“Here we have a case of learning the rules on the first project in order to know how to break them on the second,” shares [Steve] Droll, revealing his design sentiment with a smile. -Sean O’Keefe, Colorado Construction & Design Magazine
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“Underscoring the value architects bring to a project has become ever more important, given tightening purse strings and evolving technologies. “I think the recession made everybody sit up and say, ‘What do we need to do to increase the value that we provide?’ ” says Valerio. “An architect always believes that, whatever the question is, design is the answer. But do we really understand the question?” -Josephine Minutillo, Architectural Record
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“The winners of the fifth annual HiP Awards, honoring industry people and innovative products at NeoCon 2018, were announced in a ceremony hosted by editor in chief Cindy Allen.” -Interior Design Magazine
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“Joe Valerio, a principal with Chicago-based Valerio Dewalt Train Associates, takes a similar approach, embedding staffers in a client company and monitoring how people work” -Chris Rauber, Biz Journals
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“Construction on a new $43-million hotel in downtown Grand Rapids is beginning this week. A 155-room Canopy by Hilton will be built at 131 Ionia Ave. SW, adjacent to the piazza in the pending Studio Park project.” -Justin Dawes, Grand Rapids Business Journal
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“In need of more culinary space while working under the restrictions of the Baker and Hamilton building, a former tool factory in San Francisco, Adobe partnered with chef Mirit Cohen and Chicago architecture firm Valerio Dewalt Train to reconfigure its office.” -Hospitality Design
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“The House of Rohl Studio establishes a unified U.S. presence for these brands from across the globe…the new Studio includes nearly 1,800 square feet of design inspiration for the kitchen and bath. Its boutique jewel-box setting was designed by the award-winning design firm Valerio Dewalt Train Associates.” -Kitchen & Bath Design News
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Our client, Balyasny Asset Management (BAM), was recently featured in Fortune Magazine on its list of the best small & medium sized companies to work for. Additionally, employees claimed that their facilities contribute to a good working environment in surveys taken by 'Great Place To Work.'
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"The demand for student housing is only going to increase. The U.S. Department of Education reported in 2017 there were 20.4 million college and university students, an increase of 5 million students from 2000 to 2017, Valerio Dewalt Train Associates founding principal Joe Valerio said during a recent Bisnow student housing event in San Francisco." -Julie Littman, Bisnow
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"This fall, the megabuilding’s front wall will become vivid with video images and projected artwork as a permanent nighttime riverfront feature visible from the Riverwalk and Wacker Drive, if a plan announced Sunday by building owners and city officials goes through." -Steve Johnson, The Chicago Tribune
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"A sneak peek inside the $200 million yakʔityutyu dorms under construction in Cal Poly as of February 2018. The facility will open in fall with 1,475 students, and it includes seven residential buildings, an office building and a parking structure." -David Middlecamp, The Tribune
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"Like a painting by a cubist artist after a visit to Hampton Court, an arts centre by Valerio Dewalt Train Associates is an angular abstraction of the medieval aesthetic." -Jane Szita, Mark Magazine
Read More"Vue53 mounts upward from, and adds vitality to, the lively shopping street from it takes the second part of its name." -Blair Kamin
Read More"These new collaborative spaces are meant to emulate the latest in business work environments." -Matthew Messner, Architect's Newspaper
Read MoreBizTimes discusses the collaboration involved in creating Milwaukee's newest addition to it's skyline.
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"Like the institution it serves, the new early childhood learning center of the University of Chicago Laboratory Schools is anything but ordinary" -Blair Kamin
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“A very modern, tight insertion into an old building. It draws you upstairs” – AIA Chicago Juror
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