Insights & News

May 9, 2014

Content originally published in May 2014. Updated in August 2022.

April 18, 2013

Union Public Schools, a Dewberry client for more than 40 years, will soon open a new high school tennis center with a 5,000-square-foot training and support facility and eight courts. The new complex will support the high school's outstanding tennis program, which has won four Oklahoma state…

December 13, 2012

To succeed in architecture, a design team has to be multi-dimensional in terms of its commitment and skills. We have to provide clients with more than creative architectural concepts—we need to meet requirements for budgets, schedules, functionality, sustainability, life-cycle parameters, and much…

November 21, 2012

Universities close around the winter holidays, a convenient time for campus recreation departments to...

September 6, 2012

Sustainability is often portrayed as the intersection of environmental, economic, and societal factors in project development. However, sustainability doesn't have to be an unattainable nexus of three unrelated factors; it's best to incorporate all three. When considering economics and…

August 9, 2012

From the beginning of the design process for the Chester Campus Library renovation at John Tyler Community College, we wanted to utilize light and portray a feeling of openness throughout the facility. The existing library included bay windows along the entire exterior wall, but due to poor…

June 12, 2012

The design of higher education facilities has been a focus of mine throughout my career. Over the past 42 years, there have been many changes for the better in the planning and design of academic halls and other buildings that support college and university life. Students have access to a diverse…

April 26, 2012

As school systems prepare for summer maintenance and upgrade activities, it’s important to keep in mind the many opportunities to enhance energy efficiency and building performance. Here are a few tips based on our own projects and the productive efforts of many of our school clients.

March 22, 2012

When designing a multi-purpose championship field, like the University of Texas at Austin’s Clark and Whitaker fields, many factors must be accounted for to enhance the community and be eco-friendly.

February 16, 2012

Oklahoma State University is a long-time client of ours, and we’ve had the opportunity to design many important projects on the Stillwater and Tulsa campuses. One of our most challenging projects was the renovation and adaptive reuse of Murray Hall, which converted a nearly 80-year-old dormitory…