CHICAGO, IL With its 32-story "vertical campus" - the second tallest academic building in the country - RU takes a chance. Big time.

CHICAGO, IL Like many colleges and universities across the country, Roosevelt University is experiencing a building boomlet; adding residence halls, classroom space, indoor recreational areas and other new amenities.

CHICAGO, IL The Old Town School began 55 years ago in an Oak Park living room. It currently resides in buildings on Armitage in Lincoln Park, and on Lincoln in Lincoln Square.

“The Old Town School has lived in a living room, former bank, former tavern, former library, former soccer club,” said Graves. “This is the first time we've had a space designed as a school of music and dance.”

Mayor Rahm Emanuel, who used to be the area's congressman, marvels at how an entire neighborhood grew up around the school.

“This, to me, is a classic example of how a single cultural institution can take a neighborhood and become the economic engine and cultural engine of an entire neighborhood,” said Emanuel

CHICAGO, IL The architectural world has been so obsessed with iconic buildings in recent years that we've lost sight of the virtues of good, solid design that strives to fit in rather than stand out — and to serve its users rather than sacrifice their needs on the altar of a flashy, attention-getting shape.

CHICAGO, IL A trio of concrete panels highlight the exterior of the new Old Town School East Building, 4545 N. Lincoln Ave. The panels are bold and muscular in a Chicago way, but they celebrate the tender diversities of music. When combined, the panels depict the word “music” in 28 different languages.

CHICAGO, IL Old Town School of Folk Music celebrates its 55th anniversary with a 55-day schedule of activities. First up in the celebration is the opening of the new East Building, just across Lincoln Avenue from the old. The LEED Gold-level "green" facility has three dance studios, 16 acoustically engineered classrooms, a performance hall that will host a variety of concerts and shows and stained-glass portraits of blues, jazz and country artists by R. Crumb decorating the lobby and staircase.

WASHINGTON, DC – VOA Associates, Inc. has won a Best Institutional/Public Building design award for the Hampton University Proton Therapy Institute in Hampton, Virginia. The Award of Excellence in Development Design was given by the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate...

Read More...

Producing a building with high-end objectives within the cost-saving procurement framework typical of the design-build process can be accomplished through precise communication and painstaking collaboration.....

Read More...

Adding space to an existing museum to improve its functionality can be a daunting challenge. Confronted with such a scenario, the Daytona Museum of Arts and Sciences turned to a competition to arrive at an innovative solution to its expansion plans....

Read More...

Built to Fit: Planned Fort Benning lodge designed for synergy with surrounding community...

Read More...

Learning and Playing by Design: A new center provides a safe, sustainable, and educational space for children at the Jacksonville Naval Air Station

Read More...

VOA Architecture PLLC is opening an office in New York City to focus on interior design, strategy and consulting. Len Cerame, formerly of INARCH Architecture PLLC, will lead this office...

Read More...

VOA Architecture PLLC, a global architectural design firm, announced the opening of its new office in New York City.

Read More...

Repositioning the Nation’s Capital Through Sustainable Design

Read More...

Lucien Lagrange, who last year shut down his firm in the wake of the building bust, is joining the Chicago architectural firm VOA Associates...

Read More...

Architect Lucien Lagrange Joins VOA

Read More...

Roosevelt University recently topped off its 32-story “vertical campus” building at 425 S. Wabash Ave.

Read More...

The Orlando office of international architecture, planning and interior design firm VOA Associates Inc. is serving as architect for the design-build contract for a new four-story, 457,000sf, 860-room hotel Army Lodge at Fort Benning, Ga.

Read More...

The 'Perfect Office'

Four design firms were challenged to configure a 15-foot space for a hypothetical mid level executive

Read More...

Designs to Make You Work Harder
For a Dream Office, Four Firms Create Ways to Bring in Touches of Home, and Hiding Places for Them
Read More...

Read More...

The article expands on the interiors and ceilings at both the 4th floor conference center at Hotel Sax and the Marriott Beijing Northeast.
Read More...

Story is highlighted in the ASID Design Excellence Awards feature.
Read More...

Up from 29th in 2008. Nick Luzietti's induction into the Interior Design Magazine Hall of Fame is mentioned in the Editor's Welcome.
Read More...

Read More...

University Center in Chicago, Illinois and Patricia Rotondo, Senior Designer, featured in Nuance magazine August 2009 in an article about brighter colors becoming a trend in Higher Education.
Read More...

Read More...

Includes full story about VOA’s design of the headquarters for Volkswagen Group of America.
Read More...

University Center highlighted in a sidebar titled "Outsourcing University Student Housing."
Read More...

Agua Caliente Casino Resort and Spa, a $300 million dollar project commissioned by the Agua Caliente Band of the Cahuilla Indians, appears in Florida/Caribbean Architect magazine.
Read More...

Prentice Women's Hospital recognized for its sustainable architecture in the “Industry News and Notes” section.
Read More...