PGAV Destinations Vice President Emily Howard will moderate a panel of experts for this exciting and fascinating session at the 95th annual AZA Conference! Destination designers and leaders strive to… Continue reading.
The sun is shining, the kids are out from school, and it’s time to use those well-earned vacation days (more than ever) to hit the road and explore the… Continue reading.
– By Jedd Pellerin, project architect Brand new zoos and aquariums are not built every day. Therefore, much of the design and planning work we do at PGAV is for… Continue reading.
– By Jedd Pellerin, project architect On all of our aquarium projects (like the Georgia Aquarium and St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station) one of the largest, and… Continue reading.
This panel will discuss the power of brand, how future decision-makers (Millennials/Generation Z) view zoos and aquariums, and how institutions have approached becoming a conservation organization in the minds of their market. Continue reading.
“Destinologists call it the OMG moment. It’s the big reveal, a jaw-dropping, stop-and-stare sliver of time when a theme park visitor gets swept away with a carefully planned effect meant… Continue reading.
– By Tony Schmidt, exhibit designer In the book, Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made, it describes how innovator/genius Frank Oppenheimer, founder of the… Continue reading.
– By Dave Cooperstein, senior creative designer If you haven’t heard by now, early in August 2013, our entire office traveled together to Orlando, Florida to visit two… Continue reading.
– By Amanda Yates, lead designer, brand experience 10, 9, 8… The energy in the air is contagious, everyone is chanting in unison: 7, 6, 5… Though the… Continue reading.