Insights

We spend quality time thinking about, researching and advancing design. Our team shares its insights on the trends, challenges and realities that impact design in the world we live in.

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Featured Insight

The Mixed-Use Revolution

Integrating multiple functional, programmatic, technological and social requirements into a single, holistic vision.

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Value in Educational Design

How NORR is designing for the 21st century learning environment

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Home

Future proofing design to respond to values and trends

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Designing for the Retail Experience

Omni-channel retailing trends

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A Consistent Methodology

Inducing collaborative authorship and stakeholder ownership from the start

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A Great Place to Live!

Disruptive Innovation and Designing Homes

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Adaptive Reuse Projects: The Subtle Art of Give and Take

Giving a once-glorious building a second lease on life can be some of the most exciting work an architect, developer or city government pursues.