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.project-team{scroll-margin-top:100px;padding:125px 0;background:#fff}.project-team .about-shell{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1.12fr .88fr;gap:18px}.project-team .about-section-head{grid-column:1/-1}.team-feature{position:relative;overflow:hidden;min-height:660px;height:auto;margin:0;border-radius:22px}.team-feature:after{position:absolute;inset:0;background:linear-gradient(180deg,transparent 48%,rgba(25,17,13,.76));content:""}.team-feature img{width:100%;height:100%;object-fit:cover}.team-feature>div{position:absolute;z-index:1;right:39px;bottom:36px;left:39px;width:auto;color:#fff}.team-feature span{color:#e8c48d;font-size:.61rem;font-weight:900;letter-spacing:.15em;text-transform:uppercase}.team-feature p{max-width:560px;margin:10px 0 0;font:650 1.1rem/1.55 Inter,ui-sans-serif,system-ui,sans-serif}.team-grid{display:grid;grid-template-columns:1fr 1fr;gap:12px;background:transparent;border:0;border-radius:0}.team-grid article{position:relative;min-height:324px;padding:28px 25px;background:var(--ai);border:0;border-radius:16px}.team-grid article:nth-child(2),.team-grid article:nth-child(3){background:var(--ab)}.team-grid article>span{position:absolute;top:24px;right:24px;color:#dfb777;font:850 .7rem/1 Inter,ui-sans-serif,system-ui,sans-serif}.team-grid svg{width:29px;height:29px;margin:12px 0 54px;color:#dfb777}.team-grid h3{margin:0 0 11px;color:#fff;font:700 1.06rem/1.2 Inter,ui-sans-serif,system-ui,sans-serif}.team-grid p{margin:0;color:rgba(255,255,255,.58);font-size:.75rem;line-height:1.69}.team-grid small{position:absolute;right:25px;bottom:23px;left:25px;padding-top:13px;color:#dfb777;border-top:1px solid rgba(255,255,255,.13);font-size:.58rem;font-weight:900;letter-spacing:.08em;text-transform:uppercase}

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/* Refined project-brief CTA */
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/* About CTA readability refinement - 2026-08-17 */
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.about-cta-panel li svg{flex:0 0 17px;width:17px;height:17px}
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/* Typography readability audit - 2026-08-18 */
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/* Typography readability second pass - 2026-08-18 */
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/* Typography readability final pass - 2026-08-18 */
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