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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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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.
At Catholic U., a Papal Blessing for Stripped-Down Historicism?
Pope Benedict XVI will bless a building undergoing renovation at Catholic U. (Rendering by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting)
During a visit to Catholic University tomorrow, Pope Benedict XVI will bless a building that—let’s be frank—only an architectural historian could love.
Known until now as Keane Hall, the structure is a 50-year-old example of the stripped-down historicism that was popular on many campuses as architects tried to blend new buildings in with their older neighbors. Keane, which originally housed the physics department, is one of a pair of buildings that flank the university’s neo-Romanesque 1928 library and face the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a Byzantine-style church that was begun in 1920 and opened in 1959—and that has Modernist overtones itself.
The Pope’s blessing is not an aesthetic judgment, however. Keane is now being renovated to house the John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family, a graduate school of theology affiliated with both Catholic University and the Pontifical Lateran University, in Rome. The makeover, planned by Little Diversified Architectural Consulting, involves gutting the 35,000-square-foot building and replacing all of its mechanical systems. When the project is completed, the building will have four classrooms, a 120-seat auditorium, and offices, according to the university.
The building will also have a new name, McGivney Hall, after the Rev. Michael J. McGivney, who founded the Knights of Columbus in 1882. The organization gave the university $8-million to help pay for the renovation.
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