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Cleveland, Ohio –April 7, 2025– Learning By Design has published the annual Spring 2025 Educational Facilities Design Awards Showcase. The April 2025 edition features an assortment of exemplary PK-12 and post-secondary campus environments. These recently or soon to activated projects include newly constructed entire buildings and or renovated early childhood, elementary school, middle school, high school, specialized education, higher education, and other space types.

SOLON, OH, APRIL 2, 2025 — Tarkett, worldwide leader in innovative and sustainable flooring, has launched a series of collections that help achieve optimal education spaces—from fostering joy and playfulness to promoting calm and focused learning. The launches include new and updated portfolios on both carpet tile and Powerbond® hybrid carpet: Angled in Enrichment™, High Frequency™ and book two of Grounded Harmony™ from the Layered Duality™ collection.

IRVINE, Calif., March 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- LPA Design Studios today started accepting applications for the 2025 LPA Diversity in Design Scholarship, which aims to address systemic inequality in the design professions. Now in its fifth year, the annual program provides financial support, mentorship, and internship opportunities to students from historically marginalized communities. 

GREEN BAY, WIS. (February 24) -- KI introduces The Learning Curve: CEU Series for Education Design, a five-part virtual series on K-12 and higher education design that starts on March 19. The series provides architecture and design professionals with the opportunity to earn AIA and IDCEC continuing education credits and explore the latest research, trends, and design strategies shaping the future of learning spaces.

Orlando, FL – February 19, 2025 – Schenkel Shultz, a Central Florida architectural and interior design studio, has been selected to design the new Student Services and Academic building for the University of North Florida (UNF). The $40 million project will support UNF’s commitment to strategically growing its student population by 40% over the next five years. The ambition to grow, paralleled with the university’s desire to provide a broad selection of modern resources for its diverse student base, solidifies this project as a monumental step for UNF. 

Evolution of Campus 5.0 Research Empowers Institutions to Leverage AI to Optimize Campus Resources and Promote Sustainability within the Built Environment

ST. LUCIE, FL: —Spiezle Architectural Group, Inc., an award-winning full-service architectural, interiors, and design firm, is proud to announce that it has been selected by St. Lucie Public Schools to provide design services for the construction of the 217,500-square-foot Western Grove K-8 prototype campus. Construction is due to begin in February 2025 and be complete by August of 2026. Construction Management firm Wharton-Smith will be working in conjunction with Spiezle on the prototype campus.

GREEN BAY, Wis. (November 20) -- KI is thrilled to announce the four winners of its third annual classroom furniture giveaway for K-12 educators. After 111,000 votes narrowed down the pool of 12 finalists, four lucky educators will get to see their classroom or school library designs come to life with KI furniture of their choosing.

The 2024 awards program showcases sophisticated products that today’s schools are asking for. Creative and purpose-driven fixtures, furniture, and equipment designed to enhance well-being and achievement for learners across the PK-12 to higher education continuum.

LANCASTER, Pa. — Armstrong® World Industries continues to expand its portfolio of Templok® Energy Saving Ceilings—an innovative product addressing demands for solutions that reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions in buildings—to support the needs of a variety of facility designs and functions. Armstrong recently introduced Templok to its School Zone® Fine Fissured™ portfolio after rolling out Ultima® Templok® and Calla® Templok® ceiling panels earlier in 2024.