The schematic drawings—floor plans, site plans and building elevations—are reviewed and refined for functionality, usability, required adjacencies, code compliance, security, safety and aesthetics.

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The collector and curator Rajan Bijlani will showcase the works of six artists and his sizable design collection in “Syncretic Voices,” a Frieze Week exhibition. The artist for the fifth ...

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