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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

Nov 8, 2011

$11 million business incubator Florida Innovation Hub at the University of Florida completed by Charles Perry Partners, Inc.

The facility houses the UF Office of Technology Licensing, UF Tech Connect, other entities, and more than 30 startup technology tenants.

Oct 18, 2011

St. Martin’s Episcopal School expands facilities

 

Evergreen commences construction on environmentally sustainable campus expansion.

Sep 29, 2011

Busch Engineering, Science and Technology Residence Hall opens to Rutgers students

With a total development cost of $57 million, B.E.S.T. is the first on-campus residence hall constructed by Rutgers since 1994.

Jun 29, 2011

Students design net-zero, LEED Platinum field house

Students at The Putney School helped design a 16,800-sf field house, which is solar powered to…
Jun 29, 2011

Oregon adopts green building and assessment program

Golden Globes green building guidance and assessment program is now recognized in Oregon State Law…
Jun 21, 2011

Student design center opens at Missouri college

Last month, the Kummer Student Design Center opened at Missouri University of Science and…
May 18, 2011

Major Trends in University Residence Halls

They’re not ‘dorms’ anymore. Today’s collegiate housing facilities are lively, state-of-the-art, and green—and a growing sector for Building Teams to explore.

May 18, 2011

Former Bronx railyard redeveloped as shared education campus

Four schools find strength in numbers at the new 2,310-student Mott Haven Campus in New York City. The schools—three high schools and a K-4 elementary school—coexist on the 6.5-acre South Bronx campus, which was once a railyard.

May 18, 2011

Eco-friendly San Antonio school combines history and sustainability

The 113,000-sf Rolling Meadows Elementary School in San Antonio is the Judson Independent School District’s first sustainable facility, with green features such as vented roofs for rainwater collection and regionally sourced materials.

May 18, 2011

New Reform Jewish Independent school opens outside Boston

The Rashi School, one of only 17 Reform Jewish independent schools in North American and Israel, opened a new $30 million facility on a 166-acre campus shared with the Hebrew SeniorLife community on the Charles River in Dedham, Mass.

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