K-12 Schools
Exterior of the Silber Center, designed by Ziger/Snead Architects.
Students learn environmental skills, natural resource management, urban agriculture, and water qu...
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Maker spaces, dry-erase walls, and flexible furniture highlight Kinkaid’s new Learning Center....
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Gold Award: Community involvement was paramount as Newtown, Conn., replaced the school where a ma...
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A “learning stair” will connect the cafeteria to the main level.
In collaboration with room2learn, NAC launched a campaign aimed at crowd-sourcing information on...
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Rendering courtesy LMN Architects
The building will provide 74,289 sf of space across its five-story classroom bar.
Photo courtesy of Cuningham Group
The hall offers bountiful natural light with enough space to build large-scale projects.
An aerial view of the Susan B. Anthony School in Daly City, Calif., one of the signature projects of Deems Lewis McKinley, which specializes in K-12 design. Image: DLM
The combination is expected to bolster HED’s presence in northern California and the K-12 sector....
Winthrop, Mass., combined its middle and high schools into a new 189,500-sf, $64 million building. Students study Viking history and work in groups to build Norse-themed artifacts in the annual Viking Longships program (the Viking is the school mascot). HMFH was the architect. Courtesy of Ed Wonsek.
Bigger buildings, more outdoor space, and greater involvement from the private sector are among t...
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Stoddert Elementary & Community Center, in Washington D.C., features a computer lab rotation design that provides students individual access to technology.
AEC teams are being asked to design and build schools with enough flexibility to adapt to changin...
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Spending on Construction Put in Place has almost completely recovered from the hit it took during the recession. But spending in the Education sector continues to be well below its latest peak. Image: JLL
Post-recession slump suggests a settling in at a “normal” level similar to the mid aughts.
The two-story, 44,000-sf Central Middle School in San Carlos, Calif., is the first school to be constructed using Folia, a K-12 concept that leans on pre-engineering to provide greater design flexibility and customization, as well as quicker delivery (in under a year) and lower overall costs than traditional building methods. The concept is the brainchild of Quattrocchi Kwok Architects, Blach Construction, and structural engineer Gregory P. Luth and Associates. The firms have been refining the system for five years. Image: Tomasz Biernacki, Pechara Studio.
The Folia system uses pre-engineered components to deliver school buildings at 20% less cost. ...
A roll-up emergency department, next-gen telemedicine center, and biophilic cooling pods are amon...
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Photo: Michelle McLoughlin, Reuters
The new Sandy Hook Elementary School has been carefully designed with state-of-the-art safety mea...
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LEx Labs prototype classroom, a joint venture of design firm Huckabee, Baylor University, and an education service center. Photo courtesy Huckabee
Space flexibility is critical to classroom design. Spaces have to be adaptable, even allowing for...
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Charleston (S.C.) Catholic School Upper School Addition and Sacred Heart Church Renovation, designed by KSQ Design. Photo courtesy KSQ Design
Gilbane, Balfour Beatty, and Core Construction head Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking...
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The 18,884-sf Collegiate Center addition to Thomas Edison Prepatory High School, Tulsa, Okla., has a floating cantilever study lounge. Two multipurpose rooms double as FEMA-361 safe rooms that can each protect up to 600 persons from winds up to 240 mph. The $4.4 million addition provides 15 distinct spaces. KSQ Design led the Building Team, with the assistance of Wallace Engineering (SE), AEG Engineering, and Crossland Construction (GC). Photo courtesy KSQ Design
AECOM, Jacobs, and STV top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’s largest...
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Recently completed Riverhead (N.Y.) High School expansion was one of the projects within the school district’s $78 million capital program where BBS Architects implemented the “Bridge” design concept. By improving and expanding schools built between the 1930s and the 1960s, the architects created a vibrant secondary downtown that serves–or bridges–the entire community. The thoughtful design was the catalyst that attracted new restaurants, and shopping and entertainment venues to an area that was formerly a sleepy crossroads. Photo: Tom Sibley/Wilk Marketing Communications
DLR Group, Stantec, and Huckabee top Building Design+Construction’s annual ranking of the nation’...
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Rendering Courtesy of Studio Gang
The Academy for Global Citizenship’s new purpose-built structure, located in the Garfield Ridge n...
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Westin hotel and transit center at Denver International Airport, Denver. Photo courtesy Gensler
Technology is running wild in Gensler’s 2016 forecast, as things like virtual reality, "smart" bu...
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Renderings courtesy Grimshaw, BVN
The design of the high-rise is based on the template of Schools-within-Schools (SWIS), a system t...
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This AIA CES Discovery course discusses the six elements of an EIFS wall assembly; common EIFS fa...
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The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground is the first net-zero energy school in New York City. Rendering by SOM/Courtesy of the SCA
The Kathleen Grimm School for Leadership and Sustainability at Sandy Ground will produce 662,500...
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Intrinsic School, Chicago, combines STEM and humanities in podlike settings. The Intrinsic charter system was founded by CEO Melissa Zaikos. The Building Team: Wheeler Kearns Architects (designer), Enspect Engineering (SE), Wolff Landscape Architect, and Clune Construction (GC). Photo: Steve Hall/Hedrich Blessing
Whether new or reconstructed, schools must meet new demands that emanate from the real world and...
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Despite the adverse weather conditions that curtailed design and construction activity in the fir...
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Design highlights include a “living room” setting with flexible furniture. Photos courtesy LPA, Inc.
The school is located on the sixth and seventh floors of a downtown public library and embraces f...
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In an effort to balance security and fire safety features within codes, standards and planning, N...
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The addition at Gammel Hellerup Gymnasium integrates with the existing campus in one continuous flow. Photo: Jens Lindhe
By placing parts of the new building beneath the football fields, the students are able to walk t...
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Clear fire-rated glazing transfers daylight. Image courtesy of TGP.
Clear fire-rated glazing helps create a light-filled, safe space for student athletes and spectat...
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The bill would suspend 70% cost reimbursement from state to localities.
