“Jane and I came to the beginning of our profession in what I would call the second wave of feminism, after the first wave of suffragettes.That was the 1970s, there was a real woman’s movement in the United States. And we worked very hard and long to advance the equality of women at that time, despite enormous differences. Then we went through a long period of thinking it was fixed.” -Andrea Leers, FAIA

“Women’s right are continuously fixed now. This is since Athens, when women were put back in their house, after centuries of being out in the world.” – Jane Weinzapfel, FAIA

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“America’s largest mass timber building has officially opened at the University of Arkansas, an architectural marvel set to inspire the future of sustainable building design.” – U2B

Read full article here: https://u2b.com/2019/12/03/major-construction-collaboration-opens-first-mass-timber-building-in-uark/ 

Adohi Hall is the largest cross laminated timber (CLT) building in the United States and the first large-scale mass timber residence hall and living learning setting. Leers Weinzapfel led a design collaborative including Modus Studio (Fayetteville, AR), Mackey Mitchell Architects (St. Louis), and OLIN (Philadelphia), in the realization of this new campus gateway project.
Read Article Here: https://archinect.com/news/article/150172460/university-of-arkansas-debuts-the-largest-mass-timber-building-in-the-u-s 

The largest cross laminated timber (CLT) building in the United States and the first large-scale mass timber residence hall and living learning setting. Leers Weinzapfel led a design collaborative including Modus Studio (Fayetteville, AR), Mackey Mitchell Architects (St. Louis), and OLIN (Philadelphia), in the realization of this new campus gateway project. The 202,027-square-foot Adohi Hall creates a new residential college with emphasis on a creative live learn environment within a relaxed, informal, tree-lined landscape that re-conceptualizes university housing.

Read Full Article here: https://www.fastcompany.com/90436560/americas-largest-timber-building-is-complete-and-it-may-be-the-future-of-construction

Principal Andrea Leers FAIA is quoted in the article saying, “We drew inspiration from the regional context of the Ozarks, creating a living/learning environment powerful enough to be a destination remote from the center of campus, and the wood-based construction system we developed forges a bond between setting, human comfort, and sustainability.”

Read Full Article Here: https://archpaper.com/2019/11/adohi-hall-university-of-arkansas/

LWA Principal Tom Chung recently presented at the 2019 GreenBuild Conference, Mass Timber Construction: What, Why and How? Sharing the UMass Olver Design Building and University of Arkansas Adohi Hall, Tom spoke on the “How” of Mass Timber, as a versatile material that can shape how we work, learn and live in a sustainable built environment.

“In all our work, we look for the synergy between place, purpose, and means. These came together in an extraordinary way at Adohi Hall. We drew inspiration from the regional context of the Ozarks, creating a living/learning environment powerful enough to be a destination remote from the center of campus, and the wood-based construction system we developed forges a bond between setting, human comfort, and sustainability.” – Andrea P. Leers, FAIA, Principal, Leers Weinzapfel Associates, quoted in High Profile Magazine.

Read Full Feature Here: https://www.high-profile.com/leers-weinzapfel-leads-design-collaborative/ 

Nations Largest Cross Laminated Timber Building Opens at University of Arkansas, featured today on Architectural Record. Leers Weinzapfel led a design collaborative including Modus Studio (Fayetteville, AR), Mackey Mitchell Architects (St. Louis), and OLIN (Philadelphia), in the realization of this new campus gateway project.

Principal Tom Chung is quoted in Architectural Record saying, “The mass timber design reimagines the traditional notion of campus housing as a building on a quad lawn, instead channeling “a cabin in the woods, where building and landscape are woven together.”

Read Feature Here: https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/14352-university-of-arkansas-completes-large-scale-timber-adohi-hall?id=14352-university-of-arkansas-completes-large-scale-timber-adohi-hall&oly_enc_id=8097F5323767A7M

High-Profile highlights the Center for Engineering, Innovation and Sciences, saying “The Engineering, Innovation & Sciences building at Wentworth Institute of Technology features a first-floor makerspace and high-end additive manufacturing lab. Working with Leers Weinzapfel Associates, BVH provided MEP/FP and technology design on this first new academic building on campus in 40 years.”

The John W. Over Design Building was also featured, as the article states, “The John W. Olver Design Building at UMass Amherst houses classrooms and studios, computer labs, materials-testing, green-building and digital fabrication laboratories, a wood shop, and an outdoor working area. BVH worked closely with Leers Weinzapfel Associates, providing site utility, MEP/FP, technology and security engineering.”

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