Monday, 16 July 2012
Shepley Bulfinch will be designing a new library for Ringling College of Art + Design in Sarasota, Florida, as a “locus for learning” for the design school’s creative community.
The new library is a milestone project for Ringling, which has expanded significantly in recent years, and will be the first building executed as part of the College’s campus master plan. The 50,000 square foot library, which will be located on a new site on campus, will quadruple the space of the present 12,000 square foot Kimbrough Library, which opened in 1980.
The design team is ...[more]
Posted in: libraries | news | work in progress
Tags: academic library, angela watson, kelly brubaker, learning commons, luke voiland, ringling college, susannah cramer-greenbaum, tad jusczyk
Friday, 13 July 2012
Design is now near completion for a new science facility for Colby College, with plans to break ground later this year.
The 36,400 square foot building on the Waterville, Maine, campus, will be home to the departments of computer science, mathematics and statistics, and psychology, with teaching and research space that will include robotics and psychology labs, seminar rooms, and classrooms.
In keeping with its commitment to the environment, Colby will pursue LEED Silver certification on the new building. It is scheduled for completion in 2014.
The science building is part of the implementation of Colby’s ...[more]
Posted in: education | news | science & research | sustainability | work in progress
Tags: colby college, cristina bump, lab design, leed, leed silver, robotics, tony morra
Thursday, 28 June 2012
Colleges and universities that are looking for ways to improve energy efficiency and resulting cost savings are realizing that some habits start from the ground up, as discussed in “How to achieve a tight building envelope,”ť which appears in the June 2012 issue of College Planning & Management.
In the article, Jonathan Baron talks about the value to owners of investing in building component mock-ups and building commissioning, as well as the importance of evaluating the compatibility of different materials used in creating the building envelope.
Jonathan’s remarks on building ...[more]
Posted in: building science | how we work | news | publications
Tags: building commissioning, building enclosure, energy efficiency, high performance buildings, jonathan baron, mock-up
24 June 2012
American Library Association 2012 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
Posted in:
events | libraries
Tags: ala, american library association, atlanta university center, collaborative learning, design award, iida, janette blackburn, learning commons, woodruff library
23 June 2012
American Library Association 2012 Annual Conference, Anaheim, CA
Janette Blackburn, AIA, Principal, Shepley Bulfinch
Jane Duffy, Dean, University Library, University of Winnepeg, Canada
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events | libraries
Tags: academic library, ala, american library association, janette blackburn
Tuesday, 19 June 2012
A significant part of our practice as architects is to convey abstract, mostly visual design concepts in ways that make them accessible to a wide range of people, most of whom are not fluent in architectural drawing conventions. We are so focused on visual representation that we are often shocked when the audience does not understand the basic experiential qualities of the spaces we are trying to convey.
How can we help clients and future users understand what it will be like to interact within a building that only ...[more]
Posted in: blog | how we work
Tags: narrative, storytelling, tad jusczyk
14 June 2012
Design Colloquium 2012, San Francisco, CA
Sid Bowen AIA, Managing Principal, Shepley Bulfinch
David Goldberg, AIA, President, Mithun
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events | how we work
Tags: design colloquium, sid bowen
Tuesday, 12 June 2012
Detroit celebrated its new home for pediatric specialty care today with blowing bubbles, a youth chorus, and a marching band at the Grand Opening of Children’s Hospital of Michigan Specialty Center on the campus of the Detroit Medical Center (DMC).
The $43 million specialty center represents the first completed structure following Vanguard Health Systems’ acquisition of DMC and marks the first major expansion for the campus in nearly 30 years.
The ceremony included remarks from DMC CEO Michael Duggan; Vanguard Chairman and CEO Charles Martin; and DMC Children’s Hospital of Michigan ...[more]
Posted in: healthcare | news
Tags: children's hospital, children's hospital of michigan, detroit medical center, elaine garrett, elise woodward, outpatient, outpatient care, pediatric, uma ramanathan, vanguard health, wellness