Listen and learn: Ike Lowry explores how ceiling height, lighting, and acoustics influence cognition, comfort, and neuroinclusive workplaces.

Project insight: S/L/A/M’s LEED Platinum research center connects flexible labs, employee amenities, and environmental stewardship.

Creative connections: Nine artists with disabilities bring original perspectives to commercial interiors through customizable digital wallcoverings.

Design considerations: Explore how color, artwork, lighting, and visual cues can create more responsive, patient-centered care environments.

Recent acquisitions highlight how architecture and design firms are extending their geographic reach and adding expertise across key markets.

• BWBR Expands into North Carolina With RND Architects

• CPL Strengthens Midwestern Presence With Bailey Edward

• Corgan Adds Duda|Paine’s  Research Triangle Expertise

What Lauren loves: Camira’s recycled bouclé offers tactile warmth in 27 colors for seating, acoustic panels, and other applications.

Specification flexibility: Shaw Contract’s large-format porcelain tiles accommodate wet and dry floors and interior or exterior walls.

Surface versatility: Noël & Marquet’s decorative wallcovering panels extend to curved surfaces, ceilings, and furniture with a flexible option.

Illuminating options: Landscape Forms offers multiple mounting configurations and distributions, with reduced glare for pathways and plazas.