Making Up for Lost Time
The Maryland Institute College of Art had almost 100 years to contemplate construction of a new building. The school’s Baltimore campus, in the historic Bolton Hill neighborhood, had no real…
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Welcome to the Neighborhood
Although Kodet Architectural Group designed the Jordan Park School of Extended Learning and Adolfson & Peterson was responsible for its construction, the people who built this school are the residents…
The Ohio School Facilities Commission
Randy Fischer received his Master of Architecture in 1982 from Ohio State University in Columbus and, before entering politics, worked for several architecture firms in the fields of retail and…
All About Architecture
To understand the story behind the additions and renovations at the New Jersey Institute of Technology in Newark, imagine yourself in the following position: you are an architect and your…
It’s Easy Being Green
More than twenty years ago, the Northeast Independent School District in San Antonio, Texas anticipated the city’s northward expansion and purchased 83 acres within the environmentally-sensitive Edwards Aquifer Recharge Zone….
Duke University’s Winning Team
The year 2000 was a good one for Jerry Black, director of facilities management at Duke University in Durham, N.C. He and his department received the Award for Excellence in…
Artful Instruction
Students and staff sharing their school with construction workers during an expansion or renovation project often experience frustration at not knowing what’s going on around them. However, Heery International, a…
More Developers Enrolling in Campus Housing
Baby boomers heading to college in the 1960s created the last campus housing building spree, but now the boom echo is creating a similar phenomenon and colleges and universities are…
An Interview with Outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley
During the last month of the Clinton administration, the outgoing U.S. Secretary of Education, Richard W. Riley, took time from his schedule to talk with us at School Construction News….
In Housing a School, Unused Commercial Space Sells Itself
Planners in urban school districts increasingly face a shortage of available real estate, often making site selection a lengthy and expensive process. Southern California’s exploding immigrant population left the Pomona…