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Rise in Tornadoes, Floods Poses Risk to Colleges
What if the sort of extreme weather that has left the University of Iowa inundated in floodwaters is not a freak event? What if it is a sign of things to come? (Photograph by AP Images)
Art & Architecture Renovations Near Completion at Yale U.
Paul Rudolph's 1963 Brutalist icon is getting a makeover, plus an addition by Charles Gwathmey.
Guest Blogger: Anne Stephenson
Even the greenest construction project increases a college’s carbon footprint.
Other News
Land-Rich Universities Weigh New Options for Real-Estate Development
Universities are taking advantage of new ways to develop their holdings through corporate partnerships, a new report says.
U. of Iowa Begins Mucking Out and Assessing the Damage
The university's insurer spent the weekend starting to assess the damage to the auditorium and 19 other flooded buildings.
U. of Iowa Flooding Takes Costly Toll in Research and Equipment
Parking lots are under water, some roads leading to the campus are closed, and the campus utility infrastructure is damaged.
New campus buildings
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A Green Building as a Billboard for Science
(A 2006 Chronicle video)
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Architecture Awards Go to KieranTimberlake Associates, Stanley Tigerman
Among Kieran Timberlake’s college buildings are the Atwater Commons Residence Halls, at Middlebury College (Mark Gleason photograph).
The American Institute of Architects is giving its 2008 Architecture Firm Award to KieranTimberlake Associates, which has designed buildings and planned renovations for a number of colleges. And the institute’s Topaz Medallion for Excellence in Architecture Education goes to the Chicago architect Stanley Tigerman, a founder of the Archeworks design school at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former director of the architecture program there.
Kieran Timberlake has worked at Cornell University, Middlebury College, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale University. The firm, now 23 years old, traces its roots to the Penn’s architecture school, where Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake met. Both later worked for Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, the firm headed by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown. Kieran Timberlake is still based in Philadelphia.
The AIA awarded its annual Gold Medal to the architect Renzo Piano. The awards were announced at midday.
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