Category: Education News

Bowdoin College to Build Four Passive House Dorms

BRUNSWICK – Bowdoin College will start construction this summer on four Passive House dorms, the next step in the college’s commitment to carbon neutrality. The four buildings, which will house 22 students each, are on 3.56 acres on Park Row, next to Chamberlain Hall. The project overall includes 47,877 square feet of construction and will […]

Designing First Impressions: Brewster Academy’s Admission Space

The average attention span is 8.25 seconds (down from 12 seconds in the year 2000)! Within 8.25 seconds, prospective students and their families will make a staggering number of assumptions about your school. These assumptions will be based largely upon their first impression of the admissions office. Therefore, the visitor experience must be exceptional from […]

Colby College Occupies Phase I of Renovations to Roberts Union

Colby College students are enjoying their newly renovated student residences at the Roberts Union Building. Lavallee Brensinger Architects helped Colby discover the possibilities for converting second and third floor academic and administrative space into new single, double and suite-style living units with common areas and function rooms for students to learn, collaborate, and socialize. Unique […]