By shifting toward this new qualifications-based selection, local school leaders can manage their aging buildings and upgrade their facilities more effectively while remaining responsible with taxpayer funds. This approach allows districts to stay ahead of facility needs during the “Summer Sprint” without exhausting their internal teams.
The Crow Island School in Winnetka, Illinois was designed and built in 1940, by a team of architects including Larry Perkins (of Perkins, Wheeler & Will) and Eliel and Eero Saarinen.
School districts are confronting a complex challenge: how to modernize aging school campuses while preserving the history and memories that generations of families hold dear.
The stakes of roof failure are high for any building. This is especially true of educational buildings, where the price of failure or roof replacements can result in significant disruption to students’ education.
More of today’s funding is being directed toward strategic renovations of existing buildings, either to enhance current functions or adapt spaces to new uses.
One of the most pressing challenges in the world of K-12 education is aging school facilities and infrastructure. School planning services can help.
School construction, whether it is for a K-12 school district or higher education institution, is a complex undertaking, particularly when it occurs on existing, occupied campuses, and benefits from early contractor collaboration
Florida school districts are facing unprecedented demand for new school facilities, expansions and renovations — fueled by steady population growth and shifting demographics.
The Sustainability & Applied Research team at LPA Design Studios recently worked with in-house designers and engineers, and partner Joeris General Contractors, to explore the cost-benefit analysis of energy-efficient schools.
Savannah-Chatham County Public Schools marked a series of major construction milestones this summer with ribbon-cuttings for new facilities and renovations funded through the district’s ESPLOST program.
