Insights & News

October 6, 2020

Dewberry’s Tulsa, Oklahoma, office provides programming and design for new academic and research facilities to expand the growing downtown campus.

October 6, 2020

Raleigh-based North Carolina State University alumnus honored for passion in engineering profession.

August 26, 2020

Built in 1923, Wiley Elementary School is the oldest continuously used elementary school in Wake County, North Carolina. For the first time since opening, the school and site were stripped down to the “bones” and built back to accommodate necessary modern functions while retaining much of the…

August 26, 2020

Oklahoma State University (OSU) has long been recognized for its commitment to healthcare education, and in particular its mission of training physicians, scientists, healthcare professionals, and first responders to serve rural and underserved areas of Oklahoma and beyond. In recent years, we have…

August 26, 2020

In my last blog, I discussed the ins and outs of conducting a routing study on the underground substations for the electrical power system at the University of Virginia (UVA), which was the first of three phases, including routing, design, and construction. After months of research, interviews, and…

August 26, 2020

The modernization of Bradley University's Westlake Hall has accomplished much more than the restoration and expansion of a beautiful, historic academic building. Today, this landmark building provides an open, collaborative environment that enhances student interaction and multimedia learning both…

August 26, 2020

A few weekends ago, I had the opportunity to participate in the USGBC's Center for Green Schools Green Apple Day of Service; an event that brought together students, parents, teachers, nonprofit organizations, businesses, and other community members to make sustainability improvements at an…

August 26, 2020

I recently had the opportunity to work on the new LEED Silver® CougarPlex at Illinois Central College (ICC) here in Peoria. Although I became involved late in the project delivery, I quickly came to appreciate the facility's dramatic, cutting-edge design and its sustainable measures—from an…

August 26, 2020

John Tyler Community College, located south of Richmond, is one of 23 colleges in the Virginia Community College System (VCCS). The college’s library, which is housed on the second level of Moyar Hall on the Chester Campus, was recently in dire need of renovation.

August 26, 2020

April is National Autism Awareness Month and this week is School Building Week. Together, these events bring to mind a project I helped design for Community Unit School District 300 in Illinois, a client we've been fortunate to work with for several years.

August 26, 2020

This week, students at Mountain View College (MVC) in Dallas will head back to campus for the fall semester. Among their first stops will be the Student Center and Services Building, a welcoming, two-story building with an iconic tower visible throughout the campus and from nearby roadways.

August 26, 2020

Lean operations, enhanced productivity, increased workplace convenience—architecture can have an important impact in terms of efficiency across many building types today. Hospitals, hotels, office buildings, retail facilities, courts, and correctional facilities are all being designed to streamline…