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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.




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Education Facilities

ProConnect Events | Jan 8, 2022

ProConnect Events 2022: Multifamily, Sustainability, Education, and Single Family – watch the video to learn how to participate!

At ProConnect events, building product manufacturers meet with AEC professionals and real estate developers to discuss upcoming building projects, new products, and technical solutions.

Education Facilities | Jan 5, 2022

Student housing for Gen Z students will emphasize digital technology and ‘alone together’ spaces

As digitally engaged as Generation Z is, they still value and desire in-person communication and socialization.

K-12 Schools | Dec 10, 2021

Trends in K-12 school design, with Dan Boggio and Melissa Turnbaugh of PBK

Dan Boggio and Melissa Turnbaugh of PBK, the largest K-12 design firm in the U.S.,  discuss the favorable market conditions and the latest trends in K-12 school design with BD+C's Rob Cassidy.    

Giants 400 | Nov 18, 2021

2021 K-12 School Sector Giants: Top architecture, engineering, and construction firms in the U.S. K-12 school facilities sector

PBK, Gilbane, AECOM, and DLR Group head BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest K-12 school facilities sector architecture, engineering, and construction firms, as reported in the 2021 Giants 400 Report.

2021 Building Team Awards | Nov 17, 2021

Caltech's new neuroscience building unites scientists, engineers to master the human brain

The Tianqiao and Chrissy Chen Institute for Neuroscience at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena wins a Gold Award in BD+C's 2021 Building Team Awards.

Designers / Specifiers / Landscape Architects | Nov 16, 2021

‘Desire paths’ and college campus design

If a campus is not as efficient as it could be, end users will use their feet to let designers know about it.

K-12 Schools | Nov 14, 2021

New Blackwater Community School completed for Gila River Indian Community, in Arizona

Construction on the new Blackwater Community School, a two-story structure on the Gila River Indian Community, located southeast of Phoenix, Arizona, was completed on August 31, 2021.

K-12 Schools | Nov 10, 2021

K-12 school design innovation: 'Learning Everywhere' and the mobile classroom

Last September, AIA San Francisco awarded the Professional Category in its 2021 Future Classroom Competition to a five-person team from Culver City, Calif.-based Berliner Architects. The firm was selected for its “Learning Everywhere” idea that features a mobile strategy for education at school, home, on field trips, and in transit. BD+C's John Caulfield discuss that concept with Richard Berliner, AIA, Principal, Berliner Architects.

Cladding and Facade Systems | Oct 26, 2021

14 projects recognized by DOE for high-performance building envelope design

The inaugural class of DOE’s Better Buildings Building Envelope Campaign includes a medical office building that uses hybrid vacuum-insulated glass and a net-zero concrete-and-timber community center.

Education Facilities | Oct 20, 2021

Kenneth K.T. Yen Humanities Building completes for The Pennington School

Voith & Mactavish Architects designed the project.

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