Seven years ago, Jim Wheeler became president of Ayers Saint Gross, a Baltimore architecture firm with a nearly 100-year history. See page 10 of the March issue of this magazine to find out how Ayers Saint Gross has grown, why we became focused on colleges and universities, and what the new trends are in college campus design.
Rancho Solano Private Schools has outgrown its space in Glendale dedicated to middle and high school classes and is investing more than $10 million to move into new facilities in North Scottsdale. Ayers Saint Gross, which has offices in Tempe, is the project’s architect.
In February 2012, WoodWorks presented nine Eastern Wood Design Awards to architects and engineers who demonstrate innovation and excellence in the design of wood buildings. Ayers Saint Gross received an award for The Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center.
Construction began Tuesday on a multifamily project near the downtown campus of Arizona State University. The yet-unnamed community will have 325 units of various sizes and designs.
Maryland’s two travel plazas on I-95 are only one vote away from a $65 million do-over. In islands carved out of the north and southbound lanes of I-95 sit Maryland’s only two travel plazas offering fuel, food and restrooms. What they don’t offer is new, so now that is coming.
Construction has progressed on the John and Frances Angelos Law Center, which is on track to be the first completely LEED Platinum-certified law school building in the United States. Designed by Behnisch Architekten of Stuttgart, Germany and Boston, Mass., in partnership with Baltimore’s Ayers/Saint/Gross, the 190,000-square-foot building will unite classrooms, faculty offices, administrative space, clinics and the law library under a single roof for the first time in UB’s history.
Rancho Solano Private Schools (RSPS), the preeminent private school system in Phoenix and a member of the Meritas Family of Schools, has selected the site for its new state-of-the-art middle/high school campus in Scottsdale. To build out the new facility, RSPS partnered with Ayers Saint Gross, a nationally recognized architectural firm that specializes in campus and institutional projects.
The University of Maryland, College Park could soon be turning to Baltimore-area companies for design, mechanical and electrical work. The university plans to use Baltimore-based Ayers Saint Gross, among others, to provide architecture and engineering design services.
Maryland has taken the first step toward replacing its two travel plazas on Interstate 95 north of Baltimore with expansive, airy welcome centers filled with amenities and operated by a company with years of experience serving travelers.
Following the catastrophic earthquake that struck Haiti in 2010, a diverse group of members of the U.S. construction community, the Haitian diaspora and the U.S. and Haitian higher education community are working together on the project. The Center, which is to be located at the State University of Haiti, will serve as an educational and technical resource for the entire Haitian building and construction industry, including public and private universities, technical and vocational schools, national and local government agencies, the building industry and the general public.
