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THE ARCHITECTURE ISSUE
The Chronicle Review's yearly look at architecture examines buildings on and off campuses. Above, Caltech's new Cahill Center for Astronomy and Astrophysics, designed by Morphosis. (Chronicle photograph by Lawrence Biemiller)
Other News
U. of Tennessee Landmark to Move to Nearby Location
New campus buildings
Multimedia
Pomona's Skyspace
The artist James Turrell turned a Pomona College courtyard into a work of art worth waking up at dawn for.
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About Buildings & Grounds
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.
BUILDINGS & GROUNDS GUEST BLOGGERS
Peter W. Bardaglio (September 2008)
- Pond Scum and Other Miracles of Science
- Code Green for Higher Education?
- Spending Endowment Money to Benefit All
Niles Barnes (November 2008)
- Are American Colleges Living Labs for Renewable-Energy Use?
- An Organic Farm Brings Agriculture and Architecture Together
- Carbon Offsets Are Worth Considering
- Putting Sustainability’s Savings to Good Use
Steve Bellona (January 2009)
- How to Help Sustainability Survive the Downturn
- Justifying Energy-Saving Projects as Energy Prices Tumble
- Education and Feedback Are Keys to Sustainability
- Are Sustainability’s Costs Prohibitive? No
Gina Crandell (April 2008)
- Should an Arboretum Be a Wilderness or a Garden?
- In Campus Design, Contrast Takes On Evenness
- Is Your Campus Being ‘Landscaped’? Beware.
- Gardening With Trees
Margaret Grubiak (October 2008)
- Is Chapel-Building a Thing of the Past?
- What Should Colleges Do With Their Chapels?
- A Science Building’s Design Calls Religion to Mind
- In 1963, ‘Touchdown Jesus’ Balanced the Modern Against the Quest for Truth
Xarissa Holdaway (May 2008, Summer 2009)
- Desperately Seeking Eco-Cred in the Suburbs
- Tweaking Won’t Assure Sustainability—but Reimagining Might
- There’s More to Decision Making Than We Realize
- Time to Roll Up Our Sleeves
- Preparing Students for Green Jobs? Start With Campus Projects (June 2009)
- Why Machines Need to Talk to Each Other, and to Us (July 2009)
Alix Ingber (Summer 2009)
Marc Mayerson (July 2008)
- Repave Paradise, Put Up a Pepsi Machine
- A Paean to Facilities Planners (Don Simpson Especially)
- A Khaki-Pants-and-Yellow-Shirt Approach to Campus Design
- Reflections in a Campus Fountain
David McIntyre (September 2008)
Mark McVay (April 2008)
- Embracing the Millennials’ Seamless Embrace of Technology
- Stewardship of Campus Identity—Who Decides and How?
- How to Make a Surge Building a Welcome Addition (Cheaply)
- Syracuse U. Helps Create Vibrant Public Spaces Downtown
- The Bilbao Effect—Does It Work on Campuses?
Ann K. Newman (April 2009)
- Measure, Analyze, Assess, Adjust. Repeat.
- Paradigm Shift Wanted
- Colleges Must Think Beyond Space Management
- How to Combat Space Hoarding
- What Keeps a Planner Up at Night (May, 2009)
- With Each Early Retirement, Colleges Lose Knowledge (June, 2009)
Mary Jo Olenick (March 2008)
- Cellphones and Social Spaces
- A Tale of 2 Buildings
- Can Less Space Be More?
- Architecture Is a Partner in Human Performance
Sal Rinella (February 2009)
- A Crisis Is a Terrible Thing to Waste
- The Role of the Chief Financial Officer Expands
- Why Build the Way We Always Have?
- It’s Time to Try the No-Frills Option
Gretchen Schneider (August 2008)
- Helping Students Step Into a Technicolor World
- An Architecture Lesson from a Coke Commercial
- Should Public-College Buildings Be Standardized?
- An Imaginary Letter About Design and Sustainability
Lawrence Speck (May 2008)
- Why You Should Avoid Slavish Devotion to a Single Style
- Leaks Aside, Some Modern Buildings Fit Amiably Into Campus Contexts
- The Campus as Petting Zoo for Starchitects’ Designs
- What Does It Mean to Build a Building of Our Own Time?
Anne Stephenson (June 2008)
- Education Is the Ultimate Carbon-Neutral Solution
- Can Colleges’ Carbon Data Be Compared?
- Planning for a New Climate
- How to Build Less
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