Bjarke Ingels Group designs a mass timber cube structure for the University of Kansas

Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG) and executive architect BNIM have unveiled their design for a new mass timber cube structure called the Makers’ KUbe for the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design. A six-story, 50,000-sf building for learning and collaboration, the light-filled KUbe will house studio and teaching space, 3D-printing and robotic labs, and a ground-level cafe, all organized around a central core.

Healthcare Facilities

Mexico’s ‘premier private academic health center’ under design

The design and construction contract for what is envisioned to be “the premier private academic health center in Mexico and Latin America” was recently awarded to The Beck Group. The TecSalud Health Sciences Campus will be located at Tec De Monterrey’s flagship healthcare facility, Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in Monterrey, Mexico.

University Buildings

Columbia University to begin construction on New York City’s first all-electric academic research building

Columbia University will soon begin construction on New York City’s first all-electric academic research building. Designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF), the 80,700-sf building for the university’s Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons will provide eight floors of biomedical research and lab facilities as well as symposium and community engagement spaces.

Sports and Recreational Facilities

How university rec centers are evolving to support wellbeing

In a LinkedIn Live, Recreation & Wellbeing’s Sadat Khan and Abby Diehl joined HOK architect Emily Ostertag to discuss the growing trend to design and program rec centers to support mental wellbeing and holistic health.

University Buildings

Not only are the world’s youth educated in these buildings, but much of the globe’s most ground-breaking research takes place here. Requirements for housing students are more expansive than ever, but need to be balanced with the university’s real purpose: the pursuit of knowledge. Great design can inspire that pursuit.

University Buildings | Jul 15, 2020

New Cal Poly Research and Innovation Center includes features for a COVID-19 world

ZGF Architects is designing the building.

University Buildings | Jul 14, 2020

Cornell College partners with Johnson Controls to improve campus energy efficiency

The plan will reduce the college’s energy usage by 20%.

Barnes Hall of Science at Franklin College

University Buildings | Jun 3, 2020

Renovation can turn older university buildings into high-performing labs

David Miller of BSALifeStructures offers technical advice on renovation of college and university laboratories and scientific research facilities.

University Buildings | Clark Nexsen | Jun 2, 2020

COVID-19 and teaching the next generation of nurses

COVID-19 hasn’t just upended healthcare delivery, the workplace, and all levels of education – the economic toll is still being realized – and capital projects on college and university campuses will inevitably be impacted as public and privately funded projects adjust to the budget crunch.

University Buildings | May 20, 2020

JCJ Architecture, Moody Nolan complete UCONN's Student Recreation Center

The project sits at the center of the Storrs campus.

University Buildings | May 19, 2020

Clemson's new Outdoor Education Center uses a Mass Timber Structural System

Cooper Carry designed the project.

University Buildings | Apr 29, 2020

Dixie State University's new Human Performance Center

Hastings+Chivetta designed the project.

COVID-19 patient rooms in alternate care facility

Coronavirus | Apr 10, 2020

COVID-19: Converting existing hospitals, hotels, convention centers, and other alternate care sites for coronavirus patients

COVID-19: Converting existing unused or underused hospitals, hotels, convention centers, and other alternate care sites for coronavirus patients

University Buildings | Apr 9, 2020

Designing for the next generation of student life: Academically aligned

Since many academic departments have been concentrated in their own buildings or portions of campus, bringing these disciplines into a shared facility is fairly new territory.