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Skyline Glass fabricates feature wall for Cancer Center. September 15, 2026 Skyline Glass partnered with CannonDesign to fabricate a floor-to-ceiling donor recognition feature wall for the Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center, a new cancer care facility overlooking Biscayne Bay in Miami Beach, Florida. Project details. Inspired by the colors and atmosphere of the waterfront setting, the installation transforms a functional donor recognition element into a signature architectural feature within the lobby. The project showcases the integration of four decorative glass processes within a single wall system, all executed at Skyline's Chicago manufacturing facility. The custom installation combines a color-matched digital gradient, eco-etch patterning from Skyline's design library, back-painting for opacity, and laminated construction. Together, these processes create a layered visual experience that complements the center's contemporary seaside aesthetic while supporting both donor recognition and wayfinding. "Projects like Braman demonstrate what's possible when multiple decorative glass disciplines are brought together under one roof," says Mark Toth, national sales director, Skyline Glass. "By coordinating digital printing, etching, back-painting, and lamination as a single fabrication process, we're able to help designers realize concepts that would be difficult to achieve through fragmented production." The digitally printed gradient establishes the custom color palette, while the etched pattern introduces texture and visual depth across the glass surface. Back-painting provides the opacity required for wall cladding applications, and lamination protects the decorative layers while enhancing durability for a demanding healthcare environment. Skyline fabricated the feature wall as a fully integrated glass system and installed the panels using the company's Vector Glass System. Project team. * Project: Irma and Norman Braman Comprehensive Cancer Center * Location: Miami Beach, Florida * Architect: CannonDesign * Glass Fabricator: Skyline Design * Hanging System: Vector Glass System

Ben Bassin, MD, named Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. September 8, 2026 CannonDesign is excited to share that Ben Bassin, MD, FACEP, EDAC, has been officially named its company's inaugural Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation. Dr. Bassin is now officially part of its Incubate & Launch convergence platform, focused on advancing its research and innovation goals. In this role, he will be a firmwide resource, available to impact every market, practice and initiative across the company. It has been three years since Dr. Bassin originally joined CannonDesign as the firm's first-ever innovation fellow. While originally part of Blue Cottage of CannonDesign, he quickly found ways to forge positive impact across all of CannonDesign, with a distinct focus on healthcare and Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine. * Every day I'm inspired by the intelligence and creative willpower that exists across CannonDesign. With this new formalized role, I'm excited to do even more to help its people, teams, and projects set new precedents and paradigms across the industries CannonDesign serve. Dr. Ben Bassin Physician Executive in Residence, Innovation The former Director of Emergency Critical Care at Michigan Medicine, the first emergency department-based intensive care unit in the US, Dr. Bassin will continue to serve as a faculty member, clinical professor, attending physician and Director of Innovation for Michigan Medicine's Department of Emergency Medicine and Division of Critical Care. Moving forward, Ben will be a Principal in the firm and continue to focus on innovation, working closely with Amp, its Research Corps, and the firm's Health for All convergence platform to advance new ventures, technologies, products and services across the company with special emphasis on health. Ben will also be deeply focused on helping its company initiate new strategic partnerships with research teams, incubators, start-up companies, health systems, colleges and universities and other entities focused on leveraging innovation to shape a brighter future.

Fast Company recognizes CannonDesign as Best Workplace for Innovators. September 8, 2026 For the third consecutive year, CannonDesign is recognized by Fast Company as one the Best Workplaces for Innovators across the world. This distinguished list celebrates organizations that empower innovation from every corner of their company. CannonDesign stood out from the more than 1,200 organizations that applied for this prestigious recognition. Other companies listed include Anthropic, Formation Bio, Planet Labs, American Express, Red Oak and Bose among others. These companies share a commitment to unlocking the potential of creative individuals and teams. They understand the ultimate employee perk is the opportunity to do career-defining work. This recognition comes amidst a transformative year for CannonDesign. Here are just some of the innovative highlights from its firm's trajectory in 2026: * CannonDesign announced three acquisitions this year - Scion Advisory Services, Ennead Architects and Cityfi - that expand the firm's reach, capabilities and growth potential. * Its team is actively working with some of the most visionary organizations of its time including Mayo Clinic, The Alice Walton Foundation, the California Institute of Technology, University of Utah, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center along with numerous others. * Its technology and digital products teams launched its own generative AI product that revolutionized its team's collective ability to access information and knowledge across the firm. They are also advancing novel solutions spanning agentic AI, quantum computing, connected API's vector technology tools, design automation and more. * Amp, its firm's in-house innovation engine, hosted a companywide Innovation Exchange that spanned 20+ in-person and virtual ideation sessions resulting in more than 80 idea signals. * CannonDesign is harnessing smart-building technology to create remarkably sustainable buildings. To date, CannonDesign has designed 379 LEED-certified projects, 13 net-zero energy projects and 7 WELL projects. * Its Blue Cottage of CannonDesign team built Play Anyway, a narrative map focused on the state of women's and girl's sports in America that took top honors via the Environmental Systems Research Institute * Through Open Hand Studio, its public interest design armature, its firm was part of a coalition that created the first new hospital to open in Ukraine since its ongoing war started in 2022. CannonDesign is thrilled to once again be recognized by Fast Company as a Best Workplace for Innovators and look forward to continuing to set the pace for discovery in its industry and beyond.