Treanor Student Life

Treanor Architects' Joseph Stramberg interviewed by Building Design & Construction

Major Trends In University Residence Halls
Peter Fabris

They’re not ‘dorms’ anymore. Today’s collegiate housing facilities are lively, state-of-the-art, and green—and a growing sector for Building Teams to explore.

There are logical reasons why university residence halls are one of the stronger sectors for AEC firms in the current construction market. Age is one of them. Many colleges and universities have a portfolio of ageing residence halls constructed in the 1960s and 1970s for the post-war generation. The baby boomers’ children, the so-called “echo boomers,” and even their ...

Williamsburg Yorktown Daily
By Amber Lester Kennedy Friday, April 15, 2011

The College of William and Mary will add 187 beds on campus in its new fraternity housing, to be located along Ukrop Way.

The site plan for the fraternity row was presented to the Board of Visitors during their quarterly meeting on Thursday. The project will include 12 buildings, six set north of Yates Drive and six south, totaling approximately 81,600 square feet. Its $26 million cost will be funded principally through room fees and it’s expected to open in the fall of 2013.

The fraternity row ...

The Association of College & University Housing Officers International asked five leading student housing architects how they started in the student housing industry and what higher education theories they refer to that influence their work. Click the link below to see why Treanor's Joseph Stramberg has dedicated his career to student life architecture.

On September 16, Sustainable Facility Magazine published Treanor Architects' article on re-purposing or renovating existing buildings.

At a Friday, May 7 public meeting on the Benedictine College campus, Denton Nichols and Dick Tilghman of Treanor Architects and Joel Grimmet along with Pat Willoughby from JE Dunn construction, described details of the new Academic Center. The 57,000 square foot, 85 foot high building will break ground on June 11. After years of record enrollment, new academic space is very much needed. As Nichols described it, this will truly be the signature building on campus, "quoting" architecturally from the Mount, Abbey and newer campus buildings, which he studied and got to know and love.

What makes a residence hall a healthy place to live and learn? When creating student living environments, campuses must adopt a holistic view of how building elements impact the physical and emotional health of the students living there.