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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

Cultural Facilities | May 15, 2015

Design for beekeeping facility in Tanzania by Jaklitsch/Gardner Architects unveiled

The developers say the center will be an important educational and vocational tool.

Industrial Facilities | May 11, 2015

SOM-designed Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute opens in Chicago

The new space will be a place for academia, industries, and civic bodies to collaborate.

Green | Apr 22, 2015

AIA Committee on the Environment recognizes Top 10 Green Projects

Seattle's Bullitt Center and the University Center at The New School are among AIA's top 10 green buildings for 2015.

Roofing | Apr 15, 2015

Curved metal panels allow for community college expansion

A new campus was needed to support an Ohio community college's expanding population

Office Buildings | Apr 1, 2015

IBM's supercomputer Watson finds new home in Manhattan's Silicon Alley

The new headquarters for the former Jeopardy champ was conceived as a showcase for Watson’s capabilities, and as an inspirational workspace for Millennials and idea generators of all ages.

Structural Materials | Mar 30, 2015

12 projects earn structural steel industry's top building award

Calatrava's soaring Innovation Science and Technology Building at Florida Polytechnic University is among the 12 projects honored by the American Institute of Steel Construction in the 2015 IDEAS² awards competition. 

Retail Centers | Mar 10, 2015

Retrofit projects give dying malls new purpose

Approximately one-third of the country’s 1,200 enclosed malls are dead or dying. The good news is that a sizable portion of that building stock is being repurposed.

Museums | Mar 9, 2015

Architecture based on astronomy principles for new planetarium in Shanghai

The ancient Chinese civilization left some of the earliest records of humans studying the stars and skies. To exhibit this long history, a new planetarium and astronomy museum is planned for construction in Shanghai.

Reconstruction & Renovation | Mar 5, 2015

Chicago's 7 most endangered properties

Preservation Chicago released its annual list of historic buildings that are at risk of being demolished or falling into decay.

Office Buildings | Mar 3, 2015

Former DuPont lab to be converted into business incubator near UPenn campus

The new Pennovation Center will provide collaborative and research spaces for educators, scientists, students, and the private sector.

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