3 considerations for designing healthy, adaptable student dining

Amanda Vigneau, IIDA, NCDIQ, LEED ID+C, Director, Shepley Bulfinch, shares three ways student dining facilities have evolved to match changes in student life.

New science, old buildings: Renovating for efficiency, flexibility, and connection

What does the research space of the future look like? And can it be housed in older buildings—or does it require new construction?

The American University in Cairo launches a 270,000-sf expansion of its campus in New Cairo, Egypt

In New Cairo, Egypt, The American University in Cairo (AUC) has broken ground on a roughly 270,000-sf expansion of its campus. The project encompasses two new buildings intended to enhance the physical campus and support AUC’s mission to provide top-tier education and research.

University Buildings

UC Riverside’s new School of Medicine building supports team-based learning, showcases passive design strategies

The University of California, Riverside, School of Medicine has opened the 94,576-sf, five-floor Education Building II (EDII). Created by the design-build team of CO Architects and Hensel Phelps, the medical school’s new home supports team-based student learning, offers social spaces, and provides departmental offices for faculty and staff.

School Construction | Feb 26, 2017

A new survey finds education construction activity going strong this year

Surveys of school districts and colleges, though, raise questions about financing for future projects.

University Buildings | Jan 10, 2017

UMass Amherst’s Isenberg School of Business to receive modern, twisted addition from BIG

The 70,000-sf building was developed in collaboration with Boston-based Goody Clancy.

Higher Education | Perkins and Will | Jan 9, 2017

Interior design for students: A view into their future

These environments have less, but more efficient, personal space with more shared and amenity space, writes Perkins+Will's David Sheehan.

Energy Efficiency | Dec 13, 2016

A Massachusetts college now features the largest zero-net-energy academic building in Northeast

Bristol Community College wants to be carbon neutral by 2050.

Higher Education | Dec 8, 2016

A STEM-focused building creates a new axis on the campus of Lawrence Technological University

A giant carbon-fiber orb is a focal point for the Michigan-based school.

Higher Education | Nov 17, 2016

Construction begins on the U.S. Naval Academy’s new cyber studies and computer science department building, Hopper Hall

The building marks the first purpose built structure for cyber studies based at an academy.

Higher Education | Perkins and Will | Nov 9, 2016

Social connection in academic and student housing environments

Universities value an active and vibrant campus, and wish to create places that welcome newcomers and offer support.

Higher Education | Oct 20, 2016

Designing innovative campuses for tomorrow's students

Planning for places that foster effective innovation is still an emerging process, but the constant pressure on universities to do so continues from two of their key institutional constituencies—students and employers, writes Perkins+Will's Ken Higa and Josh Vel.