexit Is Official. Here’s What That Means For Designers

On March 29, British Prime Minister Theresa May signed a six-page letter initiating Article 50, making the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union–aka Brexit–official. What follows is a two-year negotiation period during which the EU and U.K. will determine how the two entities will disentangle and what their future relationship will be.

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