University Buildings

Not only are the world’s youth educated in these buildings, but much of the globe’s most ground-breaking research takes place here. Requirements for housing students are more expansive than ever, but need to be balanced with the university’s real purpose: the pursuit of knowledge. Great design can inspire that pursuit.
November 03, 2010 |
First of three green labs opens at Iowa State University

Designed by ZGF Architects, in association with OPN Architects, the Biorenewable Research Laborat...

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November 03, 2010 |
Seattle University’s expanded library trying for LEED Gold

Pfeiffer Partners Architects, in collaboration with Mithun Architects, programmed, planned, and d...

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November 03, 2010 |
Virginia biofuel research center moving along

The Sustainable Energy Technology Center has broken ground in October on the Danville, Va., campu...

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November 03, 2010 |
Dining center cooks up LEED Platinum rating

Students at Bowling Green State University in Ohio will be eating in a new LEED Platinum multiuse...

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November 01, 2010 |
John Pearce: First thing I tell designers: Do your homework!

John Pearce, FAIA, University Architect at Duke University, Durham, N.C., tells BD+C’s Robert Cas...

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October 13, 2010 | By Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
Editorial

The AEC industry shares a widespread obsession with the new. New is fresh. New is youthful. New i...

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October 13, 2010 |
Campus building gives students a taste of the business world

William R. Hough Hall is the new home of the Warrington College of Business Administration at the...

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October 13, 2010 |
Science building supports enrollment increases

The new Kluge-Moses Science Building at Piedmont Virginia Community College, in Charlottesville,...

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October 13, 2010 |
Residences bring students, faculty together in the Middle East

A new residence complex is in design for United Arab Emirates University in Al Ain, UAE, near Abu...

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October 13, 2010 |
New health center to focus on education and awareness

Construction is getting pumped up at the new Anschutz Health and Wellness Center at the Universit...

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October 13, 2010 |
Community college plans new campus building

Construction is moving along on Hudson County Community College’s North Hudson Campus Center in U...

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October 12, 2010 | By Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
University of Toledo, Memorial Field House

27th Annual Reconstruction Awards—Silver Award. Memorial Field House, once the lovely Collegiate...

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October 12, 2010 | By Jay W. Schneider, Editor
Owen Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

27th Annual Reconstruction Awards—Silver Award. Officials at Michigan State University’s East Lan...

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October 12, 2010 | By Jay W. Schneider, Editor
Cell and Genome Sciences Building, Farmington, Conn.

27th Annual Reconstruction Awards...

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October 12, 2010 | By Jay W. Schneider, Editor
Full Steam Ahead for Sustainable Power Plant

An innovative restoration turns a historic but inoperable coal-burning steam plant into a modern,...

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September 16, 2010 |
Green recreation/wellness center targets physical, environmental health

The 151,000-sf recreation and wellness center at California State University’s Sacramento campus,...

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September 13, 2010 | Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
'A Model for the Entire Industry'

How a university and its Building Team forged a relationship with 'the toughest building authorit...

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September 13, 2010 |
Community college police, parking structure targets LEED Platinum

The San Diego Community College District's $1.555 billion construction program continues with gro...

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September 13, 2010 |
Campus housing fosters community connection

A 600,000-sf complex on the University of Washington's Seattle campus will include four residence...

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September 13, 2010 |
Richmond living/learning complex targets LEED Silver

The 162,000-sf living/learning complex includes a residence hall with 122 units for 459 students...

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September 13, 2010 | Robert Cassidy, Editorial Director
Committed to the Core

How a forward-looking city government, a growth-minded university, a developer with vision, and a...

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February 01, 2010 | By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor
UCLA to get more graduate housing

The University of California, Los Angeles, has begun a new graduate housing project that will occ...

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February 01, 2010 | By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor
Fashion school gives old building a make over

A new art facility for LIM, the College for the Business of Fashion, in midtown Manhattan is the...

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February 01, 2010 | By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor
Biomedical center to join London's research scene

The UK Centre for Medical Research and Innovation, a partnership of scientific organizations rese...

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February 01, 2010 | By Andrew Baltazar, Associate Editor
San Diego Mesa College enhances math and science facilities

A $92 million, 180,000-sf instructional center soon will rise at the heart of San Diego Mesa Coll...

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January 01, 2010 |
Tufts University puts bite into new dental school addition

The recently dedicated Tufts University School of Dental Medicine, in Boston, represents the culm...

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January 01, 2010 |
Northeast Lakeview College opens in Texas, to serve 15,000 students

After four years of construction, Northeast Lakeview College, the newest addition to Alamo Colleg...

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January 01, 2010 |
Dual physics buildings aim for LEED Silver

Two new physics buildings providing 197,000 sf of teaching, study, and office space are opening a...

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December 01, 2009 |
University building gets revamped, reused

KSS Architects of Philadelphia is designing the addition and renovation to SUNY Cortland's Studio...

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December 01, 2009 |
Project is music to school's ears

Florida Gulf Coast University is building a $7.55 million Fine Arts Building on its campus near F...

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