The new 37,000-square-foot Kendeda Building for Innovative Sustainable Design is seeking LEED Platinum and Living Building Challenge certification. 

Four college and university projects demonstrate ingenious solutions to diverse design challenges. Read this special section, then take a quiz to earn one hour of continuing education credit.

A historic warehouse in a former national armory is converted into a welcoming student center.

An early 20th-century building, once home to architecture studios, is transformed into a new fine-arts library for the Ithaca, New York, institution.

A university converts a midcentury manufacturing building for the 21st century, unleashing a creative spirit.

A research institution in New York City ingeniously extends its leafy campus over a busy expressway.

A new building at the Metropolitan Community College in Omaha has become a versatile research, development, and training resource for students and industry.

At Haverford College in Pennsylvania, the interior of a century-old gymnasium is transformed into VCAM, a dynamic center for the arts.

In Massachusetts, a university reimagines a prominent Brutalist building to create a public front door.

An oceanfront research center in California borrows from farm vernacular.