Indian School a Prototype for Country’s K-12 Education
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Q&A: Best Practices for Building on an Active School Campus
Conducting both small- and large-scale projects on an active school or university campus is a delicate process. Project teams must consider student, faculty, parent and visitor safety from all angles, while also ensuring the security of the project site itself.
New 21st Century High School for East Baton Rouge
BATON ROUGE, La. — As school officials like to say, Lee Magnet High School, part of the East Baton Rouge Parish Schools system in Louisiana, is a school like no other.
Architect Q&A: Mastering the Master Plan
Master planning is critical to the long-term success of a school or university campus, and helps ensure all facilities are operating effectively and efficiently. Today, many architecture and planning firms list master planning among their specialties, and School Construction News spoke with representatives of two leading companies to learn more about their unique approaches to planning attractive, yet highly functional, campuses.
Read moreSan Mateo High School Project Wins Modernization Award
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Santa Rosa-based Quattrocchi Kwok Architects (QKA) was recently honored with the Leroy F. Greene Design and Planning Award — as well as an Award of Excellence in the Modernization category — for its San Mateo High School Old Brick Studio project, completed for the San Mateo Union High School District (SMUHSD) in August 2015. Both awards were given by the Coalition for Adequate School Housing (C.A.S.H.) in partnership with the American Institute of Architects California Council (AIACC) at the 37th Annual C.A.S.H. Conference on Feb. 23 in Sacramento.
Read moreNew Schools, New Future for Ignacio School District
IGNACIO, Colo. — The small town of Ignacio is located in the Southwestern region of Colorado, approximately 325 miles from Denver, and is surrounded by the 1,000-square-mile Southern Ute Indian Reservation.
Randolph Field ISD Preps for New High School Building
UNIVERSAL CITY, Texas — Randolph Field Independent School District in Universal City recently began site development work to prepare for the installation of a new two-story, 47,400-square-foot school facility. The school district partnered with design-build construction firm Ramtech Building Systems of Mansfield, Texas to complete the project using the firm’s Accelerated Building System (ABS) prefabricated construction method.
Read moreDel Norte School Under Construction in Gallup
GALLUP, N.M. — Gallup-McKinley County Schools recently broke ground on the new Del Norte Elementary School. The new facility is scheduled to open in January 2017.
SchenkelShultz to Design New West Orange Relief High School
WINTER GARDEN, Fla. — In an attempt to relieve overcrowding at West Orange High School, located in Winter Garden, the district will construct a new relief high school designed by SchenkelShultz Architecture of Orlando.
Flexible Learning Spaces Foster Project-based Learning
Peoria, Ariz. — When the vision for Sunset Heights Elementary in the Peoria Unified School District began to take shape, it was clear the school would be different.