The Oregon School District joins an elite group of forward-looking national organizations with their new Forest Edge Elementary School. Completed in 2020, the 126,580 square foot facility has officially become the first Net Zero Energy (NZE) school in Wisconsin.
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Stantec was selected as lead engineer for the Edith Cowan University (ECU) City in Perth. The firm is part of a consortium of leading local, national, and international architects and engineers that will design the AUS$695 million project.
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Adolfson & Peterson Construction and Douglas Unified School District #27 (DUSD) broke ground on an expansion and renovation project for Douglas High School in Douglas, Arizona. The $27 million expansion project includes four new pre-engineered metal buildings encompassing 87,502-SF, additional classrooms, and new athletics equipment and facilities.
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The Los Angeles studio of Perkins&Will has unveiled The Nest, a state-of-the-art early childhood education center in an underserved neighborhood of Los Angeles. The Nest is a no-cost, high-quality nurturing environment for up to 32 children whose parents are looking for job placement, returning to work or experiencing homelessness.
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Western Specialty Contractors Architectural Sheet Metal Branch 123 in Kansas City, Kansas recently completed fabrication and installation of custom-colored Aluminum Composite Metal (ACM) wall panels on the new Lawrence Memorial Health West (LMH West) in Lawrence, Kansas.
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AO is proud to announce the opening of Le Méridien Pasadena Arcadia, the first four-star hotel in Arcadia. Developed by SAICP, LLC and managed by Pacifica Hotels, the premium full-service hotel features 232 rooms and suites, a fine dining restaurant, bar lounge and 14,000 square feet of high-design meeting and event spaces.
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Adolfson & Peterson Construction (AP) and the city of Allen broke ground on the Stephen G. Terrell Recreation Center – a two-story, 150,000-square-foot facility located at 1680 West Exchange Parkway in Allen, Texas. Barker Rinker Seacat Architecture (BRS) was selected as the architect of record.
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CO Architects was recognized with a design award for its recently completed modernization of Pritzker Hall on the UCLA campus. The Westside Urban Forum honored the architecture firm with a 2021 WUF Design Award in the Public/Institutional category for its sensitive design and programmatic updates to Pritzker Hall, improving the building’s seismic stability and energy efficiency.
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In order to meet the needs of curriculum renewal and new teaching pedagogy, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis desired renovations to its Farrell Learning and Teaching Center (FLTC) that would support medical education by improving flexibility and providing updated technology. KWK Architects was contracted by the medical school to renovate the center’s third and fourth floors (14,600 square feet) into student study lounges and multi-purpose group study/small meeting rooms and provide additional simulated exam rooms to the building’s fifth floor.
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Louise Mirrer, president and CEO of the New-York Historical Society, announced yesterday that the institution will expand its building on Central Park West, adding more than 70,000 square feet of program space for itself and for The American LGBTQ+ Museum, New York’s first museum dedicated to LGBTQ+ history and culture, which will make its permanent home at New-York Historical. The design by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, which was unanimously approved and highly praised by the Landmarks Preservation Commission for its respect for the past and solicitation of community input, will provide New-York Historical with additional classrooms, galleries, collections study areas, and a state-of-the-art compact storage facility for the institution’s renowned Patricia D. Klingenstein Library.
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