Can Flooring Create Opportunities to Connect and Interact Within a Space?

With the success of their recent architectural and interior project – the University of Wollongong Early Start Children’s Discovery and Research Centre – Graham Bell Bowman (GBB) Interior Designer, Rene Deoberitz, reflects on the importance of flooring in integrating and connecting the diverse users and purposes of the space.

BY ryan

December 16th, 2015

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