Fall means back to school. A trio of lighting education and research facilities have recently opened and reopened their doors. More
a modern counterpoint to the red brick and ivy-covered walls of Harvard University, the Bauer Center for Genomics Research, designed by Cambridge-based Ellenzweig Associates is the final piece in the University's Cabot Science quadrangle, just north of Harvard Yard. The new building connects three existing laboratory facilities, and houses an interdisciplinary group of genomics researchers. Most of the building, almost 30,000 square feet, is actually under Cabot Courtyard, but significant effort was made to locate offices, tea rooms and other communal spaces on the perimeter of the building to allow occupants daylight access. More
As sustainability and energy efficiency have come to occupy an ever-greater role in mainstream architecture, no building type has embraced these principles more than schools. More
lighting designer ann kale was challenged by several stringent stipulations for this academic building, designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects and completed in 2002. At the client's request, the K.C. Irving Environmental Science Centre, a new academic facility for environmental studies at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, was styled after the traditional Georgian vocabulary and brick-and-limestone palette employed by the surrounding campus buildings. In addition to these aesthetic requirements, the client also wanted the building to be energy efficient, which, in terms of lighting, effectively ruled out the use of abundant incandescent sources. 'Stern doesn't like the institutional feel of fluorescent, however,' relays Kale. 'Therefore, the challenge of the project was to make compact fluorescent decorative fixtures provide the lion's share of the lighting, while appearing as if they were lamped with incandescent.' More
Designed by Steven Holl Architects to reunite the two wings of Pratt Institute's School of Architecture left standing after a devastating fire in 1996, Higgins Hall's new central addition infuses modern character into the school's historic aesthetic and landmark status. More
Challenge Located north of Boston, North Andover is a prosperous town whose appeal and population has steadily grown over the last four decades. When the existing 1970s open-plan high school could no longer accommodate the town's needs, rather than embark on a costly renovation, the municipality voted a resounding 'yes' to constructing a new high school. The challenge was to create a multiuse building that would serve the expanded educational and extracurricular needs of 1,500 students in grades 9 through 12, with activity spaces that could be utilized after hours by the community. More
challenge How do you tackle a renovation project when it is one of only a handful of buildings east of the Mississippi by noted International Style architect, Richard Neutra? That was the task facing Baltimore-based Ziger/Snead Architects in its quest to provide 'restoration and modernization' services to Mellon Hall on the Annapolis, Maryland, campus of liberal arts college St. John's. More
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