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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 23h

With our renovation to Ferrucci Junior High, portables were removed, student count in classrooms was lowered, and the capacity of student services increased.

📷: Benjamin Benschneider

#Pk12Design #LightingDesign #Elementary

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 8d

Summer might be over but we're already excited for next year at the new Cheney Aquatic Center 🌊

📷: Patrick Martinez

#RecreationDesign #Aquatic #PoolDesign

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 15d

The design for the Karmanos Cancer Institute at The Toledo Clinic Cancer Center focused on integration of all services including medical oncology, infusion, radiation therapy and imaging to create a cohesive patient experience.

📷: Cory Klein

#healthcaredesign #healthcare

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 21d

Pauline Flett Middle School is designed to create a sense of community and connection for students; with one another and with their teachers. This is exemplified by what is called a “neighborhood learning model” that drives the layout of the building.

📷: Patrick Martinez

#PK12Design #SchoolDesign

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 28d

Designing for wellness means creating spaces to pause. At Youngstown Orthopaedic Associates Medical Office Building, daylight + views offer patients moments of retreat.

📷 Kate Horgan

Interior of a medical office waiting area with a wide, low window framed in warm wood. The deep surround forms built-in seating with long integrated lighting, offering a view into an outdoor landscaped area.

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · 28d

📷Banik Communications / Kevin Eveland

NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 19

From colorful reading nooks to bright, flexible classrooms, Mat-Su Day School was designed to spark curiosity and foster connection.
In collaboration with Wolf Architecture
📷: Ken Graham

#K12design #educationdesign #architecture

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 11

The University of Providence Student Union generates various flexible spaces for encouraging community, group studying, campus events, and informal hangouts. A perfect place for students going back to school! 📝

#highereducation #architecture #studentunion

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Sep 5

Construction progress at the Pasco Aquatics Facility using rammed earth panels ⛰️

#rammedearth #construction #aquatics

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Aug 29

Quincy High School's image of where agriculture meets technology is reflected in the classroom spaces, including a robust Career and Technical Education program.

📷: Lara Swimmer

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Aug 15

The new Aquatic Center at MLK Jr. Park — a community space designed to inspire, connect, and make a splash!

📷: Patrick Martinez

#pooldesign #architecture #communityspaces

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Aug 11

Recently, we transformed a former pharmacy in Northeast Spokane into a Head Start and Early Head Start facility serving infants, toddlers, and preschoolers.

#architecture #education

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Aug 1

The Champions Center at Washington State University will centralize academic support, mental health services, nutrition, and professional development resources to help student-athletes thrive.

📷: Patrick Martinez

#lightingdesign #highereducation #architecture

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jul 18

Designed with the needs of all students in mind, especially those who thrive in quieter, more private settings, Spruce Hall fosters an environment of balance between connection and solitude. (Colorado School of Mines)
In collaboration with AMD Architects.

Photography by Frank Ooms

Natural landscaped courtyard with stone-lined creek and walking paths, surrounded on three sides by new freshman college residence hall. Building rises 5 stories, with clean, contemporary massing, and a repeated rhythm of windows and metal facade. Students sit in courtyard on large preserved logs, walk on paths and overlook creekbed.

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jul 11

The new Quincy Valley Medical Center is located in a rapidly growing and dynamic agricultural and data center community with a strong need to invest their tax dollars into creating a local magnet for quality healthcare.

#architecture #washington #interiordesign

📷: Benjamin Benschneider

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jun 27

The design of Expedition Elementary School embodies the design committee’s goals of welcoming, belonging, connection, efficient, empowerment, bright, and open.

📷: Benjamin Benschneider

#architecture #lightingdesign #interiordesign #education

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Kootenai Health East Expansion establishes the nexus for expanding market share, providing an environment that promotes patient- and family-centered care.

📷: Benjamin Benschneider

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jun 18

Redington Junior/Senior High School serves grades 6–12 in Alaska’s fastest growing region. The school supports a truly comprehensive program featuring high quality science, art, music, and CTE facilities. With Wolf Architecture.

📷: Kevin Smith

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Jun 6

Crenshaw High School Performing Arts Center

Designed to be the center of campus life, this project embodies the embrace of contrasts: bright and dark, heavy and light, rough and smooth, sharp and soft

📷: Paul Vu

#architecture #theater #lightingdesign #interiordesign

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · May 30

Hazel Wolf K-8 ESTEM’s innovative indoor/outdoor curriculum provides Seattle Public Schools students a choice to focus on environmental learning

📷: Benjamin Benschneider

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · May 16

Positioned in the heart of downtown Spokane’s Riverfront Park, the Pavilion is a dramatic landmark that has transformed the city’s visual and cultural experience.

📷: Meghan Montgomery

#architecture

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · May 9

Belvedere Middle School presents a rare opportunity for the school to re-imagine how learning can be made visible and celebrated to reflect the school’s diverse, vibrant, and tight-knit community.

📷: Michael Wells

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Apr 30

The design for the Karmanos Cancer Institute at The Toledo Clinic Cancer Center focused on integration of all services including medical oncology, infusion, radiation therapy and imaging to create a cohesive patient experience.

📷: Corey Klein

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Apr 18

Cornish College of the Arts Fablab | The FabLab houses advanced digital fabrication tools and hi-tech computer labs, along with hands-on spaces for traditional arts and crafts.

📷 Benjamin Benschneider

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NAC Architecture @nacarchitecture.bsky.social · Apr 9

Topping Out Ceremony at Bethel High School. Spanaway, Washington

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