Ashley Rao is a senior associate at Leers Weinzapfel Associates. She was project manager for Adohi Hall at the University of Arkansas, the largest completed mass timber project in the US. A passionate advocate for sustainable design (and good eating), Ashley relishes new challenges and is eager to share what she has learned. Read more.
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Named for alumni and friends who have quietly supported the college over two centuries, the $28 million project reuses and adds to vacant 1960s library in the siloed north campus quad, transforming it into an administrative and social center for the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences and a communal hub for the area. Part of a wider campus renewal plan, metrics show the project is close to net zero energy use. Read more.
“This project brings together two previously divided sections of Dartmouth’s venerable grounds, creating a new social hub and a fresh sense of place on its north campus,” said Josiah Stevenson, Leers Weinzapfel principal-in-charge.
The Dutch magazine HoutBlad published in their February feature Adohi Hall, University of Arkansas, the largest completed mass timber project in the US.
“With its high-tech, efficient curtain wall; solar canopy; and high R value walls, carbon savings exceed all expectations, and design models show the project energy use approaches net zero,” said Principal-in-Charge Josiah Stevenson, Leers Weinzapfel, in a release.
March 2021 – High-Profile Monthly (high-profile.com), Page 22
Principal Tom Chung, FAIA spoke at the kick off the 2021 TIMBER+ forum cycle hosted by Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (SGH).
TIMBER+ Mass Timber Architecture Roundtable | Simpson Gumpertz & Heger (sgh.com)
We had an LWA Art Show “In-Line: A Walk Through Space” featuring the work from the Fine Artists at LWA! We imagined/virtually celebrated our opening exhibition at the Yale Center for British Art. Check it out.
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