Lots of people were excited about this new 2 story state-of-the-art 303,000 sf. high school in Jacksonville, Florida. The entire community awaited its completion with excitement. After all, it was the first new high school in Duval County in approximately 20 years!
The design team, Schenkel Shultz (Architecture) and Ramski and Company (Interior Design) …
Congratulations to the entire design team, Schenkel Shultz (architecture), Ramski & Company (interior design), CPPI Construction (construction manager), TLC Engineering for Architecture (MEP engineer), BBM Structural Engineers, Harris Civil Engineers, and our partners at UCF recognized as outstanding and an exemplary example of architecture for 21st Century learning. This highly functional and beautiful signature …
Ramski and Company participated in this year’s IIDA event, Santa’s Workshop, which raises money and provides items for Grandma’s House at Orlando Health and Rehabilitation Center. Grandma’s House is unique in that it provides an intergenerational program for adults and children who live together in a home like environment while receiving medical care.
www.grandmasgang.com
This year …
I would like to add the title Congratulations to our favorite of Building Design + Construction’s 2011 Forty under Forty Awards!
Earlier in the year I was asked by Bill Martin, one of our favorite young architects and partners at Schenkel Shultz Architects, if I would be willing to write a recommendation statement for him to …
Canstruction® is a national community service project of the design and construction industry to bring public awareness to hunger. Design Professionals in cities across the country, compete to design and build fantastic giant-sized structures made entirely out of canned and packaged foods. At the close of the competition all of the food used in the …
The Orlando City Center recently completed the Third Annual “WRCC Extreme Makeover” on the weekend of July 31st, August 1st. This year’s makeover included renovating the second floor corridor of Saryh Hall. The group painted the corridor walls, room entry doors, and trim work, and new carpet tiles were installed. We had a great turn …
The Florida Foundation for Architecture and the American Institute of Architects (AIA) Academy of Architecture for Health recently announced the winners of their 2010 design competition for emerging professionals. Emerging professionals are defined as Architecture Students in the Florida Schools of Architecture, Associate AIA Members, and Architects licensed less than 10 years.
Architect Tom Wannen, …
The Orlando City Center recently completed the Second Annual “WRCC Extreme Makeover” on the weekend of July 18th and 19th. This year’s makeover, Phase one included renovating first floor spaces. The group painted the first floor corridor, had carpet tile and new VCT installed, and re- carpeted the staff private offices.
Mandy Wannen, IIDA and Tom Wannen, AIA were recently awarded third place in Florida Foundation for Architecture Annual Design Competition, Sunshine State Sustainable Classroom. Their project, Classroom 3C, is designed to affect student learning behavior by creating educational zones that support Connection, Collaboration, and Community.
Jennifer Ramski has always taken a conservative approach to her company - Ramski & Company - since founding it in 1989. In today’s market, that approach has definitely paid off for the four-person firm. “In these times, we’re happy that we’re small,” she says. “I’m very cautious and I consider work an …