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Additional information from the 35th Annual Official Education Construction Report, including the percentage of space carpeted and air-conditioned in new education facilities projects completed in 2008....
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Additional information from the 35th Annual Official Education Construction Report, including education construction spending over the past 35 years by schools and colleges....
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The $45 million University Center for the Arts) at Colorado State University included the transformation of the 1924 Fort Collins High School into a performing-arts center....
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A century-old former Rolls Royce showroom in Manhattan, now is a seven-story, 70,000-square-foot, state-of-the-art laboratory and office building for Weill Cornell Medical College....
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Construction has begun on a $6 million expansion and renovation project at Community School, Ladue, Mo. Work to construct a new leadership wing, expand the kitchen, renovate the main entrance and widen the school's driveway is the largest component of an $8 million capital campaign launched in 2007....
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By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
Early proponents of sustainable-design strategies provided facilities that are fulfilling their promise to save energy and improve education....
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The library at P.S. 58, a public elementary school in Brooklyn, represents a collaboration among parents and administrators who participated in the project's design and fund-raising activities....
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By Joe Agron (jagron@asumag.com)
Spending on construction by the nation's education institutions increased in 2008, reversing four years of declines in total annual expenditures...
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As part of a long-term strategy to bolster and expand research, Virginia Tech wanted to add laboratory, teaching and research space to its campus....
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Last fall, West Point opened the Jefferson Hall-USMA Library and Learning Center on the U.S. Military Academy's Hudson Valley, N.Y., campus....
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California Maritime Academy's new $7.2 million, 21,000-square-foot Simulation Center replicates the feel of being at sea and provides cadets with complex situations commonly faced by maritime crews around the world....
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The Library Media Center and Faculty Administration Building at Peninsula College, Port Angeles, Wash., completed in August 2008, creates a gateway to the campus....
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Florida State University's new science quadrangle, home to the University's College of Medicine and Department of Psychology, continues to take shape with the completion of the James E. "Jim" King Jr. Building....
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By James E. Rydeen
Architecture 2030 was established by architect Edward Mazria in response to the global-warming crisis. Its 2030 Challenge urges the architecture and building community to adopt the following targets...
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Construction is underway on an instruction center for performing arts at Napa Valley College, Napa, Calif....
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The Concert Hall, the new music performance venue for Clovis Unified School District, Clovis, Calif., was designed in the classic "shoebox" configuration with 750 fixed seats....
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By James E. Rydeen
New beginnings mean change. Change creates new challenges and opportunities. For many, new beginnings can be a difficult period of adjustment....
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The 44,000-square-foot dance complex at Point Park University, Pittsburgh, has received LEED-NC gold....
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The Eagle Hill School, Hardwick, Mass., has a new facility that will make it a destination for premier performances....
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By Paul W. Erickson
Building commissioning for education institutions: Why is it needed?...
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Colorado Springs District 11 challenged architects for the Coronado High School Performing Arts Center to transform a wornout lecture hall on a restricted site into a modern performing-arts theater....
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By Mike Kennedy (mkennedy@asumag.com)
More schools and universities are embracing environmentally sensitive practices as they build and renovate facilities....
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By James E. Rydeen
Searching for the ideal class size must continue, as well as researching student achievement to justify the increased costs....
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The $33 million Career and Technical Education Center in the Frisco Independent School District, Frisco, Texas, is a 125,618-square-foot facility that merges real-world professional environments with educational programs for college- and career-bound 11th- and 12th-grade students....
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The student health center at the University Park campus of Penn State, State College, Pa., welcomes students with expanded facilities and a strong focus on wellness....
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