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Green Building, Red Tape
Some colleges have decided to build sustainably but skip costly LEED certification. (Photo courtesy Northern Arizona U.)
Princeton Review Will Issue 'Green' Ratings in Coming College Guide
Guest Blogger: Xarissa Holdaway
Unconsciously, many universities follow smart-growth principles
Guest Blogger: Lawrence Speck
A few words in praise of Modern buildings (a few of them, at least)
Other News
Thieves hit U. of Michigan Stadium Construction Site
Jahn's Library Dome at U. of Chicago: Elegant Minimalism or Self-Indulgent Object?
Anticipation Builds for U. of Louisville Health Research Facility
New campus buildings
Multimedia
Modernism in Albany
(An audio slide show)
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Buildings & Grounds is written by Scott Carlson (left) and Lawrence Biemiller (right). Scott Carlson writes about architecture, facilties, energy, and sustainability, among other topics. Lawrence Biemiller writes about architecture and facilities and contributes to Notes from Academe. What's happening on your campus? Let us know.
Shop Talk: Construction at Arizona State U. and Colby; a Conversation in Los Angeles
Arizona State U. broke ground yesterday for a nursing-school building in downtown Phoenix (SmithGroup rendering)
New building for nursing: The downtown-Phoenix campus of Arizona State University now has another building under construction—a five-story, 84,000-square-foot structure that the College of Nursing & Healthcare Innovation will share with the city government, the university’s partner for the project. The building, due to be completed in fall 2009, is a design-build undertaking by SmithGroup and DPR Construction Inc. Opening on the downtown campus this summer, meanwhile, are a 1,250-bed residence hall and a 223,000-square-foot building for the university’s Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication and KAET-TV.
Construction continues at Colby: A new science building and a major museum expansion are in the works at Colby College, according to an alumni magazine article. The 30,000-square-foot science building will continue the college’s expansion on the downhill side of a road that originally marked the edge of the developed part of the campus; already a small administrative complex and a major academic building, the Diamond Building, have opened across the road. No word yet on who will design the science building, but the museum expansion, due to be completed in 2013, will be by Cooper, Robertson & Partners. This summer will see the opening of a bookstore addition to the Cotter Union, designed by Charles Moore and expanded last summer by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, which also designed the addition. The college is also continuing to renovate its residence halls.
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Shy guys: The president of Bard College, Leon Botstein, holds a public conversation with the architect Frank Gehry this coming Sunday at the Hammer Museum, which is part of the University of California at Los Angeles. Mr. Gehry’s many high-profile designs include Bard’s Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts, at right. (Paul Masck photograph used under a Creative Commons license.)
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