Office Tour - San Francisco Airport's Big Room Offices

It's a building inside a building. A design zone within an airplane hangar.

Gensler and Kuth Ranieri Architects with Hamilton Aitken Architects have collaborated to design San Francisco Airport’s Big Room offices located in San Francisco, California.

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Evidence for Enhancing Collaboration Among Teaching Staff

The relationships between classrooms can enhance or hinder teacher collaboration - this interesting article brings some evidence to school design.

https://www.the74million.org/article/why-a-schools-floor-plan-is-so-important-new-research-shows-that-78-feet-can-make-all-the-difference-in-helping-teachers-collaborate-with-struggling-colleagues/
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Site Visit to Maritime Center

This video documents a visit to the Maritime Center during the renovation of this historic building - it shows the 1943 building lifted up off the ground to allow workers to install a new foundation, shows the "secret exit" for children to slide down from the second floor, and reviews the history and original design thinking about the Maritime Center.