Cubellis' Berkshire Elementary School Project (West Palm Beach, FL) Featured in American School & University.Educational Interiors Showcase Honors the Nation's Most Outstanding Learning Environments BOSTON -- Cubellis, an international architecture, interior design and engineering firm, is pleased to announce that Berkshire Elementary School elementary school: see school. , West Palm Beach, FL was selected for inclusion in Penton Media's American School & University[R] 2008 Educational Interiors Showcase. It is featured in the August 2008 edition of the magazine and also on the Web at www.SchoolDesigns.com. The annual competition honors educational interior design excellence, and spotlights projects representing some of the most effective learning environments in America. A jury of American Institute of Architects The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is a professional organization for architects in the United States. Organized in 1857, the Institute conducts various activities and programs to support the profession and enhance its public image, including periodically awarding the AIA (AIA AIA - Application Integration Architecture ) members and education administrators evaluated submissions from architectural firms An architectural firm is a company which employs one or more licensed architects and practices the profession of architecture. History Architects (master builders) have existed since early in recorded history. The earliest recorded architects include Imhotep (c. , schools and universities across the country. Berkshire Elementary was among 109 projects chosen for the Education Interiors Showcase. AS&U is a monthly educational facilities, purchasing and business administration magazine reaching 65,000 facility planners, school and university administrators and architects with this issue. Featured projects include designs that took essential elements of education design - security, creating an environment for learning, a healthful health·ful adj. 1. Conducive to good health; salutary. 2. Healthy. health  ful·ness n. environment - and packaged them into an award-winning
facility. In making the selections, the jury considered sustainability,
character, long-term appropriateness of materials and colors,
innovation, safety, balancing collaborative spaces and being adaptable
to current and future technology.
The Berkshire Elementary School, the largest elementary school in the District with 148,000 SF of educational spaces, is designed specifically to address the space needs of the 1048-student population, while providing a safe and intimate setting for the individual attention needed to address the hearing-impaired and deaf student population. The new media center, a colorful and vibrant setting created to reflect the Hispanic heritage of the student population, is flooded with natural light to provide an active environment that allows for private reading, computer learning, and group activities simultaneously. Additionally, the library is placed on the floor above the administrative area, providing a bridge to the community during the evening, while keeping the educational spaces secured. "At Berkshire Elementary School, it is easy to appreciate how Cubellis' unique solution embodies the children's needs, while promoting cultural appreciation for both the students and the community," said Merrill Romanik, AIA, NCARB NCARB National Council of Architectural Registration Boards , Principal, Architecture and Interior Design at Cubellis. "The design serves as an interesting and functional space for both the students and the community, providing a space that is conducive to quality learning for all." More information about the Educational Interiors Showcase, including a complete list of 2008 projects selected for publication, is available on American School & University's Web site at www.SchoolDesigns.com. About American School & University Founded in 1928, American School & University is devoted exclusively to education facilities/business administration. The authority for information about the educational facilities market, AS&U delivers an insightful combination of exclusive reports, special focuses and how-to articles each month. For more information, please visit www.ASUmag.com and www.SchoolDesigns.com. American School & University is published by Penton Media Penton Media, Inc. (OTC: PTON.OB), founded in 1892, is a diversified business-to-business media company. Penton Media is a mass media corporation that publishes and produces over 40 magazines, 80 trade shows, and 47 web sites. , Inc. About Cubellis Cubellis is an integrated, multidisciplinary mul·ti·dis·ci·pli·nar·y adj. Of, relating to, or making use of several disciplines at once: a multidisciplinary approach to teaching. design firm offering architectural, interior design, and engineering services to a diverse base of national and international clients. The firm's practice area expertise includes academic, retail & mixed-use, workplace solutions, residential, hospitality, and government/municipal. Cubellis is a team of over 475 professionals, with offices in Ft. Lauderdale and Naples, FL; Boston and Weymouth, MA; Rocky Hill Rocky Hill, town (1990 pop. 16,554), Hartford co., central Conn., a suburb of Hartford, on the Connecticut River; settled c.1650, inc. 1843. Chemical coatings and synthetic textiles are made there. Rocky Hill was an important river port from 1700 to 1820. , CT; Englewood Cliffs and Freehold Freehold, borough, United States Freehold, borough (1990 pop. 10,742), seat of Monmouth co., E central N.J.; settled c.1650, called Monmouth Courthouse (1715–1801), inc. as a town 1869, as a borough 1919. , NJ; Philadelphia and Wayne, PA; Tysons Corner, VA; Chicago, IL; Orange County, CA; Baltimore, MD; Dallas, TX; Atlanta, GA; New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY; and Dubai, UAE (Uninterruptible Application Error) The name given to a crash in Windows 3.0. In subsequent versions of Windows, a crash was called a "General Protection Fault," "Application Error" or "Illegal Operation." See crash in Windows and abend. . For more information, please visit: www.cubellis.com. Photos available for this release: Berkshire Elementary School, West Palm Beach, FL To view photos, go to www.enr-corp.com/pressroom and enter Release ID: 167749 |
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