Plans are underway for a large-scale project for Nebraska-based Creighton University that will help more Arizona physicians train and practice. Construction on the Health Sciences Building on Creighton’s Phoenix campus is slated to begin this spring. Plaza Companies will oversee construction, and the local construction team has been formed. Read more
In other construction news:
A majority of University of Central Florida trustees say they support embattled President Dale Whittaker serving out his four-year contract, despite the university leader facing a subpoena from a Florida House committee and an ongoing investigation into construction spending. Read more
Today’s students come from increasingly diverse ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds, but like their early forebears, they often share rooms along long corridors, in buildings that house many of their fellow students. The college dorm has evolved, but it still acts as a space to transition into adulthood. Here’s what the architecture and history of student housing tell us about higher education. Read more
