Hardly a campus around the country is lacking in at least one or two examples of buildings from this architectural movement fittingly referred to as “Brutalism.”

As the higher education climate continues to evolve, college and university campuses need to transform in order to keep pace.

Over the last two decades there has been a significant push to create group-oriented spaces in higher education learning environments that encourage collaboration, interaction, and conversation.

Over the last few decades NAC Architecture has been involved with an eclectic variety of student housing projects all around the West Coast.

In a small area just east of downtown sits an architectural marvel that may be one of the most intact examples of International Style architecture in America today: the University of Providence.

Field Notes Introduction: “Field Notes” will carry messages from a range of specialists whose insights will help guide decisions about learning and living safely.

Field Notes Part 3: A conversation with the CFO of Northwest University (NU), John Jordan. NU is a private 2,000-student Christian liberal arts institution in Kirkland, Washington.

Field Notes Part 5: An interview with Brittany Budeski from the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana about the school’s response to COVID-19.