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Labor of Love

Every year for the last 17 years, CASA has raffled off two playhouses through their “Casas for CASA” fundraiser. After last year’s raffle, I saw a great opportunity and offered the design talents of BLDD Architects to now-retired CASA Executive Director Steve Miller, hoping we could help take the fundraising to a new level. He and Julia Livingston (incoming Executive Director) gladly accepted our offer, and so the excitement (and work) began!
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5 Steps to Awesome Design for Education.

Working with hundreds of education clients since 1929, the architects at BLDD understand the struggles of adapting environments to the ever-evolving needs of learning. Here at BLDD, we start by Thinking BIG. Through our five-step design-thinking process, students, educators, administrators and architects collaborate as co-authors of a design....

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How to Reimagine Your Worn-out Gym

In my 30 years of being in the profession, I have witnessed my fair share of school gymnasiums built in the 50s and 60s.  When a school district can finally afford to build a new competition gym, the old gym typically becomes underutilized and often times an eyesore.  But it doesn’t...

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​Our Process
It's different. By Design.
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The Secret to Successful 
Construction Administration
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Understanding the
Master Planning Process
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QLEO Analysis Software
Make difficult choices, less difficult.
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Facilities Assessment and
Capital Planning, explained.
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A Proven Process for
Building Community Engagement
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Learn How to THINK BIG
About 21s Century Learning Spaces
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Environmental Graphic Design
Your Buildings = Your Brand
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Connecting Facility Conditions
and Student Outcomes
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Evidence Based Design
Full Study

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Future-Focused Design
for Student Centered Learning
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Ensure Project Success with
Effective Stakeholder Engagement
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Experience Your Design
Using Virtual Reality
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A Guide for Those Thirsty for
 Refreshing Ideas
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Ensure Project Success by
Managing Overall Costs
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A Colorful Guide for 
 Endless Inspiration
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BIG challenges, SMALL investment
Big Ideas, Results, Change
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A COVID-19 Planning Tool for 
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BLDD stands for "Because Life Deserves Design," and for us, DESIGN is a VERB and intentional act to improve everything we touch. You'll see this intentionality in every aspect of our work together... from building designs, to technical details, to group meetings. We hope to leave the world a better place than we found it.
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