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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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2 Stable Complexes Get Makeovers at Salve Regina U.
Chateau-sur-Mer’s stables will soon be academic facilities (Salve Regina U. photo)
Salve Regina University is renovating two 19th-century stable complexes to house programs in art, culture, theater, and historic preservation.
The university is located in Newport, R.I., a favored summer resort of the rich during the robber-baron era. The two complexes are the stables and carriage house constructed for the 1852 Chateau-sur-Mer, one of the first of the great Newport mansions, and the stables and carriage house for Ochre Court, built in 1892 and designed by the noted architect Richard Morris Hunt. Chateau-sur-Mer is now a museum, while Ochre Court is Salve Regina’s administration building.
Sustainable design is a major element of part of the stable-renovation project, for which the university has received a $750,000 challenge grant from the Kresge Foundation, according to a university news release. The renovations are expected to be finished next year.
Lawrence Biemiller | Friday November 2, 2007 | Permalink | Contact us
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