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]]> http://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13061 Wed, 01 Nov 2017 07:00:00 -0400 https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/13061-moelis-family-grand-reading-room-by-gensler The reading room’s abundant daylight is balanced by LED downlights in the walnut-slat ceiling, while LED grazers illuminate Claudy Jongstra’s three-panel, wool-and-silk acoustical mural Fields of Transformation. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Walnut reading tables have integrated LED task lights. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Jongstra’s mural panels as well as carpeting and fabric upholstery on the chairs, help keep the 20-foot-high space quiet. Photo © Brad Feinknopf Image courtesy Gensler