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First Impressions Program
The First Impressions program is part of the GSA's Design Excellence Program. Design Excellence strives to create buildings that express the vision, leadership, and commitment of the government in serving the public and expressing the values of the nation.
First Impressions extends the GSA’s commitment to design excellence into the public spaces of existing federal buildings. In refreshing lobbies and redesigning plazas, First Impressions is able to create lively spaces that welcome visitors while maintaining safe, quality workplaces for federal employees. Doing so ensures the long-term value of GSA’s assets and the satisfaction of GSA customer agencies. First Impressions is not just good design, it is good business.
First Impressions provides; programmatic strategies for making a better "First Impression" through five simple actions (Reduce Clutter, Consolidate Functions, Unify Signage, Streamline Security, Transform the Image); guidance documents concerning such topics as security, public space management, and signage; model projects illustrating the range of improvements that can take place; and access to architecture and landscape architecture firms with demonstrated success designing interior and exterior renovation projects.
These activities and resources are described within the pages of this site.
The shortcut to this page is www.gsa.gov/firstimpression.
Last Reviewed 2/24/2009