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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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Opening Is Set for Moneo Building at Rhode Island School of Design
Rafael Moneo’s new Chace Center will open in September. (Courtesy of Rhode Island School of Design)
The Rhode Island School of Design has set September 27 as the opening date for a new five-story museum building designed by José Rafael Moneo. The $34-million building, which will be connected to the school’s existing museum by a bridge, will house galleries, a visitors’ center, and a museum shop and cafe, as well as a 200-seat auditorium, offices, classrooms, and some conservation and support spaces.
The building, called the Chace Center, is under construction on an irregular lot. It will be sheathed in silvery etched glass interrupted by large windows of clear glass, with brick at the structure’s base and on the sides. It is designed to earn a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Mr. Moneo is a professor of architecture at Harvard University. His other campus buildings include Wellesley College’s Davis Museum and a new Laboratory for Integrated Science and Engineering at Harvard.
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