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The 27,500-square-foot facility includes a 350-seat theater, stage and full orchestra pit, and ample supporting spaces. Photo Credit: Tim Maloney of Technical Imagery Studios

Northern California Academy Unveils New Performing Arts Hub

July 5, 2024 School News

Sonoma Academy recently completed construction of its new 350-seat Community Performing Arts Center.

Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild and Commons was recently awarded LEED Platinum, the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest green building rating. Photo Credit: Michael David Rose (photographer)

California High School Project Achieves LEED Platinum

May 12, 2020 School News

Sonoma Academy’s Janet Durgin Guild and Commons was recently awarded LEED Platinum, the U.S. Green Building Council’s highest green building rating.

The new 90,000-square-foot Arts and Computational Sciences building at UC Merced completed last August recently received LEED Platinum certification. Photo credit: Jeremy Bitterman

California Arts and Sciences Building Awarded LEED Platinum Certification

April 21, 2020 School News

The new $60 million Arts and Computational Sciences building at UC Merced—spanning 90,000 square feet—was completed last August following a four-year design and construction schedule using the Public Private Partnership delivery model.

The client wanted all the space in the facility to be used efficiently to avoid any dead space in hallways and stairwells. Photo Credit: UC Regents

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Facility of the Month: UC Davis Rethinks Health Education

February 22, 2018 School News

UC Davis Health will change the way nursing schools operate, with an innovative new facility that begs students to ask questions, solve problems and simply practice what it’s like to care for people.