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Bridging Two Needs: Celebrating tradition through architecture
May 15, 2012
EVO, A Green Schoolhouse Serices Publication By Sim Barhoum May 2012 http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/ed52b338#/ed52b338/1 Oceanside High School Performing Arts Center, Oceanside, CA New Performing Arts Center will celebrate rich architectural heritage Last year in Oceanside, Calif., school trustees and administrators spoke to a boardroom full of architects and consultants... more
Unique Site Results in Exceptional School
May 14, 2012
EVO February 2012 http://viewer.zmags.com/publication/31ad7aa2#/31ad7aa2/1 Innovative school designed to maximize learning and environmental responsibility Saperstein Middle School, Stephen Wise Temple, Los Angeles This 240 student middle school sits on a rugged shelf, carved out of a hillside above the Sepulveda Tunnel in the hills above West Los Angeles. Situated on the Scenic... more
Open for business: Gilroy marvels at brand-new library
April 30, 2012
GILROY DISPATCH Posted: Saturday, April 28, 2012 12:47 pm | Updated: 5:40 pm, Sat Apr 28, 2012 Carly Gelsinger Staff Writer http://www.gilroydispatch.com/news/community/open-for-business-gilroy-marvels-at-brand-new-library/article_f7c770fa-916a-11e1-adb0-0019bb30f31a.html Library stages grand opening Hundreds of people passed through the new library during its grand opening on... more
Architecture People and Places
April 30, 2012
Architecture Week April 25, 2012 Excerpt from larger article: http://www.architectureweek.com/2012/0425/design_2-1.html At San Diego Miramar College, the new police substation designed by Harley Ellis Devereaux has received LEED Platinum certification. Photo: Stephen Whalen Photography Extra Large Image The new police substation at San Diego Miramar College has received... more
Shhh it’s the library: How teens can be teens in the new building
April 30, 2012
Gilroy Dispatch Posted on April 24, 2012 by Carly Gelsinger Staff Writer For full story and images: http://www.gilroydispatch.com/gilroy_guide/our_new_library/shhh-it-s-the-library-how-teens-can-be-teens/article_53a120dc-8e33-11e1-bdbc-0019bb30f31a.html Study rooms encourage conversation After years of hearing “shhh!” at the Gilroy Library, teens can now be teens. In the old... more
Healing place for the soul
April 30, 2012
Gilroy Dispatch Posted on Tuesday, April 24, 2012 10:43 am by Blair Tellers Staff Writer For full story and images: http://www.gilroydispatch.com/gilroy_guide/our_new_library/healing-place-for-the-soul/article_0c16433a-8e35-11e1-986d-0019bb30f31a.html From its ambiance to natural lighting to its new-book smell – the building is a beauty If libraries are in fact, “a healing... more
Green, and the envy of all other libraries
April 25, 2012
Gilroy Dispatch Posted on April 24, 2012 by Blair Tellers Staff Writer See the full article and images at : http://www.gilroydispatch.com/gilroy_guide/our_new_library/green-and-the-envy-of-all-other-libraries/article_db395f88-8e32-11e1-b7fa-0019bb30f31a.html Solar panels, energy-saving lights, weather controlled thermostat make library most eco-friendly building in... more
A Treasure Trove of 20th-Century Art: Resurrection Cemetery Mausoleum
April 24, 2012
Chris Morris a preservationist, mid-century modernist and architectural historian, writes a blog called “Chicago Modern: More than Mies". On April 17, 2012, guest author Nate Lielasus wrote an article highlighting Harley Ellis Devereaux's work on the Resurrection Mausoleum in Justice, IL. In 1969, the mausoleum was designed in a mid-century classical style known as New Formalism. This... more
Mike Cooper Discusses High Performance Building Engineering
March 28, 2012
Mike Cooper, PE, Managing Principal Detroit, was published in the March issue of CAM magazine. The article, “HVAC Decisions that Slash Operating Costs and Raise Space Utilization,” discusses building engineering beyond the context of energy efficiency and total cost of ownership. “What is often not recognized is the positive impact engineered systems can have on the overall facility... more
Miramar College featured in McCarthy’s Insights That Build
March 2, 2012
The following is from McCarthy’s “Insights That Build”, Winter 2012 Volume IV: “McCarthy succeeded in completing this ATTRACTIVE, COST-EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT parking structure ahead of schedule, while incorporating innovative design elements into the adjacent police substation that have allowed us to pursue LEED Platinum certification.” — David Umstot, vice chancellor of... more
Six Chicago architects named to AIA’s College of Fellows
February 6, 2012
by Blair Kamin, Chicago Tribune Six Chicago architects on Monday were named members of the American Institute of Architects' College of Fellows, an honor that recognizes AIA members who have made significant contributions to the profession. They are George Hinds, who is recognized for architectural research; Leonard Koroski, recognized for historic preservation; and Susan King*,... more
Miramar College’s LEED Platinum Public Safety/Parking Facility Completes Construction
December 14, 2011
Following Excerpt is from The Architect's Guide to Glass and Metal November 30, 2011: Construction of the new 270,000-square-foot, 828-space parking structure and adjacent 5,108-square-foot police substation at San Diego Miramar College is now complete. Architectural firm Harley Ellis Devereaux, served as the architect for the police substation, and International Parking Design... more
Green With Possibilities
December 9, 2011
Sustainable design provides more than energy savings to educational clients John R. Dale, FAIA ,LEED AP Once considered to be exotic and beyond reach, green design has become an increasingly mainstream solution for our pre-k-12 educational providers who now see the potential of huge paybacks for their initial investments. We recently interviewed three of our school clients on this... more
It Takes A Villiage…An Urban Village
December 9, 2011
"NEXT" Fall 2011, John R. Dale, FAIA, LEED AP Being in middle school is like being … well … in the middle. And the transition from elementary to middle school is tough. The building is so big and so unfamiliar you can get lost. There are classes in different rooms with different teachers, all of whom give homework. New faces fill the halls. And then there are the endless rows of... more
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