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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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Higher Education | Jun 6, 2017

Funding remains a concern, but not always an impediment

Colleges and universities are adept at tapping a variety of sources—taxpayers, investors, donors, and, yes, students—to fund their growth ambitions.

Higher Education | Hanbury | May 31, 2017

Space utilization in higher education: more than sf per student

There’s more to space utilization than how often a room is occupied. What happens inside an occupied room is just as important.

Reconstruction & Renovation | May 30, 2017

Achieving deep energy retrofits in historic and modern-era buildings [AIA course]

Success in retrofit projects requires an entirely different mindset than in new construction, writes Randolph Croxton, FAIA, LEED AP, President of Croxton Collaborative Architects. 

Libraries | May 16, 2017

A New York-area community college adds new zest to its library

Wired seating and group work areas abound.   

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.

Higher Education | Hanbury | Apr 24, 2017

Small colleges face challenges — and opportunities

Moody’s Investor Service forecasts that closure rates for small institutions will triple in the coming years, and mergers will double.

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.

 

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