Kaiser Borsari Hall will draw 100% of its electricity from a rooftop solar panel array. Photo courtesy Perkins&Will

Mass timber a big part of Western Washington University’s net-zero ambitions

Western Washington University, in Bellingham, Wash., 90 miles from Seattle, is in the process of expanding its ABET-accredited programs for electrical engineering, computer engineering and science, and energy science. As part of that process, the university is building Kaiser Borsari Hall, the 54,000-sf new home for those academic disciplines that will include teaching labs, research labs, classrooms, collaborative spaces, and administrative offices.

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University Buildings

Washington University School of Medicine opens one of the world’s largest neuroscience research buildings

In St. Louis’ Cortex Innovation District, Washington University School of Medicine recently opened its new Jeffrey T. Fort Neuroscience Research Building. Designed by CannonDesign and Perkins&Will, the 11-story, 609,000-sf facility is one of the largest neuroscience buildings in the world.

University Buildings

UNC Chapel Hill’s new medical education building offers seminar rooms and midsize classrooms—and notably, no lecture halls

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has unveiled a new medical education building, Roper Hall. Designed by The S/L/A/M Collaborative (SLAM) and Flad Architects, the UNC School of Medicine’s new building intends to train new generations of physicians through dynamic and active modes of learning.

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 new UIHC clinic includes a larger and more centralized space for research, b

Mar 28, 2012

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, which was located in an adjacent building.

Mar 28, 2012

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-art ambulatory care facility.

Construction is now under way on the Valencia College West Campus Building 10, a

Mar 27, 2012

Groundbreaking held for Valencia College West Campus Building 10 in Orlando

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

The $110 million Math and Science Building occupies the area immediately east of

Mar 26, 2012

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 Science Building will provide new educational space for students pursuing degree and certificate programs in biology, chemistry, physical sciences and mathematics.

The 25,493-sf Emergency Department at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa was built

Mar 21, 2012

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 by 19 private patient examination rooms and 2 trauma treatment rooms.

Photovoltaic panels atop the Knight Management Center at the Stanford Graduate S

Mar 20, 2012

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 Environmental Entrepreneurship and Environmental Science for Managers and Policy Makers, as well as in core classes covering sustainability across the functions of business.

The new Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie facility will be organized within a

Mar 19, 2012

HKS Selected for Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachie

Baylor Medical Center at Waxahachiewill incorporate advanced technology including telemedicine, digital imaging, remote patient monitoring, electronic medical records and computer patient records.

Mar 14, 2012

Tsoi/Kobus and Centerbrook to design Jackson Laboratory facility in Farmington, Conn.

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

Site constraints led to the configuration of the building as a continuous ribbon

Mar 6, 2012

EwingCole completes first design-build project for the USMA

The second phase of the project, which includes the academic buildings and the lacrosse and football fields, was completed in January 2012.

JJCs Facility Services Building is part of a $220 million master plan aimed at

Mar 6, 2012

Joliet Junior College achieves LEED Gold

With construction managed by Gilbane Building Company, Joliet Junior College’s Facility Services Building combines high-performance technologies with sustainable materials to meet aggressive energy efficiency goals.