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.
The International Animal Health and Food Safety Institute at the K-State Olathe
June 01, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
K-State Olathe Innovation Campus receives LEED Silver

Aspects of the design included a curtain wall and punched openings allowing natural light deep in...

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From left to right: Jody Durst, David Van Zandt, John Tishman, Daniel Tishman, D
May 31, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
New School’s University Center in NYC topped out

16-story will provide new focal point for campus.

The new hall is tracking for USGBC LEED Gold certification.
May 31, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Perkins+Will-designed engineering building at University of Buffalo opens

Clad in glass and copper-colored panels, the three-story building thrusts outward from the core o...

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The 2010 interior renovation transformed an existing 1980s library into a dynami
May 09, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Shepley Bulfinch given IIDA Design award for Woodruff Library?

The design challenges included creating an entry sequence to orient patrons and highlight service...

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May 08, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Morgan/Harbour completes three projects at Columbia Centre

Projects completed on behalf of property owner, White Oak Realty Partners, LLC, Pearlmark Realty...

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The Tower's exterior skin includes a rainscreen, glass, and metal panel system.
May 07, 2012 | By Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
2012 BUILDING TEAM AWARDS: Rush University Medical Center

This fully integrated Building Team opted for a multi-prime contracting strategy to keep construc...

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Variegated brick at the street level, brushed aluminum, and a mixture of clear a
May 07, 2012 | By Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
2012 BUILDING TEAM AWARDS: TD Ameritrade Park

The new stadium for the College World Series in Omaha combines big-league amenities within a trad...

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May 03, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Princeton Review releases “Guide to 322 Green Colleges”

The guide profiles 322 institutions of higher education in the U.S. and Canada that demonstrate n...

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May 03, 2012 | By Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
U of Michigan team looking to create highly efficient building envelope designs

The system combines the use of sensors, novel construction materials, and utility control softwar...

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May 02, 2012 | By C.C. Sullivan and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett
AIA: Engineered Brick + Masonry for Commercial Buildings

Earn 1.0 AIA/CES learning units by studying this article and successfully completing the online e...

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The construction of Holly Ridge and Gardenia Way finished several months ahead o
May 02, 2012 | Posted by Tim Gregorski, Senior Editor
Building Team completes two additions at UCLA

New student housing buildings are part of UCLA’s Northwest Campus Student Housing In-Fill Project...

The MLK, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center will pursue a variety of LEED
May 01, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Construction is underway on MLK ambulatory care center in L.A.

Featuring a variety of sustainable features, the new facility is designed to achieve LEED Gold Ce...

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Part exhibition and performance space, part lab and incubator, the 38,000-sf bui
April 30, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Virginia Commonwealth unveils design for Arts Institution

Institute for Contemporary Art will serve as a catalyst for exhibitions, programs, research and c...

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April 25, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
J.C. Anderson selected for 50,000-sf build out at Chicago’s DePaul University

The build-out will consist of the construction of new offices, meeting rooms, video rooms and a s...

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April 17, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
FMI report examines federal construction trends

Given the rapid transformations occurring in the federal construction sector, FMI examines the ke...

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April 16, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
University of Michigan study seeks to create efficient building design

The result, the researchers say, could be technologies capable of cutting the carbon footprint cr...

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Construction on UNTs new facility began in July 2011. A ribbon cutting ceremony
April 16, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
UNT lab designed to study green energy technologies completed

Lab to test energy technologies and systems in order to achieve a net-zero consumption of energy....

Connecting with the Regenstein Hall of Music, the building enables the Bienen Sc
April 13, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Goettsch Partners designs new music building for Northwestern

The showcase facility is the recital hall, an intimate, two-level space with undulating walls of...

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C.W. Driver utilized a variety of sustainable building practices during construc
April 11, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
C.W. Driver completes Rec Center on CSUN campus

The state-of-the-art fitness center supports university’s goal to encourage student recruitment a...

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The new UIHC clinic includes a larger and more centralized space for research, b
March 28, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Holden Cancer Center opens at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics

The new cancer clinic provides a significant increase in patient space from the prior facility, w...

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March 28, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Tsoi/Kobis & Associates developing master plan for UT Southwestern Medical Center

Firm will spearhead strategies for transforming existing in-patient hospital into state-of-the-ar...

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Construction is now under way on the Valencia College West Campus Building 10, a
March 27, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Groundbreaking held for Valencia College West Campus Building 10 in Orlando

Project led by design-build team of SchenkelShultz Architecture and McCree General Contractors, b...

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The $110 million Math and Science Building occupies the area immediately east of
March 26, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
McCarthy tops off Math and Science Building at San Diego Mesa College

Designed by Architects | Delawie Wilkes Rodrigues Barker, the new San Diego Mesa College Math and...

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The 25,493-sf Emergency Department at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa was built
March 21, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Iowa’s Mercy Medical Center’s new Emergency Department constructed using Lean design

New Emergency Department features a "racetrack" design with a central nurses' station encircled b...

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Photovoltaic panels atop the Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate S
March 20, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Stanford’s Knight Management Center Awarded LEED Platinum

The 360,000-sf facility underscores what is taught in many of the school’s electives such as Envi...

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The new Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie facility will be organized within a
March 19, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
HKS Selected for Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie

Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachiewill incorporate advanced technology including telemedicine, d...

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March 14, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Tsoi/Kobus and Centerbrook to design Jackson Laboratory facility in Farmington, Conn.

Building will house research into personalized, gene-based cancer screening and treatment.

The CornellNYC Tech campus, which will house the Technion-Cornell Innovation Ins
March 07, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Cornell shortlists six architectural firms for first building on tech campus

Each of the firms will be asked to assemble a team of consultants and prepare for an interview to...

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Site constraints led to the configuration of the building as a continuous ribbon
March 06, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
EwingCole completes first design-build project for the USMA

The second phase of the project, which includes the academic buildings and the lacrosse and footb...

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JJCs Facility Services Building is part of a $220 million master plan aimed at
March 06, 2012 | By BD+C Staff
Joliet Junior College achieves LEED Gold

With construction managed by Gilbane Building Company, Joliet Junior College’s Facility Services...

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