{"id":2825,"date":"2012-02-01T19:17:12","date_gmt":"2012-02-01T19:17:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ramskiandcompany.com\/?p=2825"},"modified":"2020-04-20T19:22:01","modified_gmt":"2020-04-20T19:22:01","slug":"duval-county-public-schools-atlantic-coast-high-school-wins-starnet-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ramskiandcompany.com\/news\/duval-county-public-schools-atlantic-coast-high-school-wins-starnet-award\/","title":{"rendered":"Duval County Public Schools, Atlantic Coast High School wins Starnet Award"},"content":{"rendered":"

Lots of people were excited about this new 2 story state-of-the-art 303,000 sf. high school in Jacksonville, Florida. The entire community awaited its completion with excitement. After all, it was the first new high school in Duval County in approximately 20 years!<\/p>\n

The design team,\u00a0Schenkel Shultz (Architecture) and Ramski and Company (Interior Design)<\/u>\u00a0were excited to create this sophisticated \u201cLow Country\u201d campus with a small scale learning community structure. The architectural style was influenced by the architecture of A Hayes Town and is especially appropriate for this region. The concept resulted in a beautiful, special sense of place; truly an institution of learning with an inspired campus.<\/p>\n

As it turns out, our team\u2019s flooring subcontractors are especially excited because\u00a0Dixie Flooring has been awarded a Starnet Award<\/u>\u00a0for the campus.<\/p>\n

Each year the Starnet Design Awards recognizes the creativity and talent of its members by\u00a0recognizing outstanding commercial interiors featuring innovative flooring products and technologies<\/u>. The Starnet Design Awards are an annual competition which recognize jointly the members of Starnet, the world\u2019s largest cooperative of commercial flooring contractors, and their local design partners from the United States and Canada.<\/p>\n

Creative people bring their unique vision to every project. Starnet members are proud to work with the world\u2019s finest architects and design firms. To\u00a0properly acknowledge those who are setting new standards of creativity in commercial interior design through innovative floor covering solutions<\/u>, Starnet is proud to sponsor the Annual Design Awards.<\/p>\n

The Design Awards\u00a0evaluate creative use of floor coverings, flooring design concepts and how well designs meet client objectives and special challenges. Esteemed judges for the 2011 awards included: Dennis Todd Heiser, Senior Associate and Design Director, Gensler\u2014Chicago, IL and David Owen Rozzi, Senior Designer, M. Moser Associates, New York<\/u>.<\/p>\n

Entries are judged based on the creative use of flooring, as well as the design concept and overall quality of the solution delivered to the client. Each entry is judged by the following criteria:<\/p>\n