TAD

TAD presents the Healthcare Innovation Collective, a new forum exploring the future of healthcare environments through design, technology, operations, and clinical innovation. Link in bio to register 🔗 Our inaugural session, Building Next Generation Ambulatory Surgery Centers (ASCs), brings together leaders across healthcare, MedTech, architecture, engineering, and applied AI for a focused conversation on the systems shaping modern surgical care. If you work at the intersection of healthcare delivery, technology, and the built environment, this is a conversation worth being part of. #HealthcareInnovation #HealthcareDesign #MedTech #HealthcareTechnology #AmbulatorySurgeryCenters

Earlier this week, we hosted a hands-on session in the TAD lab with ITI Systems and HEADWALLVR, exploring new possibilities around data visualization, AI-driven workflows, and human-centered interfaces. One of the highlights was seeing complex datasets translated through simple natural language prompts into dynamic visual environments and 3D spatial arrangements. What once required deep technical coding now happens through conversation. Our lab continues to be a space to test ideas, connect technologies, and bring together partners and clients who are interested in pushing systems beyond their expected use cases. Always good to collaborate with teams building interesting things. #TAD #AI #DataVisualization #Innovation #ExperientialTechnology

Find us at NYC @a16ztechweek June 4th. We’re introducing a new kind of operating system, one that doesn’t live on a screen in your hand, but in the spaces you inhabit every day. The Cultural OS for the Built Environment. ArtRepublic x @sony × @techarchdesign are bringing together museum-quality digital art, advanced display technology, and a room of people who believe the built environment should do more than function. It should engage, restore, and respond. Part immersive gallery, part strategic provocation, one evening designed to change how you think about the spaces you’re building, managing, and inhabiting. With support from @mccannsystems , @pixera.one , @smartmonkeysinc . #NYTechWeek #TheFutureIsCurated #CulturalOS #DigitalArt BuiltEnvironment

With @avmag_official AV Awards 2026 nominations open, a few insights for those preparing submissions. From Emma Bigg, 5-time AV Awards judge and TAD Project Manager on what makes great AV work stand out. Clear thinking. Strong intent. Real impact. Read more at the link in bio. #AVAwards #AVDesign #TADAssociates #AVIndustry #DesignThinking #WorkplaceTech

The TAD Entry Portal received 3rd place in both the Jury and Public Choice Awards at the @fritsjurgens 2026 Best Pivot Door Awards. We had the pleasure of welcoming the Managing Director, NA of FritsJurgens to our space to present the award and see the door in action. Grateful to be recognized alongside such incredible projects and to our partners - @model.practice , @detailedsolutions , @hypersonic_art_design , @motionautomationintelligence , @darbyconstructionnyc and @oncefutureoffice who helped bring this vision to life.

We get asked all the time: what makes a headquarters truly future-ready? At @unileverusa ’s new US HQ in Hoboken, the answer combines workplace design, flexible technology, and spaces built for collaboration and brand storytelling. See how it all comes together in our latest case study. Read more at the link in bio. #WorkplaceDesign #AVDesign #TechInArchitecture #ExperienceDesign #BuiltEnvironment

Where invisible engineering enables digital architecture (3/3): Behind the visual spectacle of the TAD Entry Portal lies precise mechanical engineering. The two pivoting LED panels function not only as a digital surface, but as full-scale architectural doors that must move reliably and smoothly within a complex technical assembly. Each panel forms part of a structure built from aluminium extrusions, custom steel components, and integrated LED modules. Together, the doors reach a combined weight of 360 kg across a width of 3660 mm. To support this mass and complexity, the project uses FritsJurgens System One. Fully concealed within the door construction, the pivot system provides balanced rotation and dependable performance without disrupting the architectural or digital surfaces. This invisible technology allows the doors to open with controlled precision, transforming the illuminated wall into a kinetic threshold. What appears as a seamless media installation is made possible by carefully integrated mechanical design. In the Best Pivot Door Contest 2026, the TAD Entry Portal was recognised for its ambitious fusion of architecture, technology, and spatial experience, demonstrating how pivot door engineering can enable entirely new architectural expressions. Discover the Jury Award winners, Public’s Choice Award winners, and the other finalists via the link in our bio, or the BPDC26 winners highlight. Design: @techarchdesign / @model.practice Manufactured by: @detailedsolutions Hardware: @bridgeport_worldwide / @betterbuildinghardware

