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.

Student Housing

Student housing partnership gives residents free mental health support

Text-based mental health support app Counslr has partnered with Aptitude Development to provide free mental health support to residents of student housing locations.

Student Housing

Construction begins on Auburn University’s new first-year residence hall

The new first-year residence hall along Auburn University's Haley Concourse.

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.

Higher Education | Hanbury | Apr 24, 2017

Small colleges face challenges — and opportunities

Moody’s Investor Service forecasts that closure rates for small institutions will triple in the coming years, and mergers will double.

University Buildings | Mar 8, 2017

Massive mixed-use residential village on USC’s Los Angeles campus on schedule to open this fall

Prefabrication of the six buildings’ walls reduced construction time by a year.

School Construction | Feb 26, 2017

A new survey finds education construction activity going strong this year

Surveys of school districts and colleges, though, raise questions about financing for future projects.

University Buildings | Jan 10, 2017

UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Business to receive modern, twisted addition from BIG

The 70,000-sf building was developed in collaboration with Boston-based Goody Clancy.

Higher Education | Perkins and Will | Jan 9, 2017

Interior design for students: A view into their future

These environments have less, but more efficient, personal space with more shared and amenity space, writes Perkins+Will's David Sheehan.

Energy Efficiency | Dec 13, 2016

A Massachusetts college now features the largest zero-net-energy academic building in Northeast

Bristol Community College wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Higher Education | Dec 8, 2016

A STEM-focused building creates a new axis on the campus of Lawrence Technological University

A giant carbon-fiber orb is a focal point for the Michigan-based school.

Higher Education | Nov 17, 2016

Construction begins on the U.S. Naval Academy’s new cyber studies and computer science department building, Hopper Hall

The building marks the first purpose built structure for cyber studies based at an academy.

Higher Education | Perkins and Will | Nov 9, 2016

Social connection in academic and student housing environments

Universities value an active and vibrant campus, and wish to create places that welcome newcomers and offer support.

Higher Education | Oct 20, 2016

Designing innovative campuses for tomorrow's students

Planning for places that foster effective innovation is still an emerging process, but the constant pressure on universities to do so continues from two of their key institutional constituencies—students and employers, writes Perkins+Will's Ken Higa and Josh Vel.