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Myrtle Hall

November 15, 2011

A six-story, 120,000-square-foot mixed-use building that houses Pratt Institute's digital arts department and the digital arts lab; student services, including the admissions and financial aid offices; the nonprofit housing advocacy group Pratt Center for Community Development; and a natural foods supermarket on the ground floor.

Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center

November 15, 2011

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A two-story, 5,900-square-foot visitor service and education center on the grounds of Cornell University's botanical garden.

Jean Vollum Drawing, Painting, and Photography Building

November 15, 2011

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A two-story, 16,000-square-foot center for drawing, painting, and photography on the campus of the Oregon College of Art and Craft.

Life Sciences Building

November 15, 2011

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A two-story, 35,000-square-foot center for Paradise Valley Community College's life sciences programs.

Campus de l'Innovation, de l'economie et du sport by 109architectes and Youssef Tohme Architects and Associates

Beirut

November 15, 2011

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Université Saint-Joseph gets a new campus on Damascus Road, one of Beirut's main thoroughfares.

Durant Hall, University of California, Berkeley

Mark Cavagnero refreshes and subtly reorganizes a century-old building in the historic core of a storied campus.

John King

November 15, 2011

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When architect John Galen Howard mapped a Beaux-Arts plan for the University of California, Berkeley campus in the early 20th century, one of the first buildings erected in its spirit was Durant Hall—a two-story steel-framed structure completed in 1911 and wrapped in granite along classical lines.

Frick Chemistry Laboratory

November 15, 2011

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A four-story, 239,992-square-foot building for Princeton University's chemistry department, with research and departmental labs and a 256-seat auditorium in the basement, teaching labs and a café on the ground floor, and research labs on the upper three floors.

Gilman Hall, Johns Hopkins University

Kliment Halsband replaces the void at the core of a stately building with a lively space for study and socializing.

Joann Gonchar, FAIA

November 15, 2011

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When a college expands and grows, building shiny state-of-the art facilities at its periphery, the oldest buildings at the heart of campus are sometimes neglected.

Perry and Marty Granoff Center for the Creative Arts by Diller Scofidio + Renfro

Providence, Rhode Island

November 15, 2011

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A three-story, 38,815-square-foot interdisciplinary arts center in Providence, Rhode Island, contains mix of Brown University's departments, including theater, dance, music, and visual art.

Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges

KieranTimberlake’s renovation and expansion retains the medieval-modern spirit of the Eero Saarinen–designed complex at Yale.

Suzanne Stephens

November 15, 2011

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While regarded as one of Eero Saarinen's most distinctive works during his short career, the Morse and Ezra Stiles Colleges at Yale University (1958–62) in New Haven have long seemed more appealing in photographs than in real life.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU; 1 IDCEC CEU/HSW

We will discuss commercial washroom and bathroom design, including disability accommodation; bather/use privacy; mold, mildew, and hygiene; and more.

Credits: 1 AIA LU/HSW; 1 AIBD P-CE; 0.1 ICC CEU; 0.1 IACET CEU

We will discuss the benefits of solar air heating metal wall panels and how they can contribute to a more energy efficient building, while also reducing operational carbon emissions.