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Scandinavian Living Center

Project Interior, Exterior and Donor Recognition Sign Program, Scandinavian Living Center, West Newton, Massachusetts

Architect DiMella Shaffer, Boston, Massachusetts

Before its renovation and expansion, the Swedish Home was a sleepy nursing-care facility in an old manor house, surrounded by an abundance of open and buildable land. By combining resources with a Norwegian nursing home, and other Scandinavian civic groups, a new vital living center was created with 40 independent apartments, a dramatic Nordic Hall, and a traditional "Kaffe Stuga" that is accessible to the public. Whitney Veigas designed, supplied, and installed a program of interior, exterior, and donor recognition signs for this project. We used Alumigraph, our interior sign system, in a custom cream background color, with surface printed, and raised tactile lettering. Signs at major destinations were mounted on maple backers in a natural finish. The stylized Viking dragon head added a unique graphic accent to the signs. Donor plaques at each residence unit were etched and infilled satin bronze plates mounted on standard Alumigraph holders.