Higher Education
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Engineering firm Salas O'Brien has made multiple acquisitions over the past two years to achiev...
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Solatube introduces its ...
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The expansion of Lehigh University's Rauch College of Business is designed to offer students a more coherent campus experience. Its atrium will overlook a new plaza. Images: Voith and Mactavish Architects
A new building will provide multiple classrooms, labs, and an incubator.
A digital twin of the two-building, 177,000-sf Marischal Square in Aberdeen, Scotland, draws upon sensors that, among other things, alert the management to building-control failures and monitor leasing and occupancy. Rendering: Cityzenith
Ernst & Young’s white paper makes its cases for the technology’s myriad benefits.
Howard University is one of three Historically Black Universities that joined forces with SmithGroup to support their respective architectural students and programming. Image: Howard University
The firm is providing instructors and mentors as part of a broader effort to expand the industr...
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UC Merced has added 11 new buildings over the past four years, during which its enrollment has increased dramatically. Images: (c) SOM/Dave Burk
Its new buildings are certified LEED Platinum.
Students at work at the EY Entrepreneurial Innovation Lab at the new Maurer Center, the home of Bowling Green State University's business school. Images: Jame Steinkamp Photography
Bowling Green’s new Maurer Center reflects a trend toward business-centric learning experiences...
Downtown Los Angeles has $3 billion in new construction projects under development, including The Grand, a mixed-used 1.2-million-sf public-private partnership that Related Cos. is developing, according to a new report from the Downtown Center Business Improvement District. However, JLL's latest Construction Forecast predicts a slow recovery in construction spending nationwide. Image: Related Companies
Predicts second-half improvement toward normalization next year.
All the students we interviewed were glad that they returned to campus in one form or another....
Pictured: Arlington (Va.) Public Schools Heights Building Photo by Jim Tetro, courtesy Gilbane
This 70-page PDF features AEC firm rankings across 51 building sectors, disciplines, and specia...
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BD+C editors speak with experts from ALICE Technologies, Build Group, Hastings Architecture, Nv...
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The SPIRE Smart Building Program will help building owners and operators make better investment...
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With COVID-19 putting additional pressures on budgets and shutting down or restricting campus a...
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Left: Salah M. Hassan. Courtesy of Cornell University. Photo by Jason Koski. Centre: Hoor Al Qasimi. Photo by Sebastian Böttcher. Right: Sir David Adjaye OBE, Founder of Adjaye Associates © Chris Schwagga.
The campus design will be unveiled on Oct. 8.
Semans-Griswold Environmental Hall, designed by Ayers Saint Gross, is home to Washington College’s Center for Environment and Society and commands a picturesque site on the Chester River. The river is a living laboratory that provides students with an immersive experience in support of the building’s programs in environmental science and sustainability. Photo courtesy Ayers Saint Gross
The 2020 Giants 400 Report features more than 130 rankings across 25 building sectors and speci...
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North Flats, Austin College's newest student housing building, houses 130 students. Images: Courtesy KWA Construction
KWA Construction built the school’s new residence hall, nearly 10 years after its first student...
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CO Architects worked with Frederic Zernhausern, a professor at the University of Arizona, to fit out a half-floor of a building on campus. Custom labs designed to the specifications of star researchers help research universities attract and retain valued talent. Image: Bill Timmerman
CO Architects is among a handful of firms that caters to this trend.
Among the infection-control protocols that Shawmut Design and Construction rolled out on the Brown University project is Shawmut Vitals, which allows workers to self-certify daily health screenings by scanning a job-specific QR code. Image: Shawmut
The facility, scheduled for completion next April, will combine a residence hall with student h...
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SmithGroup’s Campus Strategy & Analytics team uses a variety of mapping tools to demonstrate space distribution for higher education institutions. This type of map shows the location and density of a particular space type found within buildings across a campus. Building footprints were extruded vertically based on the amount of assignable square feet (ASF), or density, of that space type in the building. Image: SmithGroup
Its service provides schools with a growth strategy, based on current and future needs.
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Carisima Koenig, AIA, brings >20 years' experience to her new post at Perkins Eastman's NY headquarters.
Perkins Eastman as Associate Higher Education Practice Leader
The University of Michigan’s Biological Sciences Building (at left) puts science on display. Its exterior cladding is made from terra cotta strips whose colors mesh with other buildings on campus. Design by Ennead Architects and SmithGroup. Photo Bruce Damonte
The science and technology (S+T) sector is arguably the industry’s most complex because it caters...
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The renovation of Thigpen Hall on the campus of Alabama A&M University included a complete makeover of the residential hall's ceilings, bathrooms, and flooring. Image: Turner Construction
This is the latest of numerous projects in Huntsville that the GC has engaged over the past 65 ye...
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Conrad Prebys Aztec Student Union at San Diego State University. Photo: Pixabay
Using RSMeans data from Gordian, here are the most recent costs per square foot of college studen...
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All Photos: Tim Griffith
LMN Architects designed the facility.
The project will renovate three buildings and build another from the ground up.
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Stantec is designing the project.
The Morningstar solar house is one of the features at Penn State's Sustainability Experience Center, where the university is contemplating a permanent structure for classrooms, research labs, and offices that would be built to Living Building Challenge standards. Image: Patrick Mansell
The university, encompassing 13 colleges and 24 campuses, adheres to protocols established by the...
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CO Architects designed the facility.
