Posts by Lawrence Biemiller

August 11, 2010, 06:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Wednesday, August 11

By Lawrence Biemiller

Industrial Arts building

• U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Won't Save Landmark 1913 State-Fair Building (Nebraska State Historical Society photo; an earlier item is here)

• Nonunion Contractors File Complaint Over Union-Worker Deal at U. of Massachusetts at Boston

• Abandoning 'Bucket Hall,' Sitting Bull College Builds a New Campus

• Once Again, Washington & Jefferson Renovates 1793 McMillan Hall

• Aurora U. Adds 1,230-Pipe Organ to Crimi Auditorium

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August 10, 2010, 02:39 PM ET

Campus Architecture Database: Alan B. Miller Hall

By Lawrence Biemiller

Alan B. Miller Hall

College of William & Mary, Williamsburg, Va.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $53-million

Square Footage: 161,978

Architect: Robert A.M. Stern Architects; Moseley Architects

Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company

Opened: 2009

Constructed as the home of the Mason School of Business, this building carries forward the red-brick vocabulary of William & Mary's traditional architecture and also marks a gateway between the existing campus, the Colgate Darden gardens, and the Lake Matoaka amphitheater. A skylit central hall accommodates a broad stair leading up to a major function room on the second floor, where the school's library and administrative offices are also located; the third floor accommodates faculty offices.

Alan B. Miller Hall

(Photos: Peter Aaron)

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August 10, 2010, 02:00 PM ET

Campus Architecture Database: Alumni & Admissions Center

By Lawrence Biemiller

Alumni & Admissions Center

Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I.

Building Type: Administrative

Construction Type: New

Cost: $4.4-million

Square Footage: 10,000

Architect: Newport Collaborative Architects

Contractor: Behan Brothers

Opened: 2009

The new facility was intended to provide an inviting setting for prospective students and families as they become acquainted with the university. The building, which was designed to be LEED certifiable, also serves as a meeting place for alumni visiting the campus.

(Photo: Roger Williams U.)

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August 10, 2010, 10:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Tuesday, August 10

By Lawrence Biemiller

Michigan Tech apartment building

• Michigan Technological U. Opens Apartments Inspired by a Mining Building (Michigan Tech photo)

• U. of Pittsburgh Plans $17.6-Million, 48-Unit Apartment Addition

• Faulkner State Community College Unveils $7.3-Million Health and Science Building

• William & Mary Student Creates a Sustainable Campus Garden

August 9, 2010, 02:00 PM ET

Renovation of 1932 'Yale Daily News' Building Preserves Its History

By Lawrence Biemiller

Yale Daily News Building

New Haven, Conn. — At 20, Paul Needham may not be old enough to drink, but he's wily enough to dissemble when asked what his summer-long renovation of the Yale Daily News building is costing: "More than $1-million, less than $5-million."

Why the secrecy? "Fund-raising considerations," says Mr. Needham, a Yale senior who has been editor of the independent, student-run newspaper since last October. In addition to renovating the Collegiate Gothic building, he hopes to digitize its archives and establish a fellowship program. "There's a huge fund-raising operation going on in my head," he says.

The 1932 building was originally paid for by Henry R. Luce, a 1920 alumnus who was a founder of Time magazine, and was named in memory of Briton Hadden, with whom Luce worked on the Yale Daily News and with whom he founded Time. The building had been renovated once before, in 1982, when a darkroom...