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Sheena Sundin

Eckles Architecture merges, leaves New Castle after 124 years

NEW CASTLE– A noted architectural firm that has been firmly planted in New Castle for 124 years has pulled up roots and left town. Eckles Architecture & Engineering, located in a Victorian-style house at 301 N. Mercer St., closed its doors last week after merging with DRAW Collective, a Pittsburgh-based architectural-engineering firm. The Eckles staff...
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Two architecture firms in the Pittsburgh region have now become one.

New Castle-based Eckles Architecture and Engineering, which was led by principals Mark Scheller and Jeremy Beatty and employed six in total, has now joined DRAW Collective, formerly VEBH Architects. “As we continue to build for our ongoing successes, it gives us great pleasure to announce that Eckles Architecture has merged to become part of DRAW...
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Hillel Academy readies additions, renovations for coming school year

Standing amid the dust and rubble of new construction, Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh Principal Rabbi Sam Weinberg remembered the last day of the 2021-’22 school year. “We ended school on a Thursday. We had all hands on deck and paid school students to carry boxes. We cleared out the second story of this building, and...
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Public shares feedback on Knock High School renovation

JEFFERSON TWP — Only about a dozen people attended the public presentation of the proposed plans for the $34.2 million renovation at Knoch High School, but they shared lots of feedback with the architect, school board, construction manager and superintendent. Cassandra Renninger, principal architect at DRAW Collective, explained the renovation plans on Wednesday night in...
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New option presented for Knoch High School

Architects presented a tweaked Knoch high school renovation plan at Wednesday’s South Butler County School Board meeting that achieves the district’s goals while keeping costs within the district’s budget. “It achieves a lot of the same objectives and trims off the fat,” said Cassandra Renninger, a principal architect with DRAW Collective. Ideas included in the...
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South Butler Board Sees 2 Campus Concepts

South Butler Board Sees 2 Campus Concepts JEFFERSON TWP — Two preliminary exterior project drawings for the $34.3 million Knoch renovation project that were shown to the South Butler County School District board on Wednesday included many new features at the secondary campus. Three separate entrances for student drop-off, access to the proposed new student...
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Pittsburgh Public Schools makes over Perry’s cosmetology program with the help of DRAW Collective

The halls of Perry High School trigger nostalgia for just about anyone who attended an American high school. Pennants and murals cheering on the Commodores line the main hallway. Posters with encouraging sayings hang outside of classrooms. Glass cabinets display work from the school’s best artists. But at the very top of a center stairwell...
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Highlands eyes $3.2 million in safety upgrades

Dan Engen, from DRAW Collective architectural firm, presented design options to the board during its agenda meeting Tuesday night. Work ranges from HVAC to paving to new water coolers.
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