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Sports and Recreation Facilities Boost Small-College Enrollment
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Andrew Cohen,
February 2012
Rick Creehan has been here before. Not here, exactly. When he started out in higher education in 1984, it was as the baseball coach at Allegheny College — a relatively well-known school, where he was given a relatively straightforward charge of producing winning baseball teams.
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Allowing Natural Light into Locker Rooms
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Andrew Cohen,
January 2012
Locker room users don’t tend to be bathed in natural light. Locker rooms are often located on a building’s lower levels and very often inhabit an interior space that opens into a daylit pool, gym or fitness center on the building’s perimeter.
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New Projects: Baylor; St. Joseph's College; Washington State University
By
Emily Attwood,
January 2012
St. Joseph's College in Brooklyn, N.Y., began work on a new athletic facility last month.
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Outdoor Sports Lighting Projects Don't Need to Rile the Neighbors
By
Michael Popke,
January 2012
The Westport (Conn.) Planning and Zoning Commission, in granting the Installation of permanent lights at the Staples High School football field in November, brought to a close nearly 35 years of often-contentious debate between city leaders, sports boosters and school neighbors over spill and glare issues.
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New Projects: University of Washington; Ithaca College; FAU
By
Emily Attwood,
December 2011
The University of Washington's Husky Stadium will have a new look for the 2013 football season.
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Bringing Natural Light into Subterranean Spaces
By
Andrew Cohen,
December 2011
Although adaptive reuse of an old structure typically involves the specification of state-of-the-art building systems and components, architects sometimes reach into the past for an idea that has withstood the test of time.
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Pool Enclosures with Operable Systems Combine Benefits of Indoor and Outdoor Pools
By
Emily Attwood,
December 2011
Once limited to a few short months of swimming during the summer, patrons of the aquatic facility at the Royal Glenora Club in Edmonton, Alb., now comfortably enjoy the water — and the surrounding landscape — year-round.
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Rotating Panels Add Flexibility to Rec Center
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Andrew Cohen,
November 2011
Subdividing gymnasiums and multipurpose rooms is a standard design gambit in recreation centers, allowing for maximum flexibility.
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New Projects: St. Mary’s University, Florida State, University of Nebraska
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Emily Attwood,
November 2011
In a partnership with Bexar County, Texas, St. Mary's University has begun construction on the $15 million Outdoor Sports Complex.
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New Projects: Lambeau Field; University of Alaska-Anchorage; University of California-Berkeley
By
Emily Attwood,
October 2011
A week before their first regular-season game, the Green Bay Packers broke ground on a 6,600-seat expansion of Lambeau Field.
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