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With its ample 10,000 square feet, 15-foot ceilings and seating for 190 guests, Qua will be a space for spirited gatherings, with interiors by design agency HBA.
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
That also seems to be by design.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Hires are usually reflections of their predecessors, if not stark contrasts by design.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Unlike the decades-spanning, city-hopping scope of the Before trilogy or Boyhood, the latest collaboration between the director Richard Linklater and the actor Ethan Hawke is small by design.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
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Brock Keeling, Oc Register, 26 Sep. 2025
That also seems to be by design.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2025
Hires are usually reflections of their predecessors, if not stark contrasts by design.
—Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Sep. 2025
Unlike the decades-spanning, city-hopping scope of the Before trilogy or Boyhood, the latest collaboration between the director Richard Linklater and the actor Ethan Hawke is small by design.
—Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 20 Sep. 2025
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“By design.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/by%20design. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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