Design for Changing Educational Needs
Hugh Skinner, REFP, MCIP Hugh Skinner, REFP, MCIP, is the president of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International. He has been an active and continuous member of CEFPI since…
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SCN CONSTRUCTION INDEX – N/D 05
Percentage of Colleges and Universities Receiving State Support for Capital Construction Projects [Click here to enlarge]Campus Areas in Need of Improvement [Click here to enlarge] Other areas in need of…
New Utilities Replace Nagging Futilities
Central Connecticut State University, founded in 1849, is Connecticut’s oldest public university. The infrastructure is old, too. Faced with expensive repairs each year, administrators decided that a new heating and…
High School Stadium Design Tips
Site Planning and Utilities Make the stadium co-exist with other educational facilities Consider sharing parking spaces with a high school Investigate shared locker room opportunities Discover opportunities to build simultaneously…
Recreation Transformation
The new student recreation complex at the University of Missouri ("Mizzou"), Columbia, is like none before. An amalgam of the 1905 Rothwell Gymnasium, the 1929 Brewer Fieldhouse and a 1987…
21st Century Labs
Paulo Fundament For more than 20 years, Paulo Fundament, PE, LEED, has worked on designing complex energy storage, energy efficiency and building automation projects. In 1987, he founded Fundament &…
Healthy Air, Healthy Students
“Here is the bad news and the good news of achieving indoor air quality in schools,” says Rich Prill, buildings science and indoor air quality specialist at Washington State University…
Merit Awards
Warren Skaaren Environmental Learning Center Westcave Preserve, Texas Jackson & McElhaney Architects Alternative Learning Category Capacity: 175 students Size: 5,000 sq. feet, 30 acres A 30-acre nature preserve and canyon,…
The 2005 Awards
REVIEW TEAM Rodolfo Almeida International Consultant Montpellier, France Mariza Alves Professor, Urban Planning Group Lisbon Independent University, Portugal Victoria Bergsagel Educational Planner Architects of Achievement, Seattle George Copa Director, New…
Honor Awards
Spruce Street Nursery School Boston Bargmann Hendrie + Archetype Inc. Early Education Capacity: 49 students Size: 3,700 sq. feet Located on the second floor of a new 37-story high-end residential…