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Deep Blue Wall Color
Deep Blue Wall Color

Color is partly objective because it is based on physics and the measurement of light. However, an even greater part of color can be seen as subjective. It connects to your past experiences, memories, and other personal triggers. These responses to objective and subjective stimuli together comprise the emotional response to color. Color has an impact physical, emotional, and mental wellness of humans.

Luxury Kitchen Range
Luxury Kitchen Range

The kitchen has always been important in the home. However, it has become a sort of new hub and more events now occur in the kitchen. Upgrading to luxury kitchen appliances with custom features can improve the function and aesthetics of this new hub.

Living Green Wall - Compass Real Estate
Living Green Wall - Compass Real Estate

One way to add some nature into your interior design is to include green walls. Green walls or trellises could be the backdrop to your office reception area, overlay one wall in your home, or add a boundary wall to your outdoor living space. In urban environments, a green façade can even soften the severity of skyscrapers or parking structures.

Artisan Handmade Glass Vessel Sink
Artisan Handmade Glass Vessel Sink

Artisan crafts add a unique level of creativity and specialized skill to the interior design of your home or office. These crafts speak of human involvement. Crafts that may be based on folkart traditions. Using these treasures in your interiors can start a conversation around traditions, culture, symbolism, nature, people, or place. It can become a cultural lens based on you and your designer’s personal observations.

LEED & High Performance Healthcare Design - Children's Hospital
LEED & High Performance Healthcare Design - Children's Hospital

One of the guidelines for high performance healthcare is ASHRAE’s Standard 189.3 that regulates 24/7 operations with a minimum number of air changes for highly regulated and competitive markets. This is prescriptive language that requires a design project to reach above and beyond the minimum of the reach standard, similar to LEED. Provisions in different regulations may be based on mandatory or prescriptive language. These provisions can also be performance related, requiring jurisdiction approval.

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