Visually Transparent and Inviting
It has been decades — four to be exact — since the University of Detroit Mercy has seen a brand new building on its campus, but many will say the wait has been worth it.
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First LEED Platinum Building in the UT System
RICHARDSON, Texas — Austin-based Hill & Wilkinson has received the top green building award from Education Design Showcase for the LEED Platinum, University of Texas at Dallas Student Services Building. Only three university projects were selected as 2011 Green Judges’ Choice Winners, with submittals throughout the U.S.
Auditorium Turntables: Saving Cost, Creating Space and Adding Functionality
Jack Shepherd is the architectural and industrial product manager for Macton, Oxford, Conn. Macton has been engineering, fabricating, and installing high quality moving structures since the 1950s.
Monarch School Design Helps Students Grow
HOUSTON — A chrysalis is the term of the pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle, named for the hard skin developed once the outer layer of skin comes off for the first time.
It is also the name of the new facility at the Monarch School in Houston. Founded in 1997, the school aims to provide a safe, nurturing atmosphere and development program for children and young adults with neurological differences.
3D Lessons Boost Learning Curve
Spur of the moment field trip to Rome, the Jurassic Period, or the bottom of the ocean?
No problem. With 3D projectors, teachers can take students on learning adventures that case studies show improve student attention rates and academic performance.
Charter Builders and SpawMaxwell Now Under Balfour Beatty Name
DALLAS — Two Texas-based companies, Charter Builders of Dallas and SpawMaxwell of Houston, will now be known collectively as Balfour Beatty Construction.
Green Trends for 2012: LEED, Net-Zero Energy and the Living Building Challenge
Green building in all U.S. construction sectors will continue its rebound this year as the economy struggles to return to pre-recession levels. While the slowdown in commercial real estate projects and funding has definitely put a crimp in many green building projects, interest does remain high for green school construction.
Carnegie Mellon University Receives Architecture Award
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University’s Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies have been recognized as one of nine projects worldwide to receive the 2012 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award for Architecture.
University of the Pacific Moves Dentistry School to Prime Downtown Location
SAN FRANCISCO — University of the Pacific’s School of Dentistry will move to a seven-story building in downtown San Francisco by 2014. The school has been working on the project for several years — doing preliminary studies, programming and building selection—but just recently hired an architectural firm for the design.
Trends in Campus Architecture and Planning
On Nov. 16-18, 2011, Trespa hosted the Cutting-Edge Campuses program at its Design Centre in lower Manhattan, bringing together leading architects responsible for shaping the landscape of colleges and universities across the United States to explore ideas regarding 21st century planning, design and programming.