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The Gresham Smith blog is about starting discussions. We want to get people thinking about issues and trends that are impacting the design services industry and the market sectors Gresham Smith architects, engineers, interior designers, planners, consultants and environmental scientists serve. Great ideas are typically enhanced through conversation and often stifled by singular views and opinion. We hope you'll join in this conversation and help us to create a meaningful dialogue. Greshamsmith.com/blog

Adaptive Reuse | Gresham Smith | Aug 17, 2023

How to design for adaptive reuse: Don’t reinvent the wheel

Gresham Smith demonstrates the opportunities of adaptive reuse, specifically reusing empty big-box retail and malls, many of which sit unused or underutilized across the country.

Higher Education | Gresham Smith | May 24, 2023

Designing spaces that promote enrollment

Alyson Mandeville, Higher Education Practice Leader, argues that colleges and universities need to shift their business model—with the help of designers.

Office Buildings | Gresham Smith | Apr 24, 2023

Smart savings: Commissioning for the hybrid workplace

Joe Crowe, Senior Mechanical Engineer, Gresham Smith, shares smart savings tips for facility managers and building owners of hybrid workplaces.

Modular Building | Gresham Smith | Mar 20, 2023

3 ways prefabrication doubles as a sustainability strategy

Corie Baker, AIA, shares three modular Gresham Smith projects that found sustainability benefits from the use of prefabrication.

Hospital Design Trends | Gresham Smith | Jan 19, 2023

Maximizing access for everyone: A closer look at universal design in healthcare facilities

Maria Sanchez, Interior Designer at Gresham Smith, shares how universal design bolsters empathy and equity in healthcare facilities.

Healthcare Facilities | Gresham Smith | Dec 20, 2022

Designing for a first-in-the-world proton therapy cancer treatment system

Gresham Smith begins designing four proton therapy vaults for a Flint, Mich., medical center.

Digital Twin | Gresham Smith | Nov 21, 2022

An inside look at the airport industry's plan to develop a digital twin guidebook

Zoë Fisher, AIA explores how design strategies are changing the way we deliver and design projects in the post-pandemic world.

Architects | Gresham Smith | Feb 12, 2019

The basics of building commissioning

As building system technology increases in complexity and sustainability remains at the forefront of design, the need for commissioning continues to rise. This is the first post in our series examining the basics, benefits and boundaries of building commissioning.

Gresham Smith | Jan 17, 2019

Strategies to improve the human experience during interior renovations

Over the past decade, Flagler Hospital has been undergoing a complex, phased renovation touching every patient room and almost every public space with the aim of improving the patient experience.

Urban Planning | Gresham Smith | Sep 11, 2018

The advantages of alleys

Believe it or not, alleys started off as public spaces.

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