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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

Education Facilities | Gensler | Feb 7, 2017

Let’s get physical: Design possibilities for the digital classroom

As companies are increasingly looking for people who can do things like communicate clearly, solve complex challenges, lead teams, and define strategic direction, a growing number of learners are turning to any resource where they can learn these skills quickly, effectively and in sync with their busy lives, writes Gensler's Meghan Webster.

Architects | Jan 19, 2017

Harley Ellis Devereaux merges with Deems Lewis McKinley

The combination is expected to bolster HED’s presence in northern California and the K-12 sector.

Education Facilities | Jan 17, 2017

A charter school gives adults a second chance at earning a high school diploma

A dingy basement in Washington is converted to an office-like learning environment.

Education Facilities | LPA | Jan 10, 2017

Outdoor educational environments provide a campus experience

Interior and exterior spaces harmoniously provide a campus experience to challenge children in the classroom, while also providing opportunities for learning and play outside.

Education Facilities | Dec 14, 2016

Design for NYU’s new $1 billion academic and student housing development revealed

The building has been opposed for years as activists called for the land to become a public park.

Energy Efficiency | Dec 13, 2016

A Massachusetts college now features the largest zero-net-energy academic building in Northeast

Bristol Community College wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Education Facilities | LPA | Dec 7, 2016

How corporate design keeps educational design relevant

Learning is a lot like working; it varies daily, ranges from individual to collaborative, formal to informal and from hands on to digital.

School Construction | Oct 23, 2016

As construction rebounds, education sector spending flattens

Post-recession slump suggests a settling in at a “normal” level similar to the mid aughts.

Education Facilities | Oct 3, 2016

College prep high school begins campus-wide transformation with 22,000-sf expansion project

The expansion marks the first phase of the two-phase project.

Education Facilities | Sep 14, 2016

POE study: Architecture firm goes back to school to reevaluate its work

HMFH has designed three elementary schools based on the premise that project-based activities promote engagement, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration.

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