Originally built in 1967 as a dining hall anchoring the University of Tennessee’s residential campus, this building is being reimagined as a hub for student life, administration and campus operations. The renovation balances preservation and innovation, retaining the building’s iconic concrete structure, brick, and glass block exterior while introducing high-performance
Cool Spring Elementary, a replacement school in Prince George’s County, Maryland, is designed as a student-first learning environment with no visible indication of its hybrid off-site construction approach. Classroom wings use permanent, factory-fabricated modules to reduce schedule and minimize impact on a constrained site, while detailing ensures a cohesive, durable
62,000 SF of additions and alterations are underway at John Marshall Elementary School in Edison, NJ, paving the way for modern, collaborative, and inspiring learning spaces for students in grades K-5. Through six phases of construction, the new construction portions will deliver a three-story classroom wing and one-story cafetorium addition,
Located on a growing Health Sciences campus adjacent to a major regional hospital, the Wake Tech Perry Family Simulation Hospital prepares students for careers in high-demand healthcare professions. The design-build team collaborated with the client to envision and deliver a new 115,000-GSF health sciences classroom building that supports both academic and
Terrazzo is a poured-in-place flooring system that adapts to a wide range of budgets. Simple layouts and large installations reduce cost per square foot, keeping the floor within reach of many school budgets. The result is a surface that lasts the life of the building.
What if one of the most overlooked specifications in an early learning environment turned out to be one of the most developmentally significant?
How pedagogy, learning, and design function together at their highest potential.
The assessed performance results of the facilities relative to their design goals one year after occupancy.
This installment of ‘What Gets Measured Gets Better’ explores the impact of noise and acoustics on our students, educators, and staff in new and existing K-12 school buildings.
Nationwide data from SchoolBondFinder indicates continued prioritization of capital investment, successful strategic planning, and focus on modernizing educational facilities.
It’s a typical Friday afternoon when the emails start hitting the Association of University Interior Designers (AUID) listserv.
This is the second article of a two-part series by the American Institute of Architect’s (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) sharing insights from recent AIA Educational Facility Awards.