NJ design award goes to KSS team.The 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 ) NJ chapter announced that KSS KSS Kearns-Sayre Syndrome KSS Komunistická Strana Slovenska (Slovak Communist Party, Slovakia) KSS Kelowna Secondary School (Kelowna, BC, Canada) KSS Kirby Super Star (SNES game) Architects has been awarded the prestigious Committee on Architecture for Education Merit Award for 2005-2006 for its design of the University Academy Charter School at New Jersey City University. "On behalf of my partners and associates at KSS, we are extremely proud to accept this tremendous honor from our peers," said KSS partner Allan Kehrt. "We take great pride in not only our work, but in creating buildings that foster learning and the advancement and success of students of all grade levels. This prestigious award from the AIA is a wonderful affirmation of our passion for educational design at KSS." The Committee on Architecture for Education (CAE (1) (Computer-Aided Engineering) Software that analyzes designs which have been created in the computer or that have been created elsewhere and entered into the computer. ) is a large and active group of architects and allied professionals concerned with the quality and design of all types of educational, cultural, and recreational facilities Noun 1. recreational facility - a public facility for recreation recreation facility facility, installation - a building or place that provides a particular service or is used for a particular industry; "the assembly plant is an enormous facility" . The award is given in recognition of having made an impact in the education and architectural fields through design, innovation, and functionality. The University Academy Charter School's design celebrates the building's industrial aesthetic by expressing, highlighting, and working within the existing idiosyncrasies. The brick has been exposed both on the interior and exterior walls, the robust ceiling structure is revealed on both floors, and windows have been replaced in their original design. New elements were designed to contrast the existing structure, and many rooms take advantage of existing skylights and clerestory clerestory or clearstory (both: klĭr`stōr'ē, –stôr'ē), a part of a building whose walls rise higher than the roofs of adjoining parts of the structure. windows. On the interior, wood doors with vision panels and metal framed interior windows provide an open communal atmosphere with views between spaces and contrasting with the building's rough-hewn brick and concrete. |
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