Designing in a Tough Economy
Nov 1, 2010 12:00 PM
We asked architects how the economic downturn has affected education construction.
No one can argue that today's economy is one of the worst we've ever experienced. Jobs have been lost, houses foreclosed on, construction projects halted. But kids are still going to school — many in facilities that are in dire need of repairs and renovations. And many districts and campuses are growing — and building new schools.
We asked architects how the economic downturn has affected education construction. In the following pages, these designers share their insights and advice on how they are surviving, and specifically how they have trimmed costs and used creativity to create high-quality schools.
To view any of the architect's responses, please click on a firm below. You can also page through all the responses.
ACI/Frangkiser Hutchens
Kenny Southwick, Educational Business Development
HSR Associates, Inc.
Jack Fleig, Project Principal
TMP Architecture, Inc.
Timothy A. Casai, FAIA, President
BBS Architects & Engineer, PC
Roger P. Smith, AIA LEED AP, Principal
Dougherty + Dougherty
Betsey Olenick Dougherty, Partner
SRJ Architects Inc.
Sonya Spalinger, Vice President
Williams Scotsman
Michele Cunningham, Vice President of Marketing and Business Transformation
Schmidt Associates
Thomas G. Neff, AIA, LEED AP, K-12 Studio Leader/Principal
McCall & Associates, Inc.
John M. "Mac" McCall, Vice President
Peter Gisolfi Associates
Peter Gisolfi, AIA, ASLA, LEED AP, Senior Partner
Freese and Nichols, Inc.
Alfred Vidaurri Jr., AIA, AICP, LEED AP, Principal
Schradergroup Architecture
David Schrader, AIA, LEED AP, Managing Partner
Rhinebeck Architecture & Planning PC
Phillip Zemke, AIA, LEED AP, Principal
Fanning Howey
Michael Hall, AIA, REFP, LEED AP, Chief Marketing Officer
Dickinson Hussman Architects
Donald G. Hussman, AIA, Principal
Kingscott Associates, Inc.
Bob McGraw, AIA, LEED AP, President & CEO
The Collaborative Inc
Michael J. DiNardo, AIA, Architect/Partner
Flansburgh Architects
David A. Croteau, AIA, LEED, AP, President
PBK
Irene Nigaglioni, AIA, REFP, Partner/National Planning Director
RSC Architects
John P. Capazzi, AIA, Principal
Gould Evans
John Wilkins, AIA, LEED AP, Principal
Olson Lewis Dioli & Doktor Architects
Christopher T. Doktor, AIA LEED AP, Principal
DLR Group
Jim French, AIA, REFP, Senior Principal and Designer
Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood
Bill Wallace, AIA, Executive Vice President
Boynton Williams & Associates
Christian Ballard, AIA, Senior Project Architect
Dull Olson Weekes Architects (DOWA)
Keith Johnson, AIA, Associate Principal, and Dan Hess, AIA, Associate Principal
Legat Architects, Inc.
Jason Lembke, AIA, LEED AP, Director of K-12 Education
Hastings + Chivetta Architects, Inc.
Erik Kocher, AIA, LEED AP, Design Principal
BLRB Architects
Tom Bates, FAIA, Managing Principal
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