In Design Building at UMass Amherst, students learn by example The structure “knits existing buildings into a campus of the arts,” says UMass architectural historian and professor Timothy Rohan.

The Design Building site is a sloped area on the southern part of the UMass campus between Stockbridge Way and Kevin Roche’s 1975 Haigis Mall. “It is a challenging site,” said Leers.

UMass Amherst Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said the Design Building, scheduled to open in 2017, will be "the most advanced wood structure in the United States" and yield zero carbon emissions.

When thinking of sleek modern buildings, one probably does not envision wood as a key material. The University of Massachusetts Amherst’s new Design Building is aiming to change that. Unveiled ...

Impressing students, faculty and critics alike, the new John W. Olver Design Building at the University of Massachusetts was recently voted the United States of America’s Building of the Year in an ...

UMass Amherst completes cross-laminated timber Design Building for architecture, other programs By Andrew Davis • April 27, 2017 • Architecture , East SHARE ...

According to Stephen Schreiber, professor and chair of the department of architecture at UMass, the new Integrated Design Building is “introducing an old technology back on to campus. Most UMass ...

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