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Portrait of a GFFer: Keely Hardin
Meet Keely Hardin. Keely is currently a student at Dallas Baptist University studying Communications. She joined the Operations Studio this month as a Marketing Intern. Read below to learn more about Keely! I was born and raised in Austin, Texas but I will never put up the horns sign because my family is a bunch…
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Productive Struggle, or Why Architecture School is a Model for Education in General
One of the most influential trends in pedagogy today, especially in the world of K-12 education, is Project-Based Learning, sometimes abbreviated as PBL. Rather than discrete lessons about individual subjects, PBL takes a more integrative, more active, and often a more collaborative approach to learning. Students are challenged with projects which require integration across disciplines,…
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Footprints & New Paths
Effective January 2020, GFF co-founder Duncan T. Fulton, FAIA, LEED AP will step down as Chairman/CEO, and will be retiring from the firm entirely in March, with the time in between spent helping ensure a smooth transition on projects for which he is responsible. Evan Beattie, AIA, LEED AP will assume the role of Chairman/CEO.
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Why We do What We Do: The Design of Learning Space
Learning is shaped, for better or worse, by the environment where it takes place. Current research on cognitive science demonstrates that learning requires both an internal process of assimilating new information and a social process of discussion and negotiation to build new understanding. Knowledge is constructed both through engagement with ideas and with others, so…
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Our Future is Bright.
Hello 2020! Our Future is Bright. Announcing GFF Promotions for 2020 GFF is thrilled to kickoff 2020 by announcing the promotion of 48 talented architects, interior designers, landscape architects, planners, and operations professionals. These individuals have shown creativity, leadership, and a commitment to our values in creating our most memorable places yet in 2019. Recognizing… -
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Pacific Plaza Field Trip
written by Gavin Newman Sometimes research can be fun. After several days of unseasonably cold weather, GFF’s Planning and Landscape studios took a field trip to downtown Dallas’ newest spot of green, Pacific Plaza. New parks don’t just appear out of thin air – this park combines an existing park, an adjacent parking lot, and…
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GFF Bark + Build 2019
GFF has had the wonderful opportunity to participate in Bark + Build for the past several years which is a doghouse and cat condo design/build competition between professional teams consisting of architects and contractors. This year we were able to team up with RO Construction to create a bar cart/doghouse in the Doggy Décor category,…
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GFF Halloween 2019
GFF celebrated Halloween with our annual pumpkin painting and costume contest! Shout out to this year’s winners: Costumes: 1. Addam’s Family 2. 101 Dalmations 3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs Pumpkins: 1. The Fox 2. Spa Day 3. Spooky Landscape
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‘On My Own Time’ Gallery 2019
This summer, GFF took part in our eighth year of On My Own Time. By working closely with Business Council for the Arts, we created an outstanding art show featuring the talent of our employees and spouses. GFF’s Tara Harandi and Perry Weber served as OMOT Ambassadors who managed the in-house exhibitions and acted as…
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The Impact of Classroom Technology on Student/Teacher Communication
Winston Churchill famously said, “we shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.” This is especially true in schools and universities, where new technology in the classroom is reshaping our definition of what a learning space is and does, and fundamentally changing the nature of the interaction between teacher and student. Members of GFF’s education studio… -
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Portrait of a GFFer: Taylor Hanttula
Meet Taylor Hanttula. Taylor is a Frisco native and graduate of Texas Tech University with a Master of Architecture. She joined the Kanaga studio in January of 2019. Read below for more about Taylor! My one true love is my parents’ dog, Scarlett! She has easily become the favorite child. I just took a DNA…
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Portrait of a GFFer: Jordan Coslett
Meet Jordan Coslett. Jordan joined them GFF Austin team after graduating from the University of Kansas with a Master of Architecture and Minor in Business. Read below for more about Jordan! My parents never got a dog until I moved away for college. Not fair! If you think Kansas is flat, try walking to class…
