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It always feels good to come home again. Hired to refresh 5 Independent Living and an Assisted Living building at River Landing after providing the initial design services 13 years ago, ID Collaborative aimed to create spaces that gave residents the feeling of arriving at a warm and gracious upscale home. Recognizing the increased expectations of today’s prospective residents, the design team worked to bridge the gap between hospitality amenities and residential ambiance with a more modern, transitional approach to color, finishes, and furnishings. Textiles immediately set the mood by …

The development of Mill 800 Apartments involved the historic renovation of Winston-Salem’s Chatham Mill factory, originally built in 1907 for textile manufacturing. Tise-Kiester Architects out of Durham, NC designed the renovation of the complex, bringing ID Collaborative in to space plan, furnish and provide the finishing touches for all of the common areas throughout the apartments. Conceptually, the desire was to preserve the industrial architectural integrity of the building, while also providing residents with comfortable, inviting amenity spaces that would perform as required. Because the design intent was to preserve …