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.

Healthcare Facilities

Mexico’s ‘premier private academic health center’ under design

The design and construction contract for what is envisioned to be “the premier private academic health center in Mexico and Latin America” was recently awarded to The Beck Group. The TecSalud Health Sciences Campus will be located at Tec De Monterrey’s flagship healthcare facility, Zambrano Hellion Hospital, in Monterrey, Mexico.

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.

Sports and Recreational Facilities

How university rec centers are evolving to support wellbeing

In a LinkedIn Live, Recreation & Wellbeing’s Sadat Khan and Abby Diehl joined HOK architect Emily Ostertag to discuss the growing trend to design and program rec centers to support mental wellbeing and holistic health.

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.

University Buildings | Aug 27, 2020

Eight strategies for achieving successful P3 development models

Transparency and communication are imperative, says new white paper on these agreements.

University Buildings | Aug 20, 2020

Student housing in the COVID-19 era

Student housing remains a vital part of the student and campus experience.

University Buildings | Aug 12, 2020

The University of Toronto’s new learning and support hub is a ‘learning landscape’

ZAS Architects designed the building.

University Buildings | Aug 11, 2020

UC Davis’s new dining commons is a nod to the region’s agricultural roots

HED designed the project.

University Buildings | Aug 5, 2020

Oklahoma State University’s North Academic Building begins construction

Dewberry designed the project.

University Buildings | Clark Nexsen | Aug 3, 2020

5 reasons universities are renovating student housing

Clark Nexsen’s Student Life practice leader, Peter Aranyi, discusses the benefits of renovation and why it offers particular value to campuses nationwide.