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July 06, 2017 | GWWO Blog Alan Reed

Achieving an ideal visitor experience: The ADROIT approach

The most meaningful experiences are created through a close collaboration between architects, landscape architects, and exhibit designers.

Architects | March 01, 2017 | GWWO Blog Alan Reed

Intuitive wayfinding: An alternate approach to signage

Intuitive wayfinding is much like navigating via waypoints—moving from point to point to point.

Image: courtesy GWWO Inc./Architects

Architects | March 13, 2014 | GWWO Blog

Do you really 'always turn right'?

The first visitor center we designed was the Ernest F. Coe Visitor Center for the Everglades National Park in 1993. I remember it well for a variety o...

The Mona Lisa is considered a predominant focus at the Louvre.

Building Owner | December 19, 2013 | GWWO Blog

Mastering the art of crowd control and visitor flow in interpretive facilities

To say that visitor facility planning and design is challenging is an understatement. There are many factors that determine the success of a facili...

The glass exterior of the Johnson Fitness Center at Washington College helps to foster a visual connection to the rest of campus from inside and to the activities within from the outside.

Building Owner | November 07, 2013 | GWWO Blog

Fitness center design: What do higher-ed students want?

Campus fitness centers are taking their place alongside student centers, science centers, and libraries as hallmark components of a student-life ex...

The three-building Athletes Village at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis

The three-building Athletes Village at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis is designed to reinforce the incoming student-athlete’s perception of the school’s sports as well as his or her place in that program. The facility’s Land O’ Lakes Center For Excellence and Gameday Experience room broadcasts digital content of the Gophers’ team highlights from a dozen customizable projectors with a total of more than 23 million pixels. The 340,000-sf facility’s “experiences” were created by Advent, the experiential design firm.

'Athleticscapes' give colleges a recruiting edge

The aptly named Vu at MacDonald Highlands, Henderson, Nev., provides a stunning view of the Las Vegas strip, 15 miles to the northwest. KTGY Architecture + Planning mounted 102 luxury townhomes on a hilly site in the exclusive MacDonald Highlands community for Christopher Homes. The Vu has already received two major honors this year, a BALA Award and a Nationals Award. Photo: © Studio J Inc.

Multifamily visionaries: KTGY’s extraordinary expectations

The 57,000-sf Anthem concert hall is a major component of The Wharf

The 57,000-sf Anthem concert hall is a major component of The Wharf, the biggest-ever redevelopment project in Washington, D.C. Anthem is wedged between two mixed-use buildings with 510 apartments. Its $60 million construction costs included $3 million in sound mitigation measures. The hall’s flat floor allows it to be used for non-music events. The lobby can also be leased. The hall’s capacity is 6,000.

Cultural centers: Community-based venues can be catalysts for downtown renewal