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Small Projects Award Recipients

Firm: Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee Architecture and Interiors
Project: Bus Shelter

 

Pearce Brinkley Cease + Lee  created this prototype design for a bus shelter for the main campus of Wake Tech Community College. As the college’s enrollment grows and the subsequent demand for public transportation increases, further variations of this prototype will be constructed. More

   
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