The Chronicle: Buildings & Grounds

New Buildings at Allegheny College and Syracuse U., Plus an Athletics Village at RPI

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 13:00:00 -0500

Syracuse University has opened its first entirely new residence hall in over 40 years, a nine-story, $50-million facility designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam Architects. The 140,000-square-foot building building offers single and double rooms with a total of 250 beds, as well as 2,000 square feet of academic space. Still under construction are a 500-seat dining hall and a 10,600-square-foot recreation

Shop Talk: Friday, November 6

Fri, 6 Nov 2009 09:45:00 -0500

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• U. of Pennsylvania Breaks Ground for 24-Acre Riverfront Park (Left: Rendering of

Texas A&M's Practice Facility, Once Deemed Unsafe, Is Reinforced

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 08:00:00 -0500

Texas A&M University at College Station says says its McFerrin Athletic Center—a pair of tentlike indoor practice facilities for football and track—is ready for action now that questions about its structural integrity and safety have been answered.

McFerrin is similar to a practice facility used by the Dallas Cowboys that collapsed earlier this year, injuring a dozen people (one of whom was paralyzed). Soon after that collapse, the university hired an engineering firm

Shop Talk: Thursday, November 5

Thu, 5 Nov 2009 00:45:00 -0500

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Dedicated by Eleanor Roosevelt, Chapel at Texas Woman's U. Is Among State's Best Buildings

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Renovations Update Saarinen's Landmark Yale U. Buildings

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:00:00 -0500

Yale U. has completed a two-year, $25-million renovation of Eero Saarinen's Ingalls Rink. (Michael Marsland, Yale U.)

New Haven, Conn. — Now that Yale has completed a two-year renovation of Eero Saarinen's 1958 Ingalls Rink, one of Modernism's most exuberant artifacts, the university is busy with a much bigger job—renovating its two 1962

Shop Talk: Wednesday, November 4

Wed, 4 Nov 2009 00:15:00 -0500

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• U. of Colorado Center for Community Will Include Meditation Room (Left: rendering of the Center for Community; U. of Colorado image)

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Energy Campus Emerging at U. of Toledo

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:00:00 -0500

Work on the University of Toledo's Scott Park Campus of Energy and Innovation is well underway, the groundbreaking having taken place in September. Programs on the campus, a former overflow campus for the university, will

Shop Talk: Tuesday, November 3

Tue, 3 Nov 2009 09:00:00 -0500

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• National Trust Gives Vincent Scully Its Highest Award (Left: Vincent Scully; Yale U. photo)

• Mountain State U. Says

Buildings Open at Denison U., Ithaca College, and Texas A&M U. at College Station

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 14:36:00 -0500

Ithaca College dedicated a new administration building designed to earn LEED platinum certification. (Ithaca College photo)

Ithaca College has dedicated a new $22.5-million administration building constructed to save energy and

Shop Talk: Monday, November 2

Mon, 2 Nov 2009 10:00:00 -0500

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• U. of Buffalo Unveils 'Historic' Master Plan (Left: The plan envisions a new downtown Gateway Complex for community programs; U. at Buffalo image)

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Rives Taylor: Guaranteeing That Campus Buildings Are Healthy, Humane, and Affordable

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:00:00 -0400

Given today’s renewed focus on recruitment and retention of faculty and staff members—to say nothing of the intense competition for the best and brightest students—a healthy and productive academic setting is imperative. So the long-term performance and humane quality of the physical environment has become a critical element of sustainable design on college

Shop Talk: Friday, October 30

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:00:00 -0400

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Michael Graves Is Nominated for the New Jersey Hall of Fame (Left: New entrance to Wilcox

Halifax Community College Discovers 50 Acres It Didn't Know It Owned

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:02:32 -0400

Other colleges would love to have this problem: Halifax Community College recently "found" 50 unused acres on its property, according to the Daily Herald, in nearby Roanoke Rapids, N.C.

Smith Sinnett Architecture discovered the land after the college hired the firm to guide a planning process. "We think this is significant for the future of the college," said one of the

Shop Talk: Thursday, October 29

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 01:40:00 -0400

Campus architecture and facilities news from around the Web:

• Oklahoma City Community College Replaces Signature Red Roof (left; Oklahoma City Community College image)

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Yale's 'Best Doomed Building' Awaits Its Fate

Wed, 28 Oct 2009 13:35:00 -0400

8 Propspect Street occupies part of the site where Yale plans to build two residential colleges. (Chronicle photographs by Lawrence Biemiller)

New Haven, Conn. — Yale University officials conducted one of their occasional tours for architecture writers yesterday, and the focus was on renovating campus buildings by the great Modernist Eero