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Starting our amazing journey together... A unique place filled with joy and excitement. Modern Always because modern always works... Kiewit Luminarium

OUR PATHS MAY BE DIFFERENT, BUT OUR PURPOSE OF JOURNEY IS THE SAME.

SCIENTISTS, RESEARCHERS, EXPLORERS, MENTORS, PATHBREAKERS, LEARNERS, BUILDERS, COLLABORATORS, INNOVATORS. DREAMERS, DOERS, CRAFTSMEN, ARCHITECTS, ARTISTS, MAKERS, PIONEERS, DESIGNERS, VISIONARIES. Kiewit Luminarium

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Knoll is a proud recipient of the Smithsonian Cooper-Hewitt National Design Award Recognized for excellence in design, The Cooper-Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Knoll is honored to be the only furniture Museum’s National Design Awards manufacturer to be a recipient of the program celebrates its recipients for National Design Award for Corporate increasing the national awareness of design and Institutional Achievement from the by educating the public while promoting Smithsonian’s Cooper-Hewitt, National excellence, innovation, enhancement of the Design Museum. quality of life and lasting achievement. Recipients of this award include: Kiewit Luminarium

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Kiewit Luminarium is a place to explore astonishing phenomena and learn with your hands, nurturing creativity and innovation for everyone. This will not only be a building, but a destination transforming the Lewis & Clark Landing at The RiverFront. Kiewit Luminarium

Knoll is a constellation of design-driven brands and people, working together with our clients to create inspired modern interiors. Since 1938, we’ve been thinking about how people interact with their environments, and how their environments impact what they do. These are the ideas essential to our work.

The Kiewit Luminarium is an innovative community space and learning environment that is part workshop, part museum. It’s a place for hands-on experiences in science, math, engineering and technology. The interior walls are constructed with custom milled 4 foot by 8 foot sheets of plywood that act as “pegboard” for interactivity and modularity. Kiewit Luminarium

Our founders, Hans and Florence Knoll, embraced the creative genius at the Bauhaus School and the Cranbrook Academy of Art to create new types of furniture and environments for the workplace. Their approach, where craftsmanship joined with technology through the use of design, anchors our perspective and shapes the values we endeavor to live by today.

The interior space is designed to be warm and inviting to suggest that science is friendly, familiar and approachable. The building is thought of as a “container” like the classic Nebraska vernacular “machine-shed,” simple, honest, performative — where apertures in the aluminum exterior envelope strictly adhere to optimal shading based on the orientation of the façade. The building geometry emerged out of an apparent “grain” to the landscape that organizes the building into two forms. Kiewit Luminarium

Less than a century after their construction, Modernist masterpieces— critical documents in the history of architecture — are being routinely demolished, disfigured or abandoned. As part of Knoll’s effort to contribute to the communities where we do business, we are the founding sponsor of the World Monuments Fund (WMF) Modernism at Risk program. WMF is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the world’s architectural heritage.

The new privately-funded, community-backed science center aims to become a family-friendly destination when it opens in 2023. It will not only serve a critical need in Omaha’s cultural amenities, it will help inspire children’s interest in STEM. Kiewit Luminarium

Design transcends style, it creates coherence in a chaotic world. Steeped in the history of modernism, our vision is carried forward today by the most talented contemporary designers to bring order and beauty to life and work. Well-designed objects deliver efficiency, joy and satisfaction to the people who use them.

This new, state-of-the-art space is where we’ll connect the next generation of engineers and designers with programming and exhibits to spark their curiosity and fuel future careers. Kiewit Luminarium is a place for discovery. Kiewit Luminarium

Today, we are inspiring a new generation with a dedication to the most innovative and dynamic designs for corporations, healthcare organizations, educational institutions and civic centers. Whether the goal is to encourage teamwork, set ergonomic guidelines, plan for new technologies or reinvent the office, we work closely with customers to solve workplace issues and accommodate the diversity of its users.

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Modern Always.

Creating inspired objects and spaces since 1983... Kiewit Luminarium