FITCHBURG, Mass. — Fitchburg State University recently dedicated its new $57 million, LEED Silver Antonucci Science Complex, which provides laboratory, research and classroom facilities in a single location.
The Bonita Unified School District has long wished for a performing arts venue that would stand as a landmark not only for the district’s 13 schools, but also for the community as a whole. That wish came true this past fall.
APPLE VALLEY, Minn. — A group of junior and senior high school students at the School of Environmental Studies (SES) in Apple Valley are creating a plan to help their school earn LEED certification. If achieved, this would be the first student-led, LEED-certified project under LEED v4.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — A new $20 million facility for the University of Missouri’s College of Business is expected to “take education beyond the lecture hall,” according to an article by the Columbia Tribune. The new Applied Learning Center has received $10 million from donors, which was then matched by the state on May 18 during a news conference with Governor Jay Nixon.
Philip Riedel, AIA, CEFP, LEED BD+C, an architect in NAC|Architecture’s Seattle office who specializes in educational planning and design, has been promoted to principal. Riedel is currently managing the replacement and modernization of Wilson High School for Tacoma Public Schools, bond planning for Sumner School District and the construction of Sierra High School, a new Seattle charter school.
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