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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 | Perkins and Will | Oct 16, 2015

5 ways architecture defines the university brand

People gravitate to brands for many reasons. Campus architecture and landscape are fundamental influences on the college brand, writes Perkins+Will's David Damon.

Higher Education | Oct 9, 2015

Diller Scofidio + Renfro will design new University of Chicago building

The David M. Rubenstein Forum will be both formal and informal, and will host lectures, workshops, and conferences.

Higher Education | Oct 1, 2015

Juilliard announces new China campus designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

The Tianjin Juilliard School will have graduate courses, a pre-college program, an instrumental training program, adult education, and public performances and exhibits.

Giants 400 | Sep 30, 2015

SCIENCE + TECHNOLOGY SECTOR GIANTS: HDR, Jensen Hughes, Skanska top S+T firm rankings

BD+C's rankings of the nation's largest S+T sector design and construction firms, as reported in the 2015 Giants 300 Report.

University Buildings | Sep 21, 2015

Vietnamese university to turn campus into ‘terraced forest’

Pockets of plantings will be dispersed throughout the staggered floors of the building, framing the expansive courtyard at its center. 

University Buildings | Gensler | Sep 21, 2015

6 lessons in campus planning

For campus planning, focus typically falls on repairing the bricks and mortar without consideration of program priorities. Gensler's Pamela Delphenich offers helpful tips and advice.

Mixed-Use | Aug 26, 2015

Innovation districts + tech clusters: How the ‘open innovation’ era is revitalizing urban cores

In the race for highly coveted tech companies and startups, cities, institutions, and developers are teaming to form innovation hot pockets.

University Buildings | Aug 13, 2015

Best of Education Design: 9 projects named AIA Education Facility Design Award winners

Georgia Tech's Clough Commons, Boston's Berklee Tower, and seven other facilities were honored for aiding learning and demonstrating excellent architectural design.

Giants 400 | Aug 7, 2015

UNIVERSITY SECTOR GIANTS: Collaboration, creativity, technology—hallmarks of today’s campus facilities

At a time when competition for the cream of the student/faculty crop is intensifying, colleges and universities must recognize that students and parents are coming to expect an education environment that foments collaboration, according to BD+C's 2015 Giants 300 report.

Contractors | Jul 29, 2015

Consensus Construction Forecast: Double-digit growth expected for commercial sector in 2015, 2016

Despite the adverse weather conditions that curtailed design and construction activity in the first quarter of the year, the overall construction market has performed extremely well to date, according to AIA's latest Consensus Construction Forecast.

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