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USC Basketball Practice Locker Room Renovation

University of South Carolina

Completion Date
2009

Project Budget
$250,000

The USC Men’s and Women’s Head Coaches requested a significant upgrade to their respective practice locker rooms at the Coliseum. The initial study identified priorities for both Coaches, culminating in an initial scope to include the renovations of each Lounge, Film Room, and Locker Room for the Men’s and Women’s teams. The proposed solution features reconfigured rooms, modified to provide more spacious and flexible layouts, and with new entrances and circulation that is easier to navigate. New upgraded finishes are included in each room, with dramatic new colors, graphics, casework, special flooring and lighting featured. Also included in the project is new state-of-the-art projection and entertainment technology, carefully integrated into the architectural solution.

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SCVRD Lyman Center

As the first new Center to be built for the South Carolina Vocational Rehabilitation Department in over twenty years, the Lyman Center reflects the current mission and philosophy of the Department, providing counseling, rehabilitation, and work production services. The new 35,000sf structure, to be constructed in two phases, is subdivided into three major program components: an area office, a 10,000sf production/training floor, and a special services unit for occupational and physical therapy. Designed for an organization that values its relationships within the business community, the facility appeals to corporate and technological aesthetics while also blending with its organic, wooded site on the Middle Tyger River.

Northeast Engineering / Science Classroom Facility Construction

This 68,000 sq. ft. classroom building addition at the Northeast Technology Campus will become the new home of the Engineering and Science departments of the College. The program features teaching labs and classrooms focusing on clean energy technology, biotechnology, and advanced manufacturing, supporting the mission of the College’s regional research partners. The design features strategies to provide student centered “casual” spaces that encourage social interaction and collaboration. The facility will showcase flexible spaces and planning strategies to respond to changes in mission and technology.

School Designs Change with the Times

If back-to-school brings visions of the proverbial little red schoolhouse, better think again. Today’s schools are more a combination of brain research, educational advancements, sustainability and technology, bringing new challenges for school architects and designers. This amphitheater was built into the design of the Center for Knowledge as another area of learning. (Photo/Courtesty Quackenbush Architects & Planners) “It’s really like the chicken and the egg,” said architect Doug Quackenbush, as educators and architects collaborate on designing new schools using resources and ideas from both fields. “We give school districts good advice on a fully performing 21st century school while they inform us of new teaching techniques and educational trends.”