November 11, 2008
  The Murray Arts Center: Two Firms, Two Audiences, One Building
Randall-Paulson Architects and Walters-Storyk Design Group share an arts venue outside Atlanta
The Murray Arts Center on the campus of Mount Paran Christian School functions as a performance arts venue for the school and for the surrounding community. To serve both of these communities simultaneously, it separates programs by floor level and contains flexible, multipurpose performance facilities. WSDG designed the facilities’ acoustic systems, and Randall-Paulson Architects worked on the building’s overall design, in a contextual, relaxed Collegiate Gothic style.

It Takes an Architect to Create a New Student Village
Design intensifies ‘sense of place’ on College of Staten Island campus
Washington, D.C.-based WDG Architecture, working with American Campus Communities, broke ground last month on a 167,000-square-foot, 607-bed residential student village at the College of Staten Island (CSI) in New York City. The project includes three residential buildings that will form a triangular courtyard in a design that is aiming for LEED®-Silver certification. The project is slated for completion in 2010.

Building Bridges Between Campus and Community
New complex at Princeton blurs line between town and gown
Princeton University is using a redesign of its western entrance to better unite the school with its community. The project will include a large performing arts complex and improved and relocated transit facilities. Both projects will anchor the gateway and draw the public into campus life.

 

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