"Brian Parker, principal at architecture firm Cooper Carry, agrees. Rather than a one-size-fits-all approach to the work areas created for staff, he says a 'palette of postures' will be made available to allow workers to be fully efficient, with one of these postures being not in the office at all." ... Read More
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Hotel Operations, Design Adjust to Social Distancing | Hotel News Now | May 2020
"Manny Dominguez, principal at Cooper Carry architecture and design firm, said there aren’t answers yet for what hotel design will look like in the future. One thing he’s certain about is social distancing will be part of designers’ vocabulary moving forward."... Read More
Clemson’s New Outdoor Education Center Uses Mass Timber Structural System | BD+C | May 2020
"Clemson University's 16,000-sf Andy Quattlebaum Outdoor Education Center has become the first mass timber structure on the campus and the second mass timber facility in the nation to use Southern yellow pine as the primary building material. The project is located at the Snow Family Outdoor Fitness and Wellness Complex."... Read More
Technology That Guides Bombs May Help Protect Office Workers From Coronavirus | CoStar | May 2020
“Climate change brought one level of change” in ventilation systems, said Brian Parker, an architect with Atlanta-based firm Cooper Carry’s Office Workplace Studio. "Now we are going to see that increase again.” Technology will drive the improvement in varying degrees. Parker said ultraviolet light in air ventilation ducts could grow more prevalent. The light zaps microbes.... Read More
Portman Reveals Detailed Plans for 36-story Midtown Tower | Atlanta Business Chronicle | May 2020
"The apartment tower, which will stand alone on the south side of the chapel and gardens, will include approximately 375 units. It was presented in detail to the Midtown Development Review Committee May 12. Portman Residential, a new division within the company, will develop the apartment project."... Read More
Some Restaurants are Using Shower Curtains, Stained Glass & Plants to Keep Diners Safe | CNN | May 2020
"Being creative in redesigning a restaurant's layout has been key in adjusting to new guidelines, according to Atlanta-based architect Anita Summers. "A lot of what we're doing is trying to come up with creative ideas without spending a ton of money on a whole new decor," said Summers, who is with The Johnson Studio at Cooper Carry, which specializes in restaurant designs.... Read More
Welcome to the New Age in Dining | Atlanta Journal Constitution | May 2020
“There’s something to be said for figuring out how to do all of this while maintaining some sense of the vibe and culture of a restaurant,” she said. “If guests find the new experience of dining out to be cold and depressing, or they feel unsafe, they may not come back.”... Read More
A New Office Environment Awaits Returning Workers | Globe St. | Apr 2020
"Halter says since no one understands the virus well enough to know what’s safe, there will be an interim period with new protocols as everyone figures out how to manage offices. These protocols may or may not be permanent."... Read More
Building Community Within the Interiors Industry Amidst the COVID-19 Crisis | Interior Design | Apr 2020
"As Alex Lopatynsky, principal and managing director of Cooper Carry’s New York office, explained: 'We’re seeing projects on ‘hold’ but not cancelled. Most of our current work is in early stages and is progressing, but the construction admin stage is tough to fulfill since it (traditionally) requires being on-site, in-person.'"... Read More
Radical Innovation: The Award for Hotel Pioneers | Sleeper | Apr 2020
"Utilising modular construction techniques to fill underused spaces by way of collapsable, flexible and adaptable units, Connectic by Atlanta-headquartered Cooper Carry took home last year’s grand prize. A collective of reusable modules that can be disassembled and stored for convenient use, the system’s proposed uses include pop-up hotels in remote areas, increasing a property’s volume of available keys and connecting neglected spaces – swelling and shrinking as needed."... Read More
Eastern Wharf Brings New Opportunities to Savannah | Dixie Contractor | Apr 2020
"In the Southern city best known for its gracious hospitality and historic squares, Savannah will soon enjoy more places to live, dine, play, and splash back a glass of wine, as the $1 billion mixed-use development Eastern Wharf comes to life along a choice riverfront location ... Regent and Mariner hired Cooper Carry of Atlanta to design the Eastern Wharf master plan, Thomas & Hutton of Savannah for civil, and Site Solutions of Atlanta for landscape design."... Read More
Rimland Tower Redesign Ends Retail Ruckus | Ithaca Voice | Apr 2020
"The latest design isn't a carbon copy of the June 2019 submittal — the exterior panels are different material and color, lighter tones with what appears to be a combination of aluminum or fiber cement panels on the tower. But the gist of it, a Cooper Carry design with a cloverleaf shape built atop a new garage, is the same."... Read More
Renderings: Near PATH400 and MARTA, 218 hotel rooms bound for Buckhead
"Featuring 218 guest rooms just feet from Lenox Square, the Buckhead MARTA stop, and the PATH400 multi-use trail, the proposed lodge is to be called the Hyatt Centric. The project is headed by a joint venture between affiliates from Atlanta-based developer Songy Highroads, SharpVue Capital, and Hyatt Hotels ... If all goes to plan, the Cooper Carry-designed structure would be guest-ready in early 2022, per an announcement today."... Read More
The Universities at Shady Grove (USG) Biomedical Sciences & Engineering Living Wall | Green Roofs | Mar 2020
"Designed by Cooper Carry and Lake Flato, the state-of-the-art facility was constructed with the certification goal of LEED Platinum ...The living wall installation was part of a biophilic plan to bring interior and exterior campus environments into the building atrium, reinforcing the visual connection between the indoor and outdoor environment."... Read More
Market Study Lessons Learned When Considering College Towns | Hotel Business | Feb 2020
" ... Ithaka has partnered with the university for the Tony & Libba Rane Culinary Science Center, which is expected to open in the fall of 2022. Among other components, the center will have a 32-room boutique hotel and a 36-seat restaurant ... Because learning was the driver, the center—which is being designed by Cooper Carry—had to be designed differently. 'A restaurant designer will try to get as many seats as possible in a restaurant,' he said, 'but we want to limit the amount of seats because the learning experience is central.'"... Read More