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Salem Hall Renovation, Wake Forest University
Full Interior renovation of chemistry research and teaching laboratory building.FIRM: Lord, Aeck & Sargent
ROLE: Mike served as Project Designer.
Photographs by James West Productions
![Cramped offices are removed, opening up a larger lobby and creating an opportunity for social spaces.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c43cbdbcef372db48ec65b0/1562735281211-MEJT0FVISULKI52O9TBZ/Lobby_Sitting-Option2-blue-wall.jpg)
Cramped offices are removed, opening up a larger lobby and creating an opportunity for social spaces.
![Tearing down walls finds an opportunity for a pleasant and open collaboration space at the heart of the building.](https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5c43cbdbcef372db48ec65b0/1705590201434-2NXAXSYSKP27V774PARS/10672_00_N52b_-_28de80_-_57fe4ca0719e563ec101c50102d93825dbbc10b5.jpg)
Tearing down walls finds an opportunity for a pleasant and open collaboration space at the heart of the building.