HIGHER EDUCATION ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN
CBSA Architects is a full service architectural design firm with extensive experience in the design of higher education facilities. Our expertise in architecture for educational facilities includes new construction, alterations and additions.
CBSA has designed architecture for educational facilities throughout Western North Carolina, including some of the area’s top higher education institutions:
- Appalachian State University
- Catawba Valley Community College
- Lenoir-Rhyne University
- Western Carolina University
- Western Piedmont Community College
- Wilkes Community College
- McDowell Technical Institute
| Foothills Allied Health Science Higher Education Center Square Footage 118,097 SF Cost $9,016,000  The Foothills Allied Health Science Higher Education Center represents a joint effort by Burke County and Western Piedmont Community College to rehabilitate an abandoned 118,097 square foot textile mill for a joint use teaching and community development project. When completed the building will house the Burke County Economic Development Offices, the Visitor Center, and Multi-Purpose Exhibition Halls for Burke County. The facility will also provide space for Western Piedmont’s Nursing College for third and fourth year coursework including simulation rooms. |
Catawba Valley Community College - Dunbar Building Original plans were for a two-story building with math classrooms occupying the ground floor and science classrooms and laboratories occupying the second floor. Because campus growth has left few sites for new construction, it was decided to expand the building program to included three additional floors. The building houses the campus Library, administrative offices and classrooms including the math and science departments. |
| Lenoir-Rhyne College - Mauney Schaeffer Conference Hall Square Footage (Mauney) 19,765 SF Square Footage (Schaeffer) 14,970 SF Cost $3,163,524  The renovation of Mauney-Schaeffer dormitories, originally constructed in the 1920’s, represents an ambitious $3.2M adaptive reuse of two dormitories into a Conference Hall, Classrooms, and Guest Apartments. |
| Wilkes Community College - Walker Community Center Square Footage (New Construction) 5936 SF Square Footage (Renovations) 2053 SF Cost $1,768,468  The Walker Center is an existing auditorium and multi-purpose facility providing seating for 1130. The project included an addition of 5936 square feet for kitchen and dining facilities and renovation of 2053 square feet. The kitchen doubles as a teaching facility for culinary/hospitality course offerings. The exterior was resurfaced with a pre-fabricated aggregate panel. |
| Catawba Valley Community College - Multi-Purpose Facility Square Footage 63,778 SF Cost $5,000,000  The Multi-Purpose Facility houses a gymnasium/ auditorium, classrooms, and offices. The gymnasium/ auditorium space seats 2100-2800 people with 30,000 SF of display area floor space. The arena includes a fully operational basketball and volleyball venue, a stage with dressing areas, an audio/visual booth, and concession areas. A Neoshock running track circles the arena on the second floor and is complimented by a fully equipped weight room and an aerobics studio. Academic classes are held daily and the facility is a key venue for civic and community events for the Greater Hickory Area. CBSA has partnered with CVCC for over twenty years to provide design and engineering services for renovations, additions, and new construction. |
Higher education facilities offer unique and exciting challenges not found in other projects. A unique understanding of form, function, environment and the end-user must be present in the design of classrooms, dormitories, auditoriums, meeting spaces and multi-purpose facilities.
For this reason, CBSA takes special interest in working with school administrations, teachers and staff to achieve dynamic, functional and creative designs.
Contact CBSA for a free consultation.
