Minneapolis Architectural Firm Forms Key Association That Will Translate Educational Theory Into Effective School Designs.MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1997--Hammel Green and Abrahamson, Inc. (HGA HGA High-Gain AntennaHGA Handweavers Guild of America HGA Hammel Green and Abrahamson HGA Hercules Graphics Adapter HGA Homogentisic Acid HGA Honor Guard Academy HGA Holy Guardian Angels (Reading, PA catholic church) ) today announced that Jeffery A. Lackney, Ph.D will provide consulting services to the HGA Educational Design Group which specializes in the planning and design of K-12 school facilities. Lackney, an expert in the research and design of children's learning environments, serves as assistant director of the Johnson Controls Institute for Environmental Quality in Architecture and as adjunct assistant professor of Architecture at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Lackney holds both Bachelor and Masters of Architecture degrees and recently earned a Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Wisconsin School of Architecture and Urban Planning. His practice-based research focuses on the relationship between educational outcomes, environmental quality and architectural design and management of educational facilities. "The HGA Educational Design Group has long been considered a research-based practice," said Bartlett J. Baker, HGA vice president. "Our association with Dr. Lackney comes at a time when schools districts nationwide are building new facilities or renovating existing ones. Designing effective learning environments must be a priority. By strengthening our educational planning capabilities we hope to spread the word that the environment in which a student is taught greatly impacts the quality of the child's learning experience." The HGA Educational Design Group offers full-service planning, programming and design services. Recent projects include the School of Environmental Studies at the Minnesota Zoo, Apple Valley, Minnesota Apple Valley is a city located in northwestern Dakota County in the U.S. state of Minnesota, and a suburb of the Twin Cities. It was incorporated in 1969, and was known before then as Lebanon Township. ; Chaska High School Chaska High School (CHS) is a public high school located in Chaska, Minnesota, a southwestern suburb of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area. CHS is a 10th-12 grade school; freshmen attend the nearby Pioneer Ridge Freshman Center. Nearly 2000 students attend CHS. , Chaska, Minnesota; Heritage and Woodside High Schools, Newport News, Virginia Newport News is an independent city in Virginia. It is on the southwestern end of the Virginia Peninsula, on the north shore of the James River extending to its mouth at Hampton Roads. The origin of the unusual name of "Newport News" is unclear. ; Century High School, Rochester, Minnesota; Barton Elementary School, Minneapolis, Minnesota; Monticello High School Monticello High School may refer to:
http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. multiple projects, Minneapolis, Minnesota; and a prototype K-12 school design for Kingdom Schools, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. CONTACT: Larissa A. Rodriguez, Public Relations and Communications Manager, at 612/337-4327 http://www.hga.com |
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