Green building in all U.S. construction sectors will continue its rebound this year as the economy struggles to return to pre-recession levels. While the slowdown in commercial real estate projects and funding has definitely put a crimp in many green building projects, interest does remain high for green school construction.
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University’s Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies have been recognized as one of nine projects worldwide to receive the 2012 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award for Architecture.
SAN FRANCISCO — University of the Pacific’s School of Dentistry will move to a seven-story building in downtown San Francisco by 2014. The school has been working on the project for several years — doing preliminary studies, programming and building selection—but just recently hired an architectural firm for the design.
On Nov. 16-18, 2011, Trespa hosted the Cutting-Edge Campuses program at its Design Centre in lower Manhattan, bringing together leading architects responsible for shaping the landscape of colleges and universities across the United States to explore ideas regarding 21st century planning, design and programming.
Education and budgets benefit when schools choose solar
By David Potovsky
The University of California at San Diego chose Trespa International B.V. to provide exterior cladding and interior surface materials for its renovation projects.
Transforming an older neighborhood into a successful, sustainable community is no easy task. But in 2001, city planners, business leaders and residents in North Charleston, S.C., did just that, creating a master plan for a neighborhood attuned to social needs, environmental responsibility and economic vitality.
By Lisa Kopochinski
When it comes to school architecture, there is no “one size fits all” approach. A variety of design elements are at play — no matter if the facility is an elementary or middle school, high school or college — largely due to the various socioeconomic backgrounds, physical characteristics, learning styles and emotional intelligences that exist within the educational sphere.
The basketball court at the University of Oregon’s new Matthew Knight Arena.
EUGENE, Ore. — Project architects believe the new 418,000-square-foot Matthew Knight Arena at the University of Oregon represents a number of trends in stadium design innovation: multipurpose facility design, the ability to evolve and the use of technology.
SALT LAKE CITY — As part of the Solar for Schools program, solar panels installations were planned at 73 schools across all 41 school districts in Utah.
