The University of the District of Columbia’s “super sustainable” student center is featured on Curbed Washington DC. The article draws attention to the role the building is playing in creating a new front door for the university, as well as shifting the university’s image from being a commuter campus to one that engages students socially and academically outside of the classroom. Designed by our Arlington office in association with D.C.-based Marshall Moya Design, the building is positioned to be the first LEED Platinum student union on the east coast and one of only a few in the entire country. Highlighted sustainable features include a 14,000-square-foot green roof, a rain garden,…

Working together with UW project leaders, students, faculty and external partners in Seattle to design a space that acts as an ecosystem for generating solutions to the greatest environmental challenges facing our planet.

Designed to LEED Platinum standards, the new building is set to become one of the “greenest” student unions in the country. The University of the District of Columbia (UDC), Washington’s only public higher education institution, will open its new Student Center today, with a celebration that features a ribbon cutting ceremony at 5 p.m. Located at the intersection of Connecticut Avenue and Van Ness Street, the building acts as a gateway to the UDC campus and new source of pride for more than 5,000 students. Designed by our Arlington office in association with DC-based Marshall Moya Design, the building is the centerpiece of a ten-year, campus-wide renovation aimed at establishing…

This Sunday, I’m moderating a panel at the Healthcare Design conference about some of the generational issues facing healthcare organizations from both a patient and workplace perspective. Here’s a few pre-panel thoughts on some of the issues healthcare providers face when it comes to creating a workplace designed for a multi-generational workforce. For the first time in U.S. history, there are four generations coexisting in the workplace—the Silent Generation, Baby Boomers, Generation X and Generation Y (Generation Z, those born in the mid-’90s to early ‘00s, is right around the corner). Each of these generations bring different expectations when it comes to employee engagement, motivation and general work practices. This…

A new story from the Baltimore Sun highlights the opening of Coppin State University’s new Science & Technology Center – an $83 million center that will serve as a hub for STEM (Science, Technology, Education and Math) instruction and research for Coppin and the University of Baltimore through a shared-use agreement signed over the summer.

Colleges and universities need to find new ways to recruit, retain and graduate STEM students – and design thinking can help. That’s the driving message in Stephen Blair’s new piece for Fast Company, “3 New Ideas to Help Universities Attract and Empower STEM Students,” which identities getting out of the basement, embracing startup culture and infusing cutting-edge technology as key opportunities.f