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The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has unveiled a new medical education building, Roper Hall. Designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) and Flad Architects, the UNC School of Medicine’s new building intends to train new generations of physicians through dynamic and active modes of learning.
Investment in college dorms dipped slightly in the first quarter of 2024, but remains higher than a year ago.
In a step toward updating and modernizing on-campus housing to attract a range of students, Texas-based Pfluger Architects renovated the student lounges in Kinsolving Hall, a five-story, all-girls dormitory at The University of Texas at Austin initially built in 1958.
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.
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.
There is a wide variability between how campuses accommodate the needs of breastfeeding mothers.
Perkins+Will designed the facility.
This is the first phase of a large construction/renovation plan for the school’s main campus.
Leers Weinzapfel Associates designed the project.
This innovation center has several office, lab, and residential buildings in the works.
Kansas State University’s new College of Architecture Planning and Design places students at the center of the experience.
The building was designed by a former RISD student.
AC Martin designed the building.
While the programming and design for these buildings all kept a holistic living/learning experience at the core, they also had amazingly different outcomes.
Skanska is building the facility.