Where movement becomes media (2/3): In this moment, the TAD Entry Portal transforms from architecture into experience. The pivot doors, clad in high-resolution LED panels, illuminate the threshold with bold colour and dynamic content, turning a simple passage into an immersive environment. This outstanding application secured 4th place in the Best Pivot Door Contest 2026, Speciality Applications, for the Jury Award. Designed by Technology Architecture Design (TAD) and Model Practice, the installation merges engineering, media, and architecture into a single spatial gesture. As the doors pivot open, the digital surfaces extend the environment, creating a seamless transition between spaces. What appears to be a media installation is, at its core, a precisely engineered architectural element. Supporting this transformation is FritsJurgens System One, discreetly integrated within the construction. Despite the doors’ combined weight of 360 kg and their complex assembly of aluminium extrusions, custom steel components, and LED panels, the system ensures balanced pivoting and controlled, effortless movement. The technology remains invisible, allowing the digital content and architectural composition to take centre stage. It is this hidden precision that makes the immersive experience possible. Discover the Jury Award winners, Public’s Choice Award winners, and the other finalists via the link in our bio, or the BPDC26 winners highlight. Design: @techarchdesign / @model.practice Manufactured by: @detailedsolutions Hardware: @bridgeport_worldwide / @betterbuildinghardware

Where architecture becomes media (1/3): At the heart of Technology Architecture & Design's (TAD) New York studio, the TAD Entry Portal redefines what a pivot door can be. Designed by TAD and Model Practice, the project transforms a traditional threshold into a programmable, immersive surface, manufactured by DetaiLED®. Two large-scale pivot panels, clad in 42 high-resolution LED modules, shift from architectural calm to dynamic digital content. The doors function as both a partition and a communication medium, seamlessly merging space, technology, and experience. Despite their combined weight of 360 kg and dimensions of 2450 mm in height by 3660 mm in width, the doors pivot effortlessly on FritsJurgens' System One. The fully concealed hinge system ensures perfect balance, smooth movement, and reliable performance, even within a complex assembly of aluminium extrusions, custom steel components, and integrated electronics. The jury praised the project’s ambition and its integration of architecture, technology, and experience. As Tomasz Wozny (@fosterandpartners ) stated: “A bold reinterpretation of the door as a medium. The technology becomes architecture rather than ornament.” Discover the Jury Award winners, Public’s Choice Award winners, and the other finalists via the link in our bio, or the BPDC26 winners highlight. Design: @techarchdesign / @model.practice Manufactured by: @detailedsolutions Hardware: @bridgeport_worldwide / @betterbuildinghardware

Link in Bio to Register🔗Join us tomorrow at TAD for a focused panel discussion and networking session following AIA CEU courses presented by: @sonancebeyondsound @leonspeakers @daktronics and Extron Engage directly, ask questions, and connect with industry leaders, and peers working at the intersection of architecture and technology. You don’t want to miss this conversation!   [AIA, TAD, CEU, Architecture, BuiltEnvironment, DesignInnovation, SmartBuildings, CommercialRealEstate, NYCEvents]

Walk away with 4 AIA Learning Units in one afternoon, and clear insight into how these systems impact design decisions. Link in bio to register 🔗 Join us at TAD, on Feb 25th, for a focused afternoon exploring how AV, display, audio, and control systems are shaping today’s built environments. You’ll hear from: • @daktronics : Direct-View LED & the evolving campus experience • Extron: Designing high-performance Esports environments • @sonancebeyondsound : Architectural audio in commercial spaces • @leonspeakers : Integrating technology seamlessly into design These sessions are practical and design-focused, built around real applications, coordination challenges, and long-term performance considerations. #AIA#TAD #CEU #Architecture #BuiltEnvironment DesignInnovation SmartBuildings CommercialRealEstate NYCEvents

Meet us at the @workspacedesignshow in London on 25 and 26 Feb. We’re looking forward to it, especially with this year’s theme: Connected Realities. This idea sits at the core of what we do every day: integrating technology, architecture, and experience to create workplaces that feel seamless, intuitive, and human-centered.   Victoria and Maria of our team will be there, exploring ideas, learning, and connecting with peers shaping the future of work. If you’re attending and would like to meet up, reach out - we’d love to continue the conversation. . . . . [workspace design show, London event, technology in the workplace, workplace design, innovation, user experience]