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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)
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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: New Farm Buildings, a Plan in Windsor, and Relief for the Janitorial Staff
New farm buildings: The University of Maryland is planning a green building for its research farm near Ellicott City. The 35,000-square-foot building, estimated to cost up to $15-million, will utilize solar and wind energy, rain-collection systems, and biological systems to treat wastewater. As a home for the university’s agriculture-extension service, the building will also stand as a living laboratory and educational tool. “This project presents an opportunity for us to facilitate the demonstration of green building,” Cheng-i Wei, dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, told The Sun. “People will be able to see what we can do.” Meanwhile, Montana State University’s agriculture college plans to construct new teaching and research facilities on its Bozeman, Mont., campus, according to The Prairie Star. The facilities, which will cost $16-million, will start going up in June, even though university officials have not raised all the money for the project. The university is also planning a $5-million research and teaching facility for the campus’s Town Farm.
The pitch: John Strasser, the president of St. Clair College, wants the province of Ontario to pay for a $25-million (Canadian) applied-health-sciences center, according to The Windsor Star. Mr. Strasser would like to put the building in downtown Windsor if the city would provide the land; the city was hoping the University of Windsor would put an engineering building on that same plot, but the university ultimately decided to keep that building on its campus. The 112,000-square-foot health-sciences project would be part of $100-million the province is planning to give colleges for higher-education capital projects.
More green: In Indiana, Butler University has broken ground a new $14-million pharmacy building that is aiming for a silver certification in the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program. It will open in 2009.
And good news for lazy janitors: An engineer at the University of Miami is working on a self-cleaning paint that utilizes embedded titanium-dioxide crystals and ultraviolet light to break up dirt and grime on its surface. The paint, which is said to be environmentally friendly, is now being tested on the walls at the university research lab.
Scott Carlson | Wednesday May 14, 2008 | Permalink | Contact usComments
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As long-time admirer of the amazing and difficult work that custodians do, I find your mini-headline about self-cleaning painst rather condescending. Might make their work a bit lighter, and that’s great.
— Fran Gast May 15, 05:22 PM #