K-12 Schools
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Gilbane, Balfour Beatty, Turner, CORE Construction, and Skanska lead the rankings of the nation's...
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Fanning Howey reimagined a traditional K-6 school and turned it into the Hilliard (Ohio) Innovation Hub, which now serves grades 6-12. Photo: William Manning
DLR Group, PBK, Huckabee, Stantec, and VLK Architects top the rankings of the nation's largest K-...
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An outdoor classroom at Coolidge Corner School, a preK-8 in Brookline, Mass., which John F. Kennedy once attended. HMFH Architects was the design firm. CRJA-IBI Group was the landscape architect. Shawmut Design and Construction was the CM. Photo: HMFH Architects / Ed Wonsek
K-12 school districts are emphasizing practical, hands-on experience and personalized learning....
At NeoCity Academy, student performance enhancement features include air purification technology, enhanced and natural daylighting, and collaboration laboratories. Image: Little Diversified Architectural Consulting
The building is distinguished by its rooftop solar array and its air-tight envelope.
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Using RSMeans data from Gordian, here are the most recent costs per square foot for K-12 school b...
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The update adds credits to lower carbon footprints and to promote climate change resiliency.
Modular carries a potential cost savings of up to 20%, but there is a risk of up to a 10% loss if delivery or material costs spike, the report says.
Modular construction can deliver projects 20% to 50% faster than traditional methods and drastica...
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In Chicago’s Lakeshore East neighborhood, GEMS World Academy Middle-Upper School, designed by bKL Architecture, is rising 13 stories. The building is set back 25 feet from the street to allow in more natural light, and features an 8,000-sf artificial turf recreation area that doubles as outdoor classroom and gathering space for its students. Its Building Team includes WSP (SE), WMA Consulting Engineers (MEP/FP), Mackie Consultants (CE), Wolff Landscape Architecture, and Power Construction (GC). bKL Architecture.
Verticality has some plusses, according to AEC firms that have engaged such projects recently....
A new study of nine schools in Washington D.C. corroborates recent research finding that modernization creates more satisfactory places for students and faculty. Image: Perkins Eastman, Investing in our Futures: How School Modernization Impacts Indoor Environmental Quality and Occupants.
A new paper reports on a recent study of nine schools in Washington DC that gauged occupants’ per...
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Wilson School, designed by Leo A Daly and BIG, is under construction in Arlington, Va. The cantilevered “fanning bars” will open up rooftop spaces adjacent to each classroom, providing students a wide range of indoor and outdoor learning environments. Rendering: BIG
Modern designs emphasize social and collaboration spaces outside the classroom.
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G70 is the architect, planner, and civil engineer of record for the project.
Colorado State University's 121,600-sf Behavioral Sciences Building in Fort Collins is one of the many higher education projects that Bennett Wagner Grody has worked on. Image: BWG
Future mergers could be in the offing.
The design and construction of a 270,000-sf elementary school in Cambridge, Mass., are guided by that city's net zero energy goals. Image: William Rawn Associates.
The building’s programming will provide more access to the community at large.
The 250,000-sf Lee Magnet High School, East Baton Rouge, La., is organized around three academies, each with 400 students, specializing in STEM, biomedical, and digital arts. Photo: Michael Robinson Photography.
Some long-term K-12 trends—like beefing up safety and security, and designing for more natural li...
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Instead of a library, Hermantown High School, near Duluth, Minn., has a wired media center. Books are available in a high-density storage area. Photo: Steve Silverman Photography.
Gilbane Building Co., Balfour Beatty US, and Skanska USA top BD+C’s ranking of the natio...
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Waunakee Intermediate School Library, Photo: EUA
AECOM, IMEG/KJWW/TTG, and STV top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest K-12 sector eng...
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Stantec, DLR Group, and PBK top BD+C’s ranking of the nation’s largest K-12 sector archi...
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View from classrooms (Building A) to learning platforms and play area at the Awty International School in Houston. Photo: Shepley Bulfinch
Shepley Bulfinch designed the 75,000-sf campus.
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Metrics suggest correlation between key design strategies and occupant satisfaction and building...
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CBT Architects and Windover Construction collaborated on the adaptive reuse project for Middlesex...
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The LEED Platinum and Zero Net Energy Verified building minimizes energy use via its site orienta...
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C.F. Møller designed the building to create a connection between the school premises and the surr...
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Design Tech High School, located on Oracle Corporation’s Headquarters campus, will span 64,000 sf...
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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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