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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 | Jul 2, 2015

Design for new pavilion in Toronto includes a ‘peel-away’ façade

An architect's proposal for a renovation of the main office building at the Ontario College of Art and Design features a façade that fans out from the edges of the building, like it’s opening up to visitors. 

University Buildings | Perkins and Will | Jun 29, 2015

Ensuring today’s medical education facilities fit tomorrow’s healthcare

Through thought-leading design, medical schools have the unique opportunity to meet the needs of today’s medical students and more fully prepare them for their future healthcare careers. Perkins+Will’s Heidi Costello offers five key design factors to improve and influence medical education.

University Buildings | May 30, 2015

Texas senate approves $3 billion in bonds for university construction

For the first time in nearly a decade, Texas universities could soon have some state money for construction.

University Buildings | May 19, 2015

Special Report: How your firm can help struggling colleges and universities meet their building project goals

Building Teams that want to succeed in the higher education market have to help their clients find new funding sources, control costs, and provide the maximum value for every dollar.

University Buildings | May 19, 2015

Renovate or build new: How to resolve the eternal question

With capital budgets strained, renovation may be an increasingly attractive money-saving option for many college and universities. 

University Buildings | May 19, 2015

KU Jayhawks take a gander at a P3 development

The P3 concept is getting a tryout at the University of Kansas, where state funding for construction has fallen from 20% of project costs to about 11% over the last 10 years.

University Buildings | SmithGroup | May 5, 2015

Where the university students are (or will be)

SmithGroupJJR's Alexa Bush discusses changing demographics and the search for out-of-state students at public universities.

BIM and Information Technology | SRG Partnership | Apr 9, 2015

How one team solved a tricky daylighting problem with BIM/VDC tools, iterative design

SRG Partnership's Scott Mooney describes how Grasshopper, Diva, Rhino, and 3D printing were utilized to optimize a daylighting scheme at Oregon State University's new academic building.

University Buildings | Apr 8, 2015

Student Housing: The fight against mold starts in the bathroom

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University Buildings | SmithGroup | Apr 8, 2015

The competitive advantage of urban higher-ed institutions

In the coming years, urban colleges and universities will outperform their non-urban peers, bolstered by the 77 million Millennials who prefer to live in dense, diverse, and socially rich environments, writes SmithGroupJJR's Michael Johnson.

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