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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 | Jan 19, 2018

A 360-degree classroom highlights Washington State University’s new academic innovation hub

The circle-in-the-round classroom can accommodate 275 students.

Education Facilities | Jan 9, 2018

Elementary school, daycare campus will serve Toronto's skyrise neighborhood

While the district’s vertical living lifestyle is geared for young singles and empty nesters, CityPlace has attracted a surprising number of families.

Education Facilities | Jan 8, 2018

Three former school buildings are repurposed to create mini-campus for teacher education

The $25.3 million project is currently under construction on the Winona State University campus.

Healthcare Facilities | Jan 6, 2018

A new precision dental center embodies Columbia University’s latest direction for oral medicine education

The facility, which nests at “the core” of the university’s Medical Center, relies heavily on technology and big data. 

Education Facilities | Jan 2, 2018

New Bancroft Campus responds to the challenges of autism through design

The 80-acre campus is located in Mount Laurel, N.J.

K-12 Schools | Perkins and Will | Nov 16, 2017

Future-proofing higher education: Understanding generation Z

There are three driving issues behind this next generation: demographic change, behavioral change, and the power to choose.

Reconstruction Awards | Nov 13, 2017

Harlem Renaissance: A vacant school provides much-needed housing and a clubhouse for children

Word that PS 186 might be demolished brought out the preservationists, whose letter-writing campaign gained the support of the New York Landmarks Conservancy.

Education Facilities | NAC Architecture | Oct 3, 2017

The growing demand for early childhood education

When the design of early learning centers is grounded in the science of developmental psychology and education, these educational environments can address multiple domains of development that positively stimulate young children's physical and cognitive growth.

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