Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Indiana U. Breaks Ground Today for Cyberinfrastructure Building (left; Indiana U. rendering)

• Southern Methodist U. Dedicates Engineering-Outreach Building

• U. of North Texas Students Approve $5-Per-Semester Sustainability Fee

• U. of Virginia Restores Appearance of 1921 Greek Amphitheater

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web;

• Brown U. Breaks Ground for Medical School in Providence's Jewelry District (left; Ellenzweig Associates image)

• Berkeley Chooses 3 Firms to Submit Proposals for Turning a Printing Plant Into University Art Museum

• Wallace State Community College Will Spend Over $15-Million to Fix Building With No Expansion Joints

• Landmark Toronto Arena Becomes Studio Space for Humber College

Brandeis University, Waltham, Mass.

Building Type: Science

Construction Type: New

Cost: $62-million

Square Footage: 108,000

Architect: Payette

Contractor: John Moriarty & Associates

Opened: 2009

This building is part of a larger plan to support interdisciplinary scientific discourse at Brandeis. Teaching labs for chemistry and biology occupy the two lower floors, with three floors of research labs above—two for the National Center for Behavioral Genomics and one for chemistry. The building also has an atrium, a two-story all-electronic library, and two classrooms, one with three-dimensional-projection capability.

(Photos: Warren Jagger Photography)

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Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Cal State's Dominguez Hills Campus Will Dedicate Library Addition by Carrier Johnson on Thursday (left; CSU Dominguez Hills photo)

• Former Military Gym at Augusta State U. Will Become Testing Center

• Madison's Landmarks Commission Approves New Fraternity House at U. of Wisconsin

• Western Kentucky U. May Get Land for Fraternities

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Clemson Will Spend $31-Million Renovating and Expanding Visual-Arts Building (left; Clemson U. image)

• U. of Michigan at Flint Weighs Converting Landmark Theater for Academic Use

• U. of South Carolina Board Approves Hiring Viñoly for Business-School Project

• Lost Princeton: an Early Dormitory, an Observatory, and the 'Cloaca Maxima' (a 24-Stall Privy)

Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, Mass.

Building Type: Science

Construction Type: New

Cost: $5-million

Square Footage: 16,000

Architect: CBT Architects

Contractor: Cutler Associates

Opened: 2009

This facility was designed to provide humane housing and treatment facilities for dogs, rodents, and, rabbits, with day-visit facilities for large animals. It also provides lab space for microscopy activities as well as the general science needs of the college. In addition, the facility houses classrooms and offices for faculty and staff members.

(Photos: Bruce Martin)

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Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Arcadia U. Breaks Ground Today for 50,000-Square-Foot Student Center (left; Kliment Halsband Architects image)

• U. of Michigan at Dearborn Turns Estate Over to Ford House Board (the estate's Web site is here)

• Delaware County Community College Shows Off New Technology Center

• Room Where Rice U. Researchers Created the Buckeyball Will Be a Chemical Landmark

• Central State U. Will Spend $500,000 Starting New Master Plan

Middlebury College, Middlebury, Vt.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $31.7-million

Square Footage: 84,000

Architect: CBT Architects

Contractor: Engelberth Construction

Opened: 2008

This project involved renovating a historic library built in 1900, along with wings built in 1928 and 1959. In addition, two new wings totaling 48,000 square feet were constructed off the central spine to offer a home for a number of departments that were previously scattered around campus—the history, film and media culture, and English and American literatures departments. The facility houses faculty offices, standard classrooms, a 45-seat tiered classroom, and two-story film-production and editing studios. The building's various elements are linked by a light-filled winter garden overlooking a sustainably landscaped courtyard.

(Photos: Jonathan Hillyer)

University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla.

Building Type: Mixed Use

Construction Type: New

Cost: $20-million

Square Footage: 323,000

Architect: PGAL

Contractor: James A. Cummings Inc.

Opened: 2009

This complex includes a six-level, 313,000-square-foot parking garage with 950 spaces and an attached, two-story office building for the university's transportation and parking services staff. Designed to meet LEED platinum criteria, it was located on a diagonal with the offices facing the street to make the structure seem less intimidating.

(Photos: Top—Mark Surloff; bottom—George Cott)

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Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Lynchburg College Celebrates Centennial of Landmark Georgian Buildings (left—Hopwood Hall; Lynchburg College photo)

• Electrical Problems Delay Opening of $31-Million Student Center at Santiago Canyon College

• New York U. Open House Displays Plans for Expansion

• Staff Member Hopes to Save Threatened Sycamore at Ohio State U.