Haverford College (Pa.): Gardner Integrated Athletic Center.* FUNCTION: Sports and rec center featuring interactive art exhibits and displays of athletics history at Haverford College Haverford College Private liberal arts college in Haverford, Pa., near Philadelphia. Founded by Quakers in 1833 as a men's college, it became coeducational in 1980. It is consistently ranked as one of the top U.S. colleges. , a 1,140-student school. * CHALLENGES: Efforts to integrate curriculum areas at Haverford began with three academic centers. When an athletic building project arose, President Thomas Tritton envisioned integrating athletics with the arts, explains Greg Kannerstein, the athletic director Athletic director (commonly, "athletics director") is a position at many American colleges and universities, as well as in larger high schools and middle schools, which oversees the work of the coaches and related staff involved in intercollegiate or interscholastic athletic and an associate dean (who becomes dean in July). The planning team sought an environmentally friendly Environmentally friendly, also referred to as nature friendly, is a term used to refer to goods and services considered to inflict minimal harm on the environment.[1] design, which would require cost-containment efforts, while breaking new ground as one of the first athletic buildings to meet the US Green Building Council's LEED standards. Coincidentally, an early meeting was held on September 11, 2001, the day Cantor Fitzgerald Cantor Fitzgerald L.P. is a global financial services firm specializing in bond trading, as well as investment banking, asset management, market data and brokerage services. CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. Howard Lumick lost his colleague, best friend, and Haverford classmate Douglas Gardner, who played basketball. Turning out a great building took on new importance, Kannerstein says. Three of the four alumni victims were athletes. * SOLUTIONS: Officials mulled mull 1 tr.v. mulled, mull·ing, mulls To heat and spice (wine, for example). [Origin unknown. over 14 different sites before selecting a spot near the campus center, which "had been a little isolated at the south end of campus," Kannerstein says. With a connecting patio, the new 100,000-square-foot facility helps encourage workout neighbors to continue conversations outside or in the campus center's snack bar. The athletic center's lobby was designed for maximum visibility of all happenings. "You can walk through the building and see squash, basketball, martial arts This is a list of martial arts, broken down by region and style. African martial arts Eritrea
* PROJECT COST: Nearly $30 million * TIMELINE: Opened in October 2005, dedicated in April 2006 * ARCHITECT: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson (Pa.) |
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