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Biden Domestic Policy Institute

Owner/User: University of Delaware

Location: Newark, Delaware
Design Statement: Bernardon provided interior design
services to fit out the stately 10,000 SF Georgian-revival
building at 44 Kent Way as a new home for The Biden
Institute, part of the University of Delaware’s School of
Public Policy & Administration, including a private office
for founding chair and former Vice President Joseph R.
Biden, Jr.
The interior systems renovation included installation of a new
Originally built in 1926, the building has served as fire sprinkler and alarm system, new split system air conditioning
administrative office space, a women’s residence hall, a and supplemental heating system, replacement of the existing
student infirmary, and a private dining facility. Several hot water system, new IT networks and new, historically sensitive
years prior to the fit-out, Bernardon provided design accessible toilet rooms throughout. Interior finishes capitalized
services to restore and renovate the 90-year-old structure on the restoration and augmentation of the extensively detailed
to provide access to 21st century technology, create a fresh painted and stained millwork and trim in the ornate main level
and contemporary design solution, and upgrade heating, spaces while integrating a warm, contemporary color scheme in
cooling, and fire protection systems, while maintaining and shades of pale blue and brown.
enhancing the stately classical image.

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