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Bridging Two Needs: Celebrating tradition through architecture

May 15, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Play, culture, Learn, pre k-12 education,

Unique Site Results in Exceptional School

May 14, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, pre k-12 education,

Open for business: Gilroy marvels at brand-new library

April 30, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, libraries, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Gold,

Architecture People and Places

April 30, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, higher education, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Platinum,

Shhh it’s the library: How teens can be teens in the new building

April 30, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, libraries, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Gold,

Healing place for the soul

April 30, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, libraries, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Gold,

Green, and the envy of all other libraries

April 25, 2012 by sredwards

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

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TAGS: Learn, libraries, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Gold,

Miramar College featured in McCarthy’s Insights That Build

March 2, 2012 by kjclaridge

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

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TAGS: Learn, higher education, General/Other/Miscellaneous, LEED Projects, LEED Platinum,

Miramar College’s LEED Platinum Public Safety/Parking Facility Completes Construction

December 14, 2011 by kjclaridge

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

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Green With Possibilities

December 9, 2011 by sredwards

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

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It Takes A Villiage…An Urban Village

December 9, 2011 by sredwards

"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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TAGS: Learn, pre k-12 education,