Carnegie Mellon University Receives Architecture Award
PITTSBURGH — Carnegie Mellon University’s Gates Center for Computer Science and Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies have been recognized as one of nine projects worldwide to receive the 2012 American Institute of Architects (AIA) Honor Award for Architecture.


SAN FRANCISCO — University of the Pacific’s School of Dentistry will move to a seven-story building in downtown San Francisco by 2014. The school has been working on the project for several years — doing preliminary studies, programming and building selection—but just recently hired an architectural firm for the design. 

Transforming an older neighborhood into a successful, sustainable community is no easy task. But in 2001, city planners, business leaders and residents in North Charleston, S.C., did just that, creating a master plan for a neighborhood attuned to social needs, environmental responsibility and economic vitality.
When it comes to school architecture, there is no “one size fits all” approach. A variety of design elements are at play — no matter if the facility is an elementary or middle school, high school or college — largely due to the various socioeconomic backgrounds, physical characteristics, learning styles and emotional intelligences that exist within the educational sphere.

