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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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University Buildings

Not only are the world’s youth educated in these buildings, but much of the globe’s most ground-breaking research takes place here. Requirements for housing students are more expansive than ever, but need to be balanced with the university’s real purpose: the pursuit of knowledge. Great design can inspire that pursuit.

Wood | Nov 30, 2017

The first large-scale mass timber residence hall in the U.S. is under construction at the University of Arkansas

Leers Weinzapfel Associates, Modus Studio, Mackey Mitchell Architects, and OLIN collaborated on the design.

University Buildings | Nov 28, 2017

FXFOWLE and CO Architects collaborate on Columbia University School of Nursing building

The building has a ‘collaboration ribbon’ that runs throughout the building.

Sports and Recreational Facilities | Nov 27, 2017

The University of Memphis unveils the new home of the men’s basketball program

The Laurie-Walton Family Basketball Center will provide a strong commitment to donor and VIP cultivation.

Adaptive Reuse | Nov 10, 2017

Austin’s first indoor shopping mall becomes Austin Community College’s new digital media center

Renovation of the defunct mall represents Phase 2 of ACC’s $100 million adaptive reuse project.

University Buildings | Nov 6, 2017

A reconstructed building sets the standard for future rehabs at Cornell

Early AE collaboration played a major role in moving this project forward efficiently. 

University Buildings | Oct 13, 2017

The University of Oklahoma receives its first residential colleges

The residential communities were designed by KWK Architects and combine living and learning amenities.

University Buildings | Oct 12, 2017

USC to debut new bioscience center next month

The building is designed to maximize recruitment and interaction of scientists and researchers.

University Buildings | Oct 12, 2017

The Center for Wounded Veterans is a first for a university campus

The Chez Family Foundation Center for Wounded Veterans in Higher Education is the first building of its kind on a U.S. college campus.

University Buildings | Oct 10, 2017

A 1920s cheese factory is now a university science building

Almost 15,000 sf of space was added to the original, four-story building.

Sustainability | Oct 9, 2017

New Arizona State University building will reach triple net-zero performance

The science and research complex will include an atrium biome filled with plants and water.

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