We are excited to announce that Williams Blackstock Architects and PAYETTE have been selected to design the renovation/addition for the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Nursing Building. Since the School of Nursing was first constructed in 1971, the student population has grown in excess of 300%, while the faculty and staff population has grown in excess of 100%. The project will expand space for the current student and faculty population and allow for future growth in enrollment and programming, which will integrate high technology, digital learning solutions and nursing-specific simulation.
This is not the first time we’ve teamed with Williams Blackstock for work on the UAB campus. In addition to the Wallace Tumor Institute, our firms co-authored the precursory programming and planning study for the School of Nursing addition/renovation. We are thrilled to continue our work on this campus and our partnership with Williams Blackstock.
The 2025 OpenLAB Boston studio work will be exhibited at Virginia Tech Monday, March 2nd through Wednesday, March 4th.
Please join us for the following events on Monday, March 2nd:
11:00am - Lecture with Parke MacDowell
1:00pm Lobby talk with Kevin Sullivan
This year’s studio identifies seven sites along the frayed edges of Boston’s Greenway. The Greenway is a one-mile-long linear park running through the heart of the city, reconnecting downtown Boston with its waterfront. Many of the parcels along its edges remain undeveloped and present mute, blank facades to the public realm. Addressing and repairing these edges through acts of infilling, layering, grafting, framing, and placemaking is the core focus of the studio—SUTURE.