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Egress Swing Direction

Yes, but it is so nice to look at a clean corridor wall isn't it? This is done in hotels and other educational facilities all the time.
His is merely a "design" issue, not a code issue.
 
e hilton, I disagree. for designers and customers, design does not always trump code issues. If it did, the OP wouldn't have bothered asking the question in the first place.
I would put it differently: designers and customers want to know which code-compliant solution can best meet the goals of design. And yes, that means knowing what the limits are in the code, and your particular design may take you right up to, but not over, that limit.

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