Progress Report: Hall Draws on International Principles
PORTLAND, Ore. — There are many similarities between building designs overseas and building in the United States, according to Nels Hall, a design principal at Yost Grube Hall Architecture, with 38 years of experience in the U.S.
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PODCAST: $1 Billion in Calif. School Projects
On today’s program, an interview with Kathleen Moore, Director of School Facilities Planning with the California Department of Education. What’s 
happening with projects that have applied for funding in this bad economy? What is the state of projects that have been green-lighted?
Collaboration Key at New U of W Research Center
MADISON, Wis. — Officials from the newly-opened Wisconsin Institute for Discovery and Morgridge Institute for Research describe the new structure as very transparent.
“You can basically see through it — you can’t hide in it,” said Janet Kelley, communications director for the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation, the organization funding part of the new public-private twin buildings on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus.