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At InterDesign architects love what they do and the challenges they face. Our director of Architecture put it this way:

November 5, 2009 marked the grand opening of the Ivy Tech Community College Center for Workforce and Economic Development in Greencastle, Indiana. InterDesign served as the architect of record, Demonica Kemper Architects served as the Programming Architect. The project started out as a 100,000 SF, $20M project, but the State reduced the budget to $8.2M. Private donations increased the total budget to about $8.7M. Needless to say, the building is considerably smaller than what was needed, so the program was divided into two phases and the site master planned to allow for future expansion.

Dan Ware of InterDesign presented at the Indiana Association of Homes and Services for the Aging (IAHSA) Spring Conference 2010 on March 23. His presentation, “State-of-the-Art Health Center Improves Quality of Life of Residents, Staff & Families” was developed with Tom Garman, CEO of Golden Years Homestead as a case study of his new Health Center designed by InterDesign. Dan presented design concepts to best facilitate “person-directed care” and provided an understanding of the benefits of “person-directed care” and living in “households” on quality of life. Click here for a copy of the slides from their presentation. Feel free to contact Dan Ware for additional information.

INDIANAPOLIS, IN, MAY 24, 2010: Daniel D. Rawlins, RA, DBIA of InterDesign, has successfully completed the requirements for the nationally recognized Designated Design-Build Professional™ certification. DBIA’s certification program seeks to recognize industry professionals who demonstrate a practical level of knowledge and hands-on experience in design-build project delivery. Through the examination, DBIA establishes a uniform measure of proficiency that practitioners, owners and clients can use in selecting qualified design-build professionals.

February 11, 2009

(Indianapolis, IN) — InterDesign was awarded an Honorable Mention in the City of Santa Fe, New Mexico, GreenWORKS Design Competition. The contest was a joint venture between the City of Santa Fe, Enterprise Green Communities, the Garfield Foundation, and the Frederick P. Rose Architectural Fellowship. All designs submitted were required to meet the design criteria of Enterprise Green Communities, a newly-established draft Green Building Code of the City of Santa Fe, and the City’s affordability requirements and historic design regulations.

Congratulations to Karen Hartlep for her recent accreditation by the U.S. Green Building Council.

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May 28, 2009

InterDesign Architectural Intern Ryan Murphy has Been Elected to the USGBC Emerging Green Builders (EGB) National Committee (Indianapolis, IN) —InterDesign Architectural Intern, Ryan Murphy has been elected to represent the Heartland Region on the Emerging Green Builders National Committee.

This article is the first in a series reviewing the points presented in the February 26, 2009, SavingSense Telephone Series: Improve Bottom Line through Better Energy Efficiency. InterDesign architects Dan Ware and D. Blake Wagner presented the phone conference. This initial article outlines a process for managing energy use.

Phil Howard and Andy Costlow of InterDesign presented at the 51st Annual Association of Business Administrators of Christian Colleges (ABACC) Conference on February 19. Their presentation “Cutting Edge Questions About Facilities” focused on change drivers and threats to the success of higher education, including changing student demographics, technological advances and insufficient financial resources. Click here for a copy of the slides from their presentation. Feel free to contact Andy Costlow or Phil Howard for additional information.