February 2016
Wichita State on Track for Innovation Campus Debut
WICHITA, Kan. — The new 116,000-square-foot Experiential Engineering Building and 90,000-square-foot Airbus North Engineering Center at Wichita State University are on track to debut this fall.
New Schools, New Future for Ignacio School District
IGNACIO, Colo. — The small town of Ignacio is located in the Southwestern region of Colorado, approximately 325 miles from Denver, and is surrounded by the 1,000-square-mile Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
Samet Corp. Selected to Build New N.C. High School
DAVIDSON COUNTY, N.C. — Greensboro, N.C.-based Samet Corp. was selected as the contractor to build the $51 million Oak Grove High School in Davidson County. The 200,000-square-foot facility will be the first new high school to be built in the county in nearly 30 years.
Northeastern University Completes Major Project, Announces Another
BOSTON — Northeastern University officials in Boston made two significant strides in campus development in the past month with the completion of one major project and the announcement of plans to construct a new multimillion-dollar residence hall.
Burcin Moehring
HDR welcomes Burcin Moehring, FAIA, as an education, science and technology principal in the firm’s Seattle office.
Fire Extinguishing System
ExGo, Advanced’s dependable extinguishant release system, is used all over the world to protect sensitive and strategic assets such as server and switch rooms and historic and cultural collections. Compatible with a range of detection devices, the system offers performance, ease of use and a number of advanced features. ExGo can be used as a standalone system or has a number of on-board programmable inputs and outputs for interfacing with any other fire system.
Q&A: ARO Shares Insight on New Riverdale Country School Design
BRONX, N.Y. — When officials at Riverdale Country School in the Bronx decided to replace the school’s 18,000-square-foot Perkins Building, they sought the guidance of New York-based Architecture Research Office (ARO).
Mid-Century Designs Influence Orange Coast’s Interdisciplinary Complex
COSTA MESA, Calif. — Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, recently debuted a new Interdisciplinary Complex (IDC), designed to incorporate mid-century design techniques from the original surrounding campus.