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In late August, staff members from the University of Kansas Design and Construction Management department were given a personal tour of the Kansas Statehouse Preservation and Restoration project by Treanor Architects’ Joy Coleman, AIA, principal and historic preservation architect.

Coleman walked the group through the project from the exterior masonry restoration to the completed Senate and House chambers, answering questions and discussing interesting project facts.

KU DCM staff looks at historic photos of the Kansas Statehouse while Joy Coleman (right) explained project details.

Left: Kansas Statehouse exterior masonry work in progress. Right: Kansas House of Representative Chamber.

The design-build team of Konrath Group and Treanor Architects was selected to complete the exterior restoration of The Kansas City Convention Center’s Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Mo.

Scheduled to begin in September 2010, the $3 million project includes the restoration of the historic building’s exterior limestone and ornamental metals while keeping Municipal Auditorium fully operational. In addition to the masonry restoration, the project entails the design of exterior lighting improvements to complement the building’s majestic presence and respect the surrounding neighborhood.

Treanor Architects is a design firm providing services in architecture, planning, interior design, historic preservation ...

Frankie Minor, University of Missouri-Columbia; Randy Alexander, University of Arkansas; Diana Robertson, University of Kansas; and Nadia Zhiri of Treanor Architects gave a presentation at ACUHO-I's Annual Conference in Austin, Texas.

Many campuses have mid-century residence halls built in the 1950’s and 60’s and are challenged with updating or renovating them to meet the dramatically different philosophies and programmatic goals of current residential life professional as well as the expectations of today’s, and tomorrow’s, college students. Demolishing these facilities and replacing them with new is frequently prohibitive. However, with solid structural integrity, there is real ...

In April 2010, Treanor Architects surveyed college and university chief administrators, financial officers, facilities professionals, student housing officers, and student affairs representatives on topics relating to student life facility challenges. The results are in! Click the above pdf to download. Thank you to all participants for taking time to provide this information.

KU's School of Pharmacy students, faculty and staff are moving in to their new teaching and administration building, getting ready to begin classes later this week. The 112,000 square foot state-of-the-art facility was designed by Treanor Architects to be energy efficient, environmentally responsible and flexible to serve pharmacy education well into the future.

Please see the article and news video in Sunday's Lawrence Journal World by clicking on the link below.

HEALTHY GROWTH - Treanor Life Sciences' KU School of Pharmacy offers just the right medicine. Article in the Commercial Journal August-September 2010 issue. Please click on the "download PDF" above to see the full article.

From GMPRC to CGAHR.

The USDA Research Center in Manhattan, Kansas recently went through a name change from Grain Marketing Production and Research Center to Center for Grain and Animal Health Research to better reflect the center's current activities, including the relocation of Arthropod-Borne Animal Disease Research Laboratory from Laramie, Wyoming. Other Research Units in the Center include Hard Winter Wheat Genetics Research Unit, Engineering and Wind Erosion Research Unit, Stored Product Insect Research Unit and Grain Quality and Structure Research Unit.

In 2008 Treanor Architects' Life Sciences team completed a 15-year modernization project of this USDA facility in ...

NEOCON’s over, but we’re just getting started.

Treanor Interiors' Audrie Wenger, IIDA and Kara Grant, IIDA, LEED AP attended the NEOCON World’s Trade Fair 2010 in Chicago. We found inspiration in all types of great new products for the Interiors studio to apply better ideas, be more creative and imaginative, and in the end deliver more value and ingenuity to your projects. Please let us know if you would like to see and hear more about our adventure.

Audrie Wenger, IIDA, Director of Interior Design

Kara Grant, IIDA, LEED AP, Interior Designer

On Tuesday, June 22, historic preservation principal Vance Kelley discussed two Treanor projects, Northeast Junior High and Pioneer Presidents' Place, on KCUR's Walt Bodine Show. The program, "New Life for Old Schools," examined how schools that are closed permanently can be repurposed rather than being allowed to fall into disrepair and decay. Listen to KCUR's podcast and hear Vance's comments at the 36:00 mark.

Northeast Junion High

Pioneer Presidents' Place

The University of Kansas School of Pharmacy New Teaching and Administration Building, designed by Treanor Architects, was selected to appear as an Outstanding Design in the 2010 American School & University Educational Interiors Showcase "work-in-Progress" category. This year, the panel of Educational Interiors Showcase judges selected 95 projects to be profiled in the August issue of American School & University.

Treanor Interiors is providing complete architectural interiors services for the new Teaching and Administration Building, including interior fit-out responsibilities, signage and multiple furniture packages. The program called for a facility suitable for a six year doctorate degree program and continuing education for ...