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Students design home that makes power, water, food

MBJ Staff — Fri, 03 May 2013 11:25:10 +0000

STARKVILLE — Mississippi State University architecture students designed a sustainable home that can provide its own electricity, water supply and food for a family of four. In the final project of a sustainable design class, the students turned theoretical principles into a practical home and landscape. They designed all aspects of a self-supporting, modern homestead, [...]

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Landscape architect opens office in N. Miss.

MBJ Staff — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:18:11 +0000

OXFORD — MRC Landscape Architecture has opened an office in Oxford. MRC provides landscape architectural and land planning services such as site planning, recreational design, public space design, and landscape design to design professionals, municipalities, developers, contractors, commercial businesses and residential clients in Mississippi and Alabama. The firm is led by principal landscape architect Matthew [...]

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New school still on track to open next January

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 13:14:05 +0000

OXFORD — Framework is in place and brickwork is progressing on the new Oxford High School. Tim Prewitt, who oversees the work for Eley Guild Hardy, the school district’s architecture firm for the project, tells the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal the project’s January 2014 opening target is still doable. Oxford School Board members voted yesterday [...]

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Architectural firm to conduct feasibility study for La. arena

Associated Press — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 18:47:03 +0000

JACKSON — A Mississippi consulting firm will conduct a study to determine the feasibility for the city of Monroe, La., to construct a new arena with the possibility of a four-star hotel near it. The News-Star reports the city council approved the $95,000 contract with Jackson-based M3A Architecture to allow the consulting firm to begin [...]

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Board asked to hire more architects for school projects

Associated Press — Tue, 20 Nov 2012 18:02:31 +0000

HERNANDO — DeSoto County school board members will be asked to hire architects for expansion projects at two more schools as the state’s largest system continues to grapple with growth. The Commercial Appeal reports Hernando Hills and Southaven elementary schools would be targeted if board members approve the hirings. Last month, the board unanimously approved [...]

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Board still mulling new vo-tech school after JBHM presentation

Associated Press — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 12:27:37 +0000

COLUMBUS — The Lowndes County School Board continues to explore adding a vocational-technical school to the district. The next steps will involve gauging student interest and district needs, evaluating site possibilities and identifying potential funding sources. The Commercial Dispatch reports school board members and a couple of Lowndes County supervisors responded positively to a recent [...]

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Southern Bancorp branch earns LEED certification

MBJ Staff — Tue, 18 Sep 2012 17:02:52 +0000

HERNANDO — Shortly after the opening of the Southern Bancorp Hernando Branch in summer 2011, Southern applied for LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification. The United States Green Building Council (USGBC) has now awarded the Hernando Branch its LEED Certification – the first LEED Certified bank building in the State of Mississippi, according [...]

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Supervisors terminate architect of new county jail

Associated Press — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 20:17:00 +0000

PASCAGOULA — Jackson County supervisors have fired the architect for the new county jail. The Sun Herald reports the supervisors voted to terminate the contract with Pryor & Morrow, who has been working on the jail for more than 10 years. Board of Supervisors president John McKay said the move would free the county to [...]

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Controversy over plans puts auditorium renovations on hold

Associated Press — Wed, 30 May 2012 15:08:09 +0000

VICKSBURG — Interior renovations to the Southern Cultural Heritage Center auditorium are on hold while the architect and state historians seek common ground on the project’s plans. Center executive director Annette Kirklin said officials with the Mississippi Department of Archives and History object to some of architect David Clement’s plans for the $196,000 project. She [...]

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