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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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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 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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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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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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CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Accessibility, convenience, and a transition to wellness are the major themes Butler Health System kept in mind when building their new health and wellness center at Trinity Point. (Photos by Prince Brooks of 32 1/2 Productions) “Probably a few months after joining Butler Health System, the vision began to gel on what we...
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CLARION – “This building represents three main components — it’s a commitment to the future, it’s a commitment to the community and it’s really a commitment to innovation. We are committed to continuing to figure out how healthcare is going to be delivered in this post-pandemic future that we all are going to be entering.”...
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Chris has been with DRAW for four years.  He joined the firm with more than 25 years of experience and has worked very effectively to build on the firm’s legacy of success serving educational design.  He quickly showed his leadership and project design and management abilities, advancing to Senior Associate after one year. Chris has...
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“Architecture is the most public of the arts, but we are so used to our buildings that we often don’t really see them,” says Michelle Fanzo, executive director of AIA Pittsburgh. “Design Pittsburgh is a yearly opportunity to really look around and appreciate the remarkable diversity, functionality, and beauty in our region’s buildings and to...
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North Allegheny School District Franklin Elementary School Additions & AlterationsArchitecture Firm: DRAW Collective (formerly VEBH Architects)Project Team: Chris Brown, AIA, LEED AP BD+C; Amy George-LEED AP; Cassandra Renninger, AIA; Daniel Engen, AIA; Alena Yevdokimova; Victoria Hampton; Art Flores; John CarrollGeneral Contractor: RA Glancy: Rob GlancyMechanical Contractor: East West Manufacturing & Supply Co.: Gary GerstElectrical Contractor: A-1 Electric, Inc.: Scott DavittPlumbing...
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Teacher, administrator and staff comments about Franklin Regional’s new elementary campus largely center around a similar theme: possibilities. From new large-group instruction areas to creative media centers to little “pocket” areas where small groups can meet, collaborate or receive additional learning support, new educational opportunities are scattered throughout both the renovated FR Primary School and...
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Superintendent Michael Loughead told Hampton council that the project has been in the making for several years, with the goal to improve safety. “The bus, car and pedestrian traffic will be separated and student dropoff will occur at a safe location,” Chris Brown, senior associate at VEBH Architects, said. “Vehicle circulation will be clearer than...
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“I’ve been involved in many projects in my time, and one of the things that are always important to me, is you involve the stakeholders in the process, those who are going to be the end-users, and we wanted to draw from a bit of a larger area. “We were forming the types of programs...
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The Business Times is asked local architects what they think the office of the future will look like and what changes they expect to see in offices, what new features they expect to become common and/or best practices and ways in which designs can be flexible, in case future issues call for modifications to designs....
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The Allegheny Valley School District should use a $50,000 grant to redesign part of a conference room at Springdale Junior-Senior High School into a student lounge, according to people working on the project. Brett Slezak, district technology supervisor and the point person for the project, and Daniel Engen, president of VEBH Architects, presented the new...
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When Sloan Elementary School teacher Janine Mickel attended a meeting with VEBH, the architects spearheading the design of the Sloan “elementary campus” project, she was told they “planned to bring the outdoors into the classroom.” Standing in a freshly renovated wing of the building that is complete and occupied by teachers and students, it’s clear...
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