University of Baltimore LEED Platinum Law School Building Under Way
BALTIMORE — At the University of Baltimore, the first LEED Platinum-certified law school building in the country is on the way.
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Molloy College鈥檚 New Public Square Attracts Attention
NEW YORK — Molloy College in Rockville Centre, N.Y., long known as a commuter college, is trying to position itself as a 24-hour learning community with a new campus center.
Educational Design Experts Reflect on the Classroom of the Future
网曝吃瓜 sat down with Hoskens, Irene Nigaglioni, AIA, REFP, and Tammy S. Magney, AIA, REFP, to discuss educational design in the 21st Century and the Classroom of the Future at CEFPI’s 88th Annual World Conference & Expo in Nashville, Tenn., in September.
Visually Transparent and Inviting
It has been decades — four to be exact — since the University of Detroit Mercy has seen a brand new building on its campus, but many will say the wait has been worth it.
First LEED Platinum Building in the UT System
RICHARDSON, Texas — Austin-based Hill & Wilkinson has received the top green building award from Education Design Showcase for the LEED Platinum, University of Texas at Dallas Student Services Building. Only three university projects were selected as 2011 Green Judges’ Choice Winners, with submittals throughout the U.S.
Auditorium Turntables: Saving Cost, Creating Space and Adding Functionality
Jack Shepherd is the architectural and industrial product manager for Macton, Oxford, Conn. Macton has been engineering, fabricating, and installing high quality moving structures since the 1950s.
Monarch School Design Helps Students Grow
HOUSTON — A chrysalis is the term of the pupa stage of a butterfly’s life cycle, named for the hard skin developed once the outer layer of skin comes off for the first time.
It is also the name of the new facility at the Monarch School in Houston. Founded in 1997, the school aims to provide a safe, nurturing atmosphere and development program for children and young adults with neurological differences.
3D Lessons Boost Learning Curve
Spur of the moment field trip to Rome, the Jurassic Period, or the bottom of the ocean?
No problem. With 3D projectors, teachers can take students on learning adventures that case studies show improve student attention rates and academic performance.
Charter Builders and SpawMaxwell Now Under Balfour Beatty Name
DALLAS — Two Texas-based companies, Charter Builders of Dallas and SpawMaxwell of Houston, will now be known collectively as Balfour Beatty Construction.
Green Trends for 2012: LEED, Net-Zero Energy and the Living Building Challenge
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.