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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

DLR Group's Interior Design Leader Gretchen Holy, Assoc. IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years.




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Education Facilities

University Buildings | NAC Architecture | Oct 8, 2018

One size doesn't fit all: Student housing is not a pair of socks

While the programming and design for these buildings all kept a holistic living/learning experience at the core, they also had amazingly different outcomes.

Education Facilities | Sep 20, 2018

Teen Center of Excellence under construction in Ferguson, Mo.

Arcturis is the Architect for the project.

Education Facilities | NAC Architecture | Sep 12, 2018

Security vs. 21st century learning: We shouldn’t have to choose

In order to effectively talk about school design, we need to start by understanding what a school is designed to do. 

Education Facilities | Sep 12, 2018

350,000-sf High Tech High School opens in Secaucus, N.J.

The technical school is on the Frank J. Cargiulo Campus.

Education Facilities | HMC Architects | Aug 24, 2018

Encourage student wellness by incorporating active design into college campus architecture

Before you incorporate active design into your college campus, you need to understand exactly what doing so entails.

Education Facilities | Aug 21, 2018

Meet the new vo-techs

Career and technical education is preparing K-12 students earlier than ever for college and the job market.

Education Facilities | Aug 20, 2018

More districts are reusing empty offices, stores, and other buildings to upgrade their schools

Older schools, with their small windows and rooms and creaky infrastructure, are tough and expensive to retrofit.

Education Facilities | Aug 14, 2018

Making schools more secure is imperative, but how best to do that isn't settled yet

In the first 21 weeks of 2018 alone, there were 23 school shootings where someone was killed or injured, according to CNN.

Education Facilities | Aug 13, 2018

Is STEM running out of steam?

Has STEM, which the business community urged school districts to embrace, been oversold as a career path?

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