Exterior shot of a Boston College undergraduate residence hall renovated by Shawmut Design and Construction. Although prospective students most often choose a school based on its academic standing, residence halls…
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…
The windmill produces useable power. The familiar saying, “If you’re going to do something, do it right,” may sound old-fashioned, but its meaning is always relevant. To Dallas architects SHW…
Undergraduate teaching laboratories must accommodate both lab experiments and lectures. In one class period, students might take notes while listening to a professor, view a computer presentation, and perform experiments…
Students’ desktop computer follows them from class to class. Photo credit: Adam Stewart. Polished concrete floors contribute to the industrial feel of Alabama’s Brewbaker Technology Magnet High School in Montgomery….
The staging building’s first occupants-dancers-will use the roll-up doors to create a performance space that bridges indoors and outdoors. The roll-up doors will also be useful when bringing in equipment…
The exterior of the Pioneer Ridge Freshman Center is a combination of metal, brick, precast concrete, and glass. It was designed to be colorful and tie in architecturally with the…
Safe playing fields are built upon carefully considered subsurface conditions and an equally solid grasp of the exciting advances in artificial turf products. Using several brands of synthetic grass, one…
Computer carrels at the Jesuit school accommodate independent research. Each school administration decides for itself how it will incorporate technology into the library, and because clients now have more options,…
Small schools such as the new Harry S Truman High School in Washington state are embracing the open classroom-an idea with a troubled history. Unlike the noisy "schools without walls"…
