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Construction is underway on JEMA’s design for the St. Louis Community College's Florissant Valley Student Center. The project will transform the existing space, modernizing 60,000 square feet to enhance the student experience. The reimagined facility will feature computer labs, a testing center, student dining, inviting study lounges, and administrative offices. Thoughtfully designed to foster collaboration and innovation, it will serve as a dynamic hub for both students and faculty. #JEMA #JEMArchitecture #STLCC #EducationArchitecture https://lnkd.in/ghe-MKcU

As the School Leader of #LehmanYABC, I am proud to highlight the impact of our Home Improvement Class in empowering non-traditional students with hands-on skills and opening doors to meaningful post-secondary opportunities. At Lehman YABC, we set ourselves apart by ensuring that urban students are not only surrounded by the best educators, like the talented Anthony Cerini but also immersed in real-world learning experiences that inspire confidence and success. Recently, our students took on an exciting challenge: crafting bench seats from a single 2x4x10 piece of wood. This project, inspired by TheRhabLife @youtube designs, taught our students practical woodworking skills, problem-solving, and creativity. Beyond building a functional piece of furniture, they learned the value of creating something uniquely their own, with the opportunity to personalize their pieces through colors and stains. This is just one example of how Lehman YABC is preparing our students for bright futures, whether in trades, higher education, or entrepreneurship. By providing exposure to innovative experiences like these, we help ensure our students are equipped to thrive in any path they choose. Thank you to our incredible educators at #LehmanYABC and partner #CBO EastSide House Inc who make this possible! Together, we’re shaping futures one project at a time. #homeimprovement #EducationMatters #CBOsMATTER #ALLWEDOISWIN #CareerReadiness #postsecondarysuccess #therehablife #youtube #ChangeTheNatrative

NBBJ Design’s Westmark School is Designed for Learning Differences. The global firm’s Los Angeles–based studio worked with landscape architects SWA to create an education space dedicated to both physical and emotional well-being. The lower school campus of the Westmark School, a private academy in Encino, California, dedicated to supporting students with learning differences, is a model for charting a new direction. Not just for educational architecture, but for any type of building. Embracing research in neuroscience, education, and architecture, the facility addresses learning challenges from top to bottom, from incorporating nature and natural materials to encouraging multi-sensory learning to limiting stressors like excess noise and clutter. https://lnkd.in/eqz8ApSP

https://lnkd.in/dBr_pGV2 It's so important to know how to design places that builds the future of a nation ... The article contains bits on how we can have campuses to be a turning point for the student's ideas and creativity. With innovative campus designs we are promoting teamwork and a inclusive design that fosters and embraces teamwork, student interaction and creativity. Check more about such campuses in the article... #campusdesign #innovativedesign #writtingaboutarchitecture 

The #SDState School of Design teamed up with the Brookings School District to create nature-inspired playgrounds for Medary and Hillcrest Elementary Schools! 🌟 Two landscape architecture students and their instructor, helped design outdoor learning spaces and play areas that foster creativity, learning and growth. 🛝 https://bit.ly/4gO1UPh 🔗

Can you believe it's time for going back to #school? Many of our #Houston area districts are back in session or go back this week, and it made us pause to think how we can help #inspire #students... and hopefully the ways in which we already have. The truth is that each of these young people are already inspired, inspiring, and intrinsically have their own unique talents and purposes. It's our job - as construction industry professionals and [many of us] as parents - to give them the space and tools to develop the gifts they already have. One of the ways we currently make that happen is by assisting with open space design. This Kwik-Wall operable wall gives the same space the opportunity to serve two functions at the same time, and the markerboard finish makes it a functional space for instruction and creativity. Ultimately, this piece was an investment by Humble ISD leadership and parents in their children's futures, and we couldn't be more #proud to have been a part of it. If you're looking for new #flexible space solutions, give us a call at 713-781-3287 to learn how we can help with designing, installing, and servicing the products that make your #education spaces work. #FoodForThought #WhatWeveBeenBuilding #BackToSchool #K12 #Education #OpWall #Architects #Construction

Schools (K-12) are arguably the most important building type we create. They represent not only institutions for learning, but they help to define the communities they serve. It's important to build them right. If you're in the Portland, Oregon area, this in-person learning opportunity is not to be missed. #SchoolConstruction #ResilientDesign #Schools

NEWS: University of Tennessee Opens Agriculture and Natural Resources Building -- The University of Tennessee opened the $93 million Agriculture and Natural Resources Building in Knoxville in August of 2024. The four-story, 161,862-gsf facility provides the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources with both interdisciplinary and specialized lab environments for teaching, research, and public service. Designed by Barber McMurry Architects and Lord Aeck Sargent, the four-story development includes 25 labs, 11 flexible classrooms, lecture halls, and offices. Informal interaction and knowledge exchange is enhanced by activated corridors with numerous collaboration nodes. The highly adaptable and modular structure features a 500-seat auditorium that can be easily subdivided for smaller group sizes. This multifunctional space leverages movable furniture to host academic functions during the day and informal gatherings on evenings and weekends. An expansive commons area with food service opens onto a welcoming pedestrian plaza. Topped by a green roof encircled by research gardens, the sustainable facility provides space for the U.S. Forest Inventory and Analysis program, as well as new offices and classrooms for the UT Institute of Agriculture. A seamless learning community is created through connections to existing buildings on all levels. Christman Constructors, Inc. was the general contractor for the project, which broke ground in spring of 2021. https://lnkd.in/e7ih8k-d #HigherEducation #LaboratoryTeaching #LaboratoryResearch #EducationClassroom #EducationFacultyOffice #Auditorium #InterdisciplinaryResearch #Collaboration #Sustainability

Check out TJ Wilt's story on the Good News Network! 🗞🎉 He will soon be a part of O'More College of Architecture and Design's inaugural graduating class of architecture students, signifying an exciting era in his own career and the college itself. 🤝 "We are all building the future of the program together, which is a priceless experience for me," said Wilt. Read all about his journey to pursue a lifelong passion: https://bit.ly/3xFwv0u