While demand for new education, healthcare, and public infrastructure projects remains high, the cost of delivering those projects continues to climb 鈥� fueled by inflation, labor shortages, persistent supply chain volatility and the threat of new tariffs on essential materials.
Across California, universities are racing to meet the evolving demands of today鈥檚 students鈥攏one more urgent than the need for on-campus student housing.
The Sustainability & Applied Research team at LPA Design Studios recently worked with in-house designers and engineers, and partner Joeris General Contractors, to explore the cost-benefit analysis of energy-efficient schools.
When devastating wildfires rendered nearly 40% of Palisades Charter High School鈥檚 campus unusable in January, school officials and project partners found a more concrete solution in the form of an unlikely structure鈥攁 100,000-square-foot former Sears department store.
Over the last two decades, the A/E/C industry has seen safety and security become critical design priorities for K鈥�12 school buildings.
The benefit of working for universities is that they understand the investment it takes to create enduring, complex projects with high-quality design.
Using metal buildings helped STEAD School leaders develop 鈥渁n intentional culture鈥� unique to this next-gen charter school.
Generation Z鈥攖hose born roughly between 1996 and 2010鈥攃ame of age in an entirely digital world, which has had profound implications for the role of technology in their classrooms.
School security isn鈥檛 simply a matter of creating a safe and secure campus perimeter and single point of public entry; it鈥檚 about fostering community and placemaking, empowering ownership and promoting positive interactions.
Photo: Moore has worked on projects of all sizes across the country for schools as well as communities, including the world鈥檚 largest inclusive playground, Park Circle in Charleston, S.C. |…
