Posts by Lawrence Biemiller

July 12, 2010, 12:05 AM ET

Shop Talk Is on Vacation

By Lawrence Biemiller

Shop Talk is taking a vacation. It will return, tanned and refreshed, in late July.

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July 9, 2010, 07:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Friday, July 9

By Lawrence Biemiller

MIT Media Lab

• MIT Media Lab Is a 'Serene Example of Classic Modernism' (MIT photos by Andy Ryan)

• Leak, Cracked Floor Close Auburn U. Building

• Haywood Community College and County Reach an Impasse Over Building's Cost

• U. of Miami and City of Coral Gables Agree on Future Growth

July 8, 2010, 01:00 PM ET

At Hopkins, New Life for a Landmark

By Lawrence Biemiller

Gilman Hall

A skylight covers what was once a light well in the 1915 Gilman Hall at Johns Hopkins U. (Chronicle photographs by Lawrence Biemiller)

Baltimore — Frances Halsband says the most exciting moment in the just-completed renovation of Gilman Hall, the 1915 centerpiece of the Johns Hopkins University’s Homewood campus, was realizing that a long-neglected light well could become an atrium—a gleaming, contemporary heart for a Georgian landmark—and that nearly forgotten library stacks could be removed and replaced with faculty offices that would have views into the new space. The project, which cost $59-million for construction and $73-million over all, brings together 10 humanities departments under a single roof at the same time that it gives students an appealing new social space with an adjoining coffee shop.

Gilman Hall

But Ms. Halsband, of Kliment Halsband Architects, didn’t settle for a simple a...

July 8, 2010, 08:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Thursday, July 8

By Lawrence Biemiller

Haynes Hall

• Museum Exhibit Focuses on Tusculum College's Historic Buildings (Historic Campus Architecture Project photo of Haynes Hall)

• U. of Virginia Reevaluates Its Sustainability Goals

• U. of Massachusetts at Amherst Hurries to Rid Housing of PCBs

• Pennsylvania State U. Will Receive 452 Acres of Prison Land for Agriculture Instruction

July 7, 2010, 06:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Wednesday, July 7

By Lawrence Biemiller

Montclair State U. new residence complex

• Montclair State U. Plans $250-Million Housing and Dining Complex (Montclair State U. rendering)

• U. of Virginia Will Open New South Lawn August 1

• Donald Trump Is Still Mad About Columbia U. Decision Not to Build on His Property

• Loyola U. Seeks $12-Million to Overhaul Its Rome Campus

• U. at Buffalo Master Plan Wins Accolade

July 6, 2010, 07:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Tuesday, July 6

By Lawrence Biemiller

Carole Sandner Hall

• U. of Notre Dame Demolishes Part of 1870s Convent to Make Way for New Building (Carole Sandner Hall rendering courtesy of U. of Notre Dame)

• U. of Southern California Envisions 1,800-Bed, $900-Million Mixed-Use Project

• Howard U. Plans Research-and-Development Campus in Prince George's County, Md.

• Hawaii Governor Releases $10-Million for Campus Renovations

July 2, 2010, 08:00 AM ET

Shop Talk: Friday, July 2

By Lawrence Biemiller

Thirty Meter Telescope

• U. of Hawaii Regents Approve 30-Meter Telescope Project on Mauna Kea (Thirty Meter Telescope Project rendering)

• Only 1 Developer Submits a Proposal for Endangered U. of Nebraska at Lincoln Building

• Eastern Iowa Community College District Plans New Campus in Davenport

• Colorado Mountain College Will Expand Edwards Campus

July 1, 2010, 02:00 PM ET

Campus Architecture Database: School of Business

By Lawrence Biemiller

School of Business

Clayton State University, Morrow, Ga.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $3.4-million

Square Footage: 16,350

Architect: Flynn Finderup Architects; JW Robinson and Associates

Contractor: YLH Construction

Opened: 2008

This brick building, designed for a prominent site on the road leading into the campus, sits on a substantial stone base and is capped with a curvilinear roof with a generous overhang. A two-story entrance, flanked by freestanding concrete columns, leads to an atrium in which a wraparound stairway offers views of the campus from various levels. The first floor houses the dean's office, a classroom, and advising offices, while faculty offices are on the second floor.

School of Business

(Photos: Flynn Finderup Architects)

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July 1, 2010, 01:30 PM ET

Campus Architecture Database: Marine & Natural Sciences Building Wet Lab

By Lawrence Biemiller

Marine & Natural Sciences Building Wet Lab

Roger Williams University, Bristol, R.I.

Building Type: Science

Construction Type: Renovation

Cost: $3.4-million

Square Footage: 4,000

Architect: James Thomas Architect

Contractor: DF Pray

Opened: 2009

The newly expanded wet lab in the Marine & Natural Sciences Building is a research facility featuring flowing sea water from the Mount Hope Bay, 100 specimen tanks, and an adjoining greenhouse used to grow food for the 38-plus marine species housed in the lab.

(Photo: Roger Williams U.)

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