“The building’s interior materials have low volatile organic compounds content. This along with the use of light-colored and warm natural materials within the Element brand also promotes a feelings of healthiness.”

Teammate Cheryl Smith describes some of the wellness elements incorporated into our project with the W Element Hotel. Read more with Hotel Management here.

Portfolio: For Manhasset-based, family-owned London Jewelers, the goal in renovating was to share in that success, primarily by creating a space that offers customers a personal experience in luxurious surroundings. Managed by Nelson Worldwide (Minneapolis), the new design harkens back to the Paris of years gone by. Read more here.

Spring Forward: JUST AS the first tulips along Chicago’s premiere shopping streets began to cautiously emerge this spring, Primark (London) unveiled its first location in the Midwest on Chicago’s State Street. Read more here.

At the onset of COVID-19 — and as the required work from-home and social distancing guidelines went into effect — dialogue as to how companies were planning their successful return to the office escalated. The majority of the discussions surrounding focused on stripping out amenities, elements and services that would mitigate the risk of germs and keep employees safe, but there has been very little dialogue surrounding how to keep company culture alive and thriving without a home base or office which previously serviced as the cultural heart of a company. Read more here.

As Covid-19 uniquely forces workplace and hospitality experience to radically adapt and innovate, this is an opportune moment for the two players to learn from each other. Read more here.

Award-winning architecture, design and strategy firm, NELSON Worldwide has merged operations with Daroff Design Inc + DDI Architects, PC (DDI), an award-winning, internationally recognized interior design and architecture firm headquartered in Center City, Philadelphia. Read more with Mann Report here.

Holy Cross Health could build a freestanding emergency department and primary care clinic in Deerfield Beach.

Read more with Biz Journals here.

Downtown Minneapolis is in the midst of a building repositioning boom in which at least eight Class A towers have undergone transformations of their public and amenity areas in order to meet the new demands of today’s workforce. Read more with Floor Focus.

Before the pandemic, Karen Daroff was prompted by her colleagues to begin thinking about the long-term future of the Center City architectural and interior design firm she formed nearly five years ago. “We wanted to have a national platform. We have national accounts, but not national offices. That was the goal and objective.”

Daroff found what she was looking for in NELSON Worldwide, which has now merged with Daroff Design and DDI Architects. Read more with Philadelphia Business Journal here.

Office Insight Magazine shares more about NELSON’s Workplace Innovation Session here. 

Multidisciplinary designer Marco Oppici has joined the architecture and design firm NELSON Worldwide as retail design leader. Based in New York City, Oppici brings a strong expertise in experiential design from high-end residential, retail and hospitality, to visual arts and furniture design. For more than a decade, he held a position with Saks Fifth Avenue/HBC Corporation as vice president of store design and creative director. Read more here.