February 2008 Archive

With the inaugural edition of a new column, we start light, focusing on two new books in the “Green Guides” series from Chelsea Green Publishing.

News from the American Institute of Architecture Schools, the School of the Visual Arts, and Union College

In a nutshell, universities and their cities have symbiotic relationships, and if prospective students or faculty members find the city unattractive, this could hurt enrollment or recruitment.

The university says LEED standards are not well suited to campus projects, so it has established its own

For researchers, minimizing vibration and guaranteeing security are crucial. For architects and builders, they add complications.

Yale has a history of following Princeton, a reporter with Yale’s student newspaper says, and he predicts that new residential colleges at Yale will be similar to Princeton’s Whitman College, designed by Demetri Porphyrios.

The classroom building where a gunman fatally shot five students before killing himself will be demolished.

The $34-million Chace Center will house galleries, amenities for visitors, and more.

Astor Place becomes an architectural hotspot.

City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State U. collaborate on a new academic building

New and renovated buildings in South Carolina, Iowa, New York, and Georgia.

Officials want the college to review its plan for land bought from the Archdiocese of Boston

A university news release says the Dudley H. Davis Student Center is the first campus center in the U.S. to win gold-level LEED certification.

After a full year of negotiation, Southern Methodist University and the George W. Bush Presidential Library Foundation have nearly completed a final agreement.

Building news from Carnegie Mellon and Lincoln Memorial Universities, Parsons School of Design, and St. Norbert College.

Recently some community colleges have been seeking out cutting-edge architects—and opening buildings to be proud of.

Items about the University of Essex, Northwestern University, and the Art Center College of Design.

Banking on a $22-billion endowment, the university takes steps to build two new residential colleges and enroll 700 more students.

While focusing on walkability, sustainability, and flexibility, the university also commits itself to protecting its historic structures and its parklike feel.

His new creation has been officially christened Aspire.

The guest house, built in 1987, is one of Mr. Gehry’s few residential works and is considered one of his best.

Neighbors of a proposed campus renew their concerns

A digest of news and commentary about architecture, landscape, energy, sustainability, campus planning, and more — coming to you every day

S/L/A/M Collaborative says ‘fully cooperated’ with the state

The Associated Press reports that the state is suing 15 contractors, suppliers, inspectors, and architects for $15-million for construction problems at the University of Connecticut Law Library.

News in sustainability from across the country

A survey details what they spend time working on and how much they are paid

With so many utility and data lines competing for the space above your head, designers faced serious routing challenges.

David C. Joyce, president of Ripon College, wants to make a deal with new students this fall: Leave the car at home for the first year, and get a free Trek mountain bike. To keep.

News from the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Pennsylvania.

UConn gets rid of food trays; Wesleyan U. store takes Kimberly Clark off the shelf; and a columnist bemoans the decline in outdoor recreation

Nearly 100 new buildings, renovations, and landscape projects have been added to The Chronicle‘s online database of campus construction efforts.

News from Cornell, George Washington, and Texas Christian Universities and the U. of Connecticut.

Studies say the petroleum alternative may generate more greenhouse gases than previously thought.

Building news from Cornell and Stanford Universities and the Universities of Arkansas and Minnesota.

With 80 percent of its on-campus housing destroyed or damaged, the university hopes local families will house students

Two universities hire master planners, and why Renzo Piano needs a rest.

With the renovation and expansion of Paul Rudolph’s 1963 Art & Architecture Building due to be completed this summer, some people are getting tours.

A new Hillel building attracts crowds; architects are picked for a science-complex project; and a building with geothermal heating earns LEED silver certification.

John Brown, who teaches architecture at the Canadian institution, is a founder of the so-called Slow Home movement

A new 3,200-square-foot music pavilion will accommodate classes as well as small and large performances.

Shop Talk: Platinum in the West, trouble in the East, committed in Tennessee

Additional renderings of the Net+Work+Camp+Us design that was chosen as the winner of this year’s 21st Century Project competition.

The 19th-century campus has only one entry on the National Register of Historic Places—an Indian burial mound

James Turrell, an artist who has made a career of manipulating light, created an installation for a courtyard surrounded by science buildings.

A team of young architects wins the second round of a competition to design an ideal college residence hall for the 21st century

More than 90 colleges have signed up to test out the new Sustainability Tracking, Assessment, and Rating System.

“We take the question you raise about the environmental impact of the commute seriously. This is one of the unfortunate realities of participating in the global marketplace.”

If you had planned to enter the Back-of-the-Envelope Bush Library Design Contest, you’d better get sketching. The deadline is today.

The University of Minnesota’s attempt to build green is admirable, but is a LEED-gold megastadium really environmentally responsible?