Recently in Las Vegas I met Jeffrey Huang of Harvard GSD. He gave an excellent presentation about a site-specific project in Boston that he (and others) designed and built.
This is an excellent example of design really converging to form a complete experience from various touch points like offline-built environments to online environments like the web, or "information spaces" if you will.
"... the Swisshouse is a prototype for a new generation of learning space that understands the dynamic interplay between physical, face-to-face learning and technology-enhanced teaching, discussion, and community formation. It redefines the “learning experience” in ways both familiar and new, traditional and innovative—and overall may represent a harbinger of more such hybrids in the future."
Interior of loft space
Sketches for knowledge cafe - learning table
The Virtual wall is a mirror peering into other distance learning location (switzerland). Video conferencing on steroids.
Links:
http://www.linezine.com/3.1/features/jhmwsh.htm
http://www.gsd.harvard.edu/courses/7301f00/description.htm