See podcast here: https://shoptalkpodcast.com/podcast/advancing-the-timber-agenda/
“In Lowell, Massachusetts, a Historic Facade now Conceals a Modern Theater. As part of a $20 million gut renovation, Leers Weinzapfel Associates inserted a 20,000-square-foot egg-shaped theater into this 1876 building” – Metropolis Magazine
Read Article Here: https://www.metropolismag.com/architecture/richard-nancy-donahue-theater-design/pic/58286/
The new 10,592-square-foot chiller plant, a component of the university’s 2012 Campus Master Plan, is designed to increase the reliability and capacity of chilled water service throughout the growing north campus core by reimagining the existing regional plant it replaces.
Read Article Here: https://informedinfrastructure.com/48798/leers-weinzapfel-associates-completes-umass-amherst-north-chiller-plant/
Kevin Bell, AIA, Associate, held a presentation and workshop on facade research and development of Dartmouth College Dana Hall at the recent Facades+ Conference in June 2019.
Learn more about Dartmouth Dana Hall here: https://www.lwa-architects.com/project/dartmouth_dana_hall/
Winne Stopps AIA, LEED BD+C will be presenting on Layering Functional Patterns in one of three “Talk of the Town” symposium panels at the Facades Plus Boston Conference on June 25.
Learn more and register here: http://facadesplus.com/boston/
Ashley Rao is passionate about creating vibrant, sustainable buildings and urban environments and is a leader in mass timber design. In “Wood Structures: An Impressive Renewable Resource”, she shares her knowledge on construction using advanced timber technology such as Cross Laminated Timber (CLT).
View webcast: https://continuingeducation.bnpmedia.com/courses/think-wood/wood-structures-an-impressive-renewable-resource-web-live/
Winne Stopps will be presenting strategies applied at Ohio State East Regional Chilled Water Plant, University of Pennsylvania Gateway Complex, Tufts Campus Energy Plant and Harvard District Energy Facility that explore layering of screen systems that wrap diverse campus projects from infrastructure plants to new academic buildings. Working in symbiosis with the building envelope behind, she will explain how each project defines a unique and functional pattern on site.
Register Here: http://facadesplus.com/boston/
Principal Andrea Leers discusses bringing new life to an old material, at Meiji University in Tokyo Japan
College Planning and Management featured Middlesex Community College Richard and Nancy Donahue Family Academic Arts Center, a new academic arts center that reimagines the historic Boston & Maine Railroad Depot at Towers Corner in the Lowell National Historical Park in Lowell, MA.
Read article here: https://webcpm.com/articles/2019/04/01/middlesex-community-college.aspx
The article explains that the new building is the first academic building in 45 years. It provides a home for the next evolution in the collegiate study of multiple engineering disciplines.
Additionally, as the Institute’s program transitions from engineering technology to engineering and innovation, this four-story, 75,000-square-foot building comprises a dynamic environment for multi-disciplinary collaboration among students of biology, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, and two of its newest programs, biomedical engineering, and biological engineering.
Read article here: https://www.bdcnetwork.com/center-engineering-innovation-and-sciences-opens-wentworth-institute-technology’s-boston-campus