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Washington State University’s Olympia Avenue student housing project—for which we did the wayfinding, identity, and educational graphics—just won an award for best campus housing project at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) in San Francisco in June. The awards, called Gold Nuggets, recognize builders, developers, architects, and land planners with projects in the 14 western states and all international countries. Read more about the work we did on the Olympia Avenue project and check out some photos here.

Washington State University’s Olympia Avenue student housing project—for which we did the wayfinding, identity, and educational graphics—just won an award for best campus housing project at the Pacific Coast Builders Conference (PCBC) in San Francisco in June. The awards, called Gold Nuggets, recognize builders, developers, architects, and land planners with projects in the 14 western states and all international countries.

Read more about the work we did on the Olympia Avenue project and check out some photos here.

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Located in the heart of Anchorage’s energy and technology district, 188 Northern Lights Boulevard is a modern mixed-use office and retail complex. We worked closely with the developer and architects to create a holistic graphic identity for the project. Environmental graphics expand on the building’s double-eight identity and the Northern Lights street address. The double-eight pattern used throughout the program is reminiscent of innovative technology, energizing the project and reflecting the business of building occupants.

A graphic lightbox above the lobby surrounds the retail podium of the project, utilizing pattern, light and shadow to add impact both day and night. Bringing an element of warmth to contrast the Alaskan winter climate, glass panels with integral graphics wrap the core of the structure, creating a glowing orange beacon that draws occupants and visitors into the building. Integrated architectural graphics, from wayfinding and identity components to public space amenities and finishes, have transformed this project into a landmark building.

  • Posted 5 months ago
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Architecture of the Unbuilt Cheng+Snyder’s Phantom City iPhone application allows users to experience a skyline that never was. From a mile-high dome covering Midtown Manhattan to an airport at Battery Park, the Museum of the Phantom City features projects from New York’s past that were either abandoned or simply designed never to be built (case in point: Continuous Monument, a 1969 concept design in which the entire city would be enclosed in glass). Through interactive features that alert users to the presence of phantom buildings around them, the application serves as a walking tour of public art that never was.Interactive historical mapping exists to a degree with user-generated Google maps, but Phantom City turns the iPhone into a sort of dousing rod, uncovering invisible histories as users move around the city and alerting them to sites with particularly compelling pasts. It’s easy to imagine a whole slew of applications like this, transforming daily commutes to Wikipedia in real time. Our favorite? Alfred Beach’s abandoned pneumatic subway tube circa 1870.(Phantom City via NYT)

Architecture of the Unbuilt

Cheng+Snyder’s Phantom City iPhone application allows users to experience a skyline that never was. From a mile-high dome covering Midtown Manhattan to an airport at Battery Park, the Museum of the Phantom City features projects from New York’s past that were either abandoned or simply designed never to be built (case in point: Continuous Monument, a 1969 concept design in which the entire city would be enclosed in glass). Through interactive features that alert users to the presence of phantom buildings around them, the application serves as a walking tour of public art that never was.

Interactive historical mapping exists to a degree with user-generated Google maps, but Phantom City turns the iPhone into a sort of dousing rod, uncovering invisible histories as users move around the city and alerting them to sites with particularly compelling pasts. It’s easy to imagine a whole slew of applications like this, transforming daily commutes to Wikipedia in real time.

Our favorite? Alfred Beach’s abandoned pneumatic subway tube circa 1870.

(Phantom City via NYT)

  • Posted 7 months ago
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