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Cost Per Square Foot of Educational Facilities by Region

Because of the overwhelming response from our post on the cost of commercial construction per square foot, I did some research on another project type that we frequently design: Educational facilities.  School boards and facility managers of educational instutions always want to know: How much does it cost to build a school? In an effort to [...]

Denver Montclair International School Map

We’ve done quite a number of projects for Denver Montclair International School in the last year. A total remodel of Kimak Hall for preschool and kindergarten students. Redesign of their parking lot. And a schematic design for the face of the school. This is our most recent project, a series of wayfinding maps for the [...]

Educational Occupancy Group as Defined in the International Building Code

One of the first steps in any building project is evaluation of the appropriate occupancy group. This drives building size, building height, construction type, exiting and fire separations. Educational Group E is the occupancy for buildings used by six or more people through 12th grade. Religious educational work and religious auditoriums accessory to a place [...]

Denver Montclair International School Classroom Building Progress

At the end of 2008 we completed plans for the renovation of a classroom building at Denver Montclair International School. The building is 19,600 sf and will primarily serve 3 and 4 year old students. We were very excited that we were able to deliver the plans in only a matter of weeks and we [...]

David Thermos, AIA Joins the EVstudio Team for Public and Private School Projects

David Thermos, the owner of Legacy Architecture Studio, LLC has joined the EVstudio team as our School Architect. He’ll be helping us pursue and complete public school, private school and higher education projects. David has over 20 years of experience in project management, design and technical documentation of a variety of building types. During his [...]

School and Education Architecture is an Area of Emphasis for EVstudio

EVstudio is a firm that designs for many building types. We believe that we are better architects because we practice many types of design and as a result we look carefully at each project and listen to our clients rather than applying a common solution. However, we do have some project types that we particularly [...]

EVstudio Selected to Design School Remodel at Lowry for Denver International School

EVstudio has been selected to design a remodel for the existing 19,600 sf facility used by Montclair Academy at Lowry. The project is for Denver International School and will include classrooms, offices, common rooms and restrooms carved out of a 1950′s barrack at the former base.

Fisher Early Learning Center Update

The work that we designed at Fisher Early Learning Center is wrapping up and I took a few pictures. Fisher ELC is the child care center at the University of Denver. We were hired by the University to design several remodel elements including new kitchens, bathroom modifications, flooring changes, furniture and wash stations for the [...]

Montessori School of Evergreen Update

I had lunch today with Ted Antenucci to discuss the Montessori School of Evergreen project and the status of construction. It sounds like it is going well and being built on budget. The foundation is in place and they should begin framing soon. This is the rendering of the proposed project from a board that [...]

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