Discovery Elementary School Becomes First School and Third Project to Receive LEED Zero Energy Certification
07.18.19Discovery Elementary School is the first school and third project ever to receive the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED Zero Energy certification. Discovery is also the first recipient of the USGBC National Capital Region’s (NCR) Net Zero Award and is the only building in the NCR to date to demonstrate a net-positive energy balance
Designing for Student Health and Wellness
04.25.19Wellness is not the absence of sickness: it is physical, social, emotional, financial, occupational, intellectual, environmental, and spiritual health. As part of the paradigm shift toward a whole-student model of healthcare, institutions of higher education are exploring how their buildings can best support student + staff wellness.
Living and Learning Beyond Boundaries at Virginia Tech
03.18.19What exactly does it mean to live and learn “beyond boundaries”? The Creativity + Innovation District (CID) living-learning community brings together the arts, engineering, science, and design fields to localize innovation within a residential setting that contributes to Virginia Tech's broader global learning community.
Clark Elementary Renovations: Rethinking What a Classroom Should Be
02.13.19This is the story of the Clark Elementary renovations – the first in a series of Charlottesville elementary modernizations transforming classrooms throughout the city.
University of Miami Centennial Village: VMDO Wins Design Competition with Bold Vision for First Year Residential Community
01.08.19The design for a new lakefront residential village is set to transform University of Miami's first year student housing into a modern and eclectic mix of sustainable buildings that will replace the Stanford and Hecht residential colleges.