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2007 Builder's Choice Winner: Wofford College Housing Village

Most college students can't wait to get out of the dorms and into off-campus housing. At Wofford College, seniors have a reason to stick around: a New Urbanist–style neighborhood of cottages to call their own, complete with rockers, hammocks, and barbecue grills. More

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2007 Builder's Choice Winner: UCLA Southwest Campus Housing

Packing a couple thousand graduate students into 11.4 acres is no easy feat, particularly when it involves knitting 840 units of campus housing into a dense urban framework without overshadowing the old-growth neighborhood next door (Westwood Village, circa 1922). Working in partnership with Swinerton Builders, planners at Van Tilburg, Banvard & Soderbergh scored high honors for this refreshing infill project that bears little resemblance to typical student quarters. More

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2007 Builder's Choice Winner: Wertland Square

How do you design a state-of-the-art student apartment building located just a few hundred yards from the Rotunda of the University of Virginia, which was executed by none other than Thomas Jefferson? Very carefully. More

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It's Academic

In the suburbs of Washington, a student housing tower gives new life to a... More

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Dumping the Dorms

WITH THE WAY THE HOUSING MARKET has surged, many parents have realized that in the time that it takes to earn a degree, their children could be on their way to financial success through home-ownership. More

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Scouting Mission

Often regarded by undergraduates and academics alike as "plan B" for those who... More

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TND Goes to School

Many universities have large land tracts that were once their rural agricultural... More

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