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Carl Franceschi, AIA and James Barrett, AIA have recently become LEED certified and join the rest of our Green Team in providing Sustainable Design expertise to our clients.
For the past year DRA has been working on a book with RS Means on the process of building and renovating schools.
The book was published in the spring of 2004 and it is available for purchase here.
As specialists in the area of public design and educational design, DRA often speaks at local and national conferences and we have many published articles. Below are a sampling of our recent events and our projects making the news.
Media Coverage
Our Boston middle schools are in the news. See the Boston Globe article here.
CEFPI '04
At this fall's Council of Educational Facilities Planners International (CEFPI) Annual Conference in Atlanta, Carl Franceschi will be presenting two seminars:
Community Schools Soften Tough Neighborhoods - An examination of the impace of two new middle schools located in inner city Boston neighborhoods.
A New Face of Technology in the Classroom - A look at the forward thinking approach to technology used in the Newton South High School planning approach.
For more information on either presentation, please contact Carl Franceschi.
To register for the conference, visit the CEFPI conference website.
NYSSBA '03
This fall Jim Barrett will be returning to the New York State School Board in October with a presentation entitled "Business/School Partnerships: Facilitating the Future in the Classroom". Speakers include Timothy Prouty, Technical Director of the Tantasqua Regional High School, Dr. Joseph Bonita, former NY and PA superintendent and current consultant with Professional School Services Association and Jim Barrett, Principal with DRA. The hands on seminar will explore links between the business and educational communities.
For information on attending the seminar, contact the NYSSBA (www.nyssba.org). With questions on the seminar or to request handouts to the seminar, please contact Jim Barrett.
NYSSBA '02
In the fall of 2002 Jim Barrett spoke at the New York State School Board Association Annual Conference on the topic of The Classroom of the Future. The seminar featured Dr. John Briggs of Syracuse University discussing the history of American education and the forms schoolhouses have taken over the years. Heidi Black of the Newton Public Schools discussed current design issues from the perspective of a modern school administration in the middle of several large building projects. Jim Barrett discussed current and future trends in school design and how modern philosophies of teaching and learning are reflected and enhanced in school design.
For further information on this subject, please contact Jim Barrett.
Coalition for Community Schools
In the spring of 2002 DRA was picked to present a seminar at the National Coalition for Community Schools Conference, held in Washington, DC. This gave us a national audience for a presentation on "Encouraging Community Project Participation". The interactive presentation included breakout groups with Ethel Furst, Principal of the Davis School in Bedford, MA, James Devol, Jr. of Gilbane and Jim Barrett of DRA. The session allowed participants to learn from the past experiences of the presenters and featured a long question and answer period.
For further information on this subject please see Community (link to Community under Specialties), or contact Jim Barrett for any questions.
NYSSBA '01
At the New York State School Board Association Annual Conference in the fall of 2001, Jim Barrett hosted a panel discussion on community input in the design process. Ethel Furst, Principal of the Davis Elementary School in Bedford, MA discussed the subject from the perspective of the school administrator. Jim Barrett discussed the role of the architect in the process and the input in the design process.
For further information on this subject please see Community or contact Jim Barrett for any questions.
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