2016 Azbee Awards of Excellence
Category
Print > Regular Column, Contributed > Southeast
Awarded to
John Riester, Publisher; Becky Riester, Director of Operations; Christina Koch, Editor in Chief; Robert Nieminen, Author
Entry details
Trend Alert
Issue date (if applicable):
Publication name: retrofit
Publishing company: Fisher Media
Website home page: www.retrofitmagazine.com
Please describe the publication's mission and readership:
retrofit is dedicated to providing the information, tools and insight to help building professionals—architects, contractors, remodelers, facility managers and building owners—renovate existing commercial, institutional, and industrial structures into cost-effective, energy-efficient spaces that meet the dynamic needs of today’s owners and tenants.
Please describe the enterprising work that went into this entry and its significance or impact on readers:
Robert Nieminen has contributed the Trend Alert column for two years now and they are consistently the most tweeted about articles that appear in the magazine. He has begun suggesting topics, based on the conversations he has as a freelance writer with architects in the commercial design space. Two topics from 2015 are of particular interest. The debate about open offices roars on and Nieminen chose the "privacy crisis" in today's workplaces as the topic to begin his columns in Jan/Feb 2015. He interviews notable architecture firms to discuss design ideas to underscore there is no one-size-fits-all office; each space must complement the functions of the business and its workers. In Nov/Dec 2015, Nieminen focuses on how crowdfunding can be used to fund renovation projects; funding is one of the main reasons building owners don't make upgrades. Crowdfunding is all the rage in the social media world. Sites like GoFundMe allow friends to contribute to medical bills, etc. What if you could improve your neighborhood by investing in the renovation of aging or abandoned buildings? Nieminen expertly interviews people who are helping make this concept a reality.
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Trend Alert
Category
Print > Regular Column, Contributed > Southeast
Description
Publication name:
retrofit
Company:
Fisher Media
Winner Status
- National Gold Award
- Regional Gold Award
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