LACCD Project Earns BREEAM Rating
LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Community College District announced that the historic Van de Kamp Bakery building in Glassell Park, which will become the Northeast Center of Los Angeles…
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Innovative Design Recognized by Sustainable Building Industry Council
RALEIGH, N.C. – The Sustainable Buildings Industry Council recognized Innovative Design as its first-place winner of the 2005 Exemplary Sustainable Building Awards. The firm won the national award for the…
People in the News – Jan/Feb 2006
A/E/C SchenkelShultz Architecture announced the promotion of Joseph S. Toth, AIA, to principal of K-12 educational project development for Florida. Notable Florida projects of Toth’s include Palm Springs Community Middle…
Furniture Specification: Making Sense of the Process
Outfitting a new school with furniture might, on the surface, seem like a simple proposition, but in reality, the task is quite complex. It鈥檚 not simply a matter of ordering…
Design for Changing Educational Needs
Hugh Skinner, REFP, MCIP Hugh Skinner, REFP, MCIP, is the president of the Council of Educational Facility Planners International. He has been an active and continuous member of CEFPI since…
SCN CONSTRUCTION INDEX – N/D 05
Percentage of Colleges and Universities Receiving State Support for Capital Construction Projects [Click here to enlarge]Campus Areas in Need of Improvement [Click here to enlarge] Other areas in need of…
New Utilities Replace Nagging Futilities
Central Connecticut State University, founded in 1849, is Connecticut’s oldest public university. The infrastructure is old, too. Faced with expensive repairs each year, administrators decided that a new heating and…
High School Stadium Design Tips
Site Planning and Utilities Make the stadium co-exist with other educational facilities Consider sharing parking spaces with a high school Investigate shared locker room opportunities Discover opportunities to build simultaneously…
Recreation Transformation
The new student recreation complex at the University of Missouri ("Mizzou"), Columbia, is like none before. An amalgam of the 1905 Rothwell Gymnasium, the 1929 Brewer Fieldhouse and a 1987…
21st Century Labs
Paulo Fundament For more than 20 years, Paulo Fundament, PE, LEED, has worked on designing complex energy storage, energy efficiency and building automation projects. In 1987, he founded Fundament &…