This project successfully integrated two distinct schools within a single initiative, each featuring its unique color scheme. To reinforce school spirit and identity, Shaw Contract customized the carpet tile colors to align with each school’s branding. While the carpet patterns remained consistent across both buildings, the ability to tailor specific colors ensured a cohesive yet individualized aesthetic for each school.
The installation team efficiently followed the provided pattern, maintaining uniformity in design while delivering a unique visual impact for each school. Additionally, purchasing the product as a combined order resulted in cost savings, which were passed directly to the customer—allowing both schools to complete their projects within budget.
The seamless customization and ease of installation enabled our team to execute the project swiftly and efficiently within the designated time frame, ensuring zero disruption to the academic schedule.
Nancy Thiel, founder and principal of Thiel Architecture + Design, is a licensed architect and an interior designer. With 40+ years’ experience working with luminaries in the architecture world, including Michael Graves, Robert A.M. Stern, and Rockwell Group, where she served as a studio leader, Thiel’s extensive portfolio includes single-family homes and multi-story residences, hotels, restaurants, retail, fitness clubs, offices, theaters, schools and shopping centers. She is a member of the AIA, holds NCARB certification and is a LEED accredited professional. Prior to her career in architecture, Thiel was a dancer and choreographer.
Thiel Architecture + Design is an award-winning multi-disciplinary architecture, interior design, planning, and product design firm with offices in CT and NY. The firm’s work focuses on high-end residential design as well as hospitality, contract, and retail projects. Thiel Architecture + Design’s work has been featured in Interior Design, Architype, New York and Connecticut Cottages and Gardens, Connecticut Magazine, Archello, and Fast Company magazines. In 2022, the firm received a Connecticut AIA Excellence award for Interior Architecture. Thiel earned a BA from Penn State University and her Master of Architecture degree from Syracuse University.
