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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.

University Buildings | May 5, 2017

'Escape forward': How one public university plans to grow

How can public institutions expect to survive and thrive in Illinois' turbulent environment? The answer, for one school anyways, is to think and act like entrepreneurs.

University Buildings | Apr 28, 2017

Suburban Chicago college breaks ground on aviation-themed student center

The design of the center is meant to pay tribute to the university’s heritage in aviation and aeronautics.

University Buildings | Apr 26, 2017

UMass Amherst is home to America’s first CLT academic building

The building brings the architecture, landscape architecture, and building technology departments under one roof.

Ceilings | Apr 17, 2017

University of Toronto Scarborough Campus building meets aesthetic, performance and sustainability goals with Rockfon ceiling systems

The University of Toronto’s $52.5 million, 126,788-square-foot Environmental Science & Chemistry Building is the newest addition to the Scarborough campus in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

Products and Materials | Mar 28, 2017

Mondopads highlight Portland State University’s new Decision Theater

A total of seven InFocus Mondopads were used in the room to accommodate large group work and individual study.

University Buildings | Mar 14, 2017

Fresh off NCAA national title, Clemson opens plush football operations complex

The 142,500-sf facility, which opened just three weeks after Clemson’s national championship win over the University of Alabama, adjoins the indoor practice facility and outdoor practice fields, consolidating football operations into one complex.

University Buildings | Mar 8, 2017

Massive mixed-use residential village on USC’s Los Angeles campus on schedule to open this fall

Prefabrication of the six buildings’ walls reduced construction time by a year. 

School Construction | Feb 26, 2017

A new survey finds education construction activity going strong this year

Surveys of school districts and colleges, though, raise questions about financing for future projects.

 

University Buildings | Jan 10, 2017

UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Business to receive modern, twisted addition from BIG

The 70,000-sf building was developed in collaboration with Boston-based Goody Clancy.

University Buildings | Jan 9, 2017

Massive student housing project in Texas will be ready this Fall

Developers hope the early opening of some units sets the tone for the community and future rentals.

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