LOUISVILLE, Ky. — The men’s and women’s soccer teams played their first game in the newly constructed Dr. Mark and Cindy Lynn Stadium (or simply Lynn Stadium) on Aug. 29 in Louisville. The stadium is the largest collegiate soccer venue in the country, and it took about 15 months to complete.
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Pennsylvania legislators continue to fight for a better way to reimburse in the state. Rep. Seth Grove of York recently sponsored House Bill 2124, which would help update the PlanCon (or Planning and Construction Workbook) process to be more efficient for schools.
NASCHITTI, N.M. — The new Naschitti Elementary School near Ship Rock, N.M. is on track for a January 2015 opening, making this semester the last Naschitti students will spend in the school’s original building.
Amale Andraos has been named the new dean of the Graduate School of Architect, Preservation and Planning at Columbia University in New York, where she has been a faculty member for the past three years. Andraos has also taught at Harvard, the University of Pennsylvania and American University in her native Beirut.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Global design, architecture, engineering and planning firm HOK, headquartered in St. Louis, recently acquired sports, athletics and recreation design firm 360 Architecture of Kansas City.
WASHINGTON — The American Institute of Architects (AIA) Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE) selected 11 educational and cultural facilities for this year’s CAE Educational Facility Design Awards.
MOUNT ZION, Ill. — More than $19 million in construction projects will take place at Mount Zion School District facilities over the next month. Improvements at Mount Zion High School, for instance, include upgrades to the football field and additions to the auditorium and field house.
LOS ANGELES — Nearly three years after the project was initially approved, the University of Southern California has officially broken ground on an expansive redesign of the USC Village. The 1.25 million-square-foot redevelopment project will add new residential areas and more than 100,000 square feet of commercial space.
