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•September 15, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Knoch High School addition modern, bright multipurpose space

JEFFERSON TWP — A spacious new cafe commons with digital screens and learning stairs plus a significantly larger lobby outside the existing auditorium could greet students lucky enough to attend Knoch High School when the renovation project is finished. Representatives from DRAW Collective, the architectural firm for the $35 million high school and stadium renovation...

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•August 11, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Trinity Area School District Breaks Ground For New Intermediate School

Members of the Trinity Area School District administration and school board, along with Trinity students, gathered last week for a ceremonial groundbreaking at the site of the new Trinity Intermediate School, which will house students in grades four through six. Construction of the intermediate school is part of a $72.3 million construction and renovation project...

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•July 29, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Trinity moving ahead with $72.3 million school projects

Faced with rising construction costs, Trinity Area School Board voted Wednesday to move ahead with school construction projects totaling $72.3 million. Among the projects are construction of a new intermediate school – which will be built as an addition to Trinity Middle School – and renovations to the middle school. The district also is moving...

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•July 26, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Eckles Architecture merges, leaves New Castle after 124 years

NEW CASTLE– A noted architectural firm that has been firmly planted in New Castle for 124 years has pulled up roots and left town. Eckles Architecture & Engineering, located in a Victorian-style house at 301 N. Mercer St., closed its doors last week after merging with DRAW Collective, a Pittsburgh-based architectural-engineering firm. The Eckles staff...

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•July 25, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Two architecture firms in the Pittsburgh region have now become one.

New Castle-based Eckles Architecture and Engineering, which was led by principals Mark Scheller and Jeremy Beatty and employed six in total, has now joined DRAW Collective, formerly VEBH Architects. “As we continue to build for our ongoing successes, it gives us great pleasure to announce that Eckles Architecture has merged to become part of DRAW...

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•July 25, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Hillel Academy readies additions, renovations for coming school year

Standing amid the dust and rubble of new construction, Hillel Academy of Pittsburgh Principal Rabbi Sam Weinberg remembered the last day of the 2021-’22 school year. “We ended school on a Thursday. We had all hands on deck and paid school students to carry boxes. We cleared out the second story of this building, and...

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•July 7, 2022•BySheena Sundin

DRAW Collective Opens 2nd Office In Cranberry Township

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•June 23, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Public shares feedback on Knock High School renovation

JEFFERSON TWP — Only about a dozen people attended the public presentation of the proposed plans for the $34.2 million renovation at Knoch High School, but they shared lots of feedback with the architect, school board, construction manager and superintendent. Cassandra Renninger, principal architect at DRAW Collective, explained the renovation plans on Wednesday night in...

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•June 22, 2022•BySheena Sundin

DRAW Collective Welcomes Mark Scheller and Jeremy Beatty to our Leadership Team

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•June 16, 2022•BySheena Sundin

New option presented for Knoch High School

Architects presented a tweaked Knoch high school renovation plan at Wednesday’s South Butler County School Board meeting that achieves the district’s goals while keeping costs within the district’s budget. “It achieves a lot of the same objectives and trims off the fat,” said Cassandra Renninger, a principal architect with DRAW Collective. Ideas included in the...

•April 7, 2022•BySheena Sundin•InNews

South Butler Board Sees 2 Campus Concepts

South Butler Board Sees 2 Campus Concepts JEFFERSON TWP — Two preliminary exterior project drawings for the $34.3 million Knoch renovation project that were shown to the South Butler County School District board on Wednesday included many new features at the secondary campus. Three separate entrances for student drop-off, access to the proposed new student...

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•April 5, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Pittsburgh Public Schools makes over Perry’s cosmetology program with the help of DRAW Collective

The halls of Perry High School trigger nostalgia for just about anyone who attended an American high school. Pennants and murals cheering on the Commodores line the main hallway. Posters with encouraging sayings hang outside of classrooms. Glass cabinets display work from the school’s best artists. But at the very top of a center stairwell...

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•March 22, 2022•BySheena Sundin

Highlands eyes $3.2 million in safety upgrades

Dan Engen, from DRAW Collective architectural firm, presented design options to the board during its agenda meeting Tuesday night. Work ranges from HVAC to paving to new water coolers.

InDesign Thinking, Healthcare, News, Updates

•January 22, 2022•BySheena Sundin

With New Health and Wellness Center, BHS Clarion Changing the Way Medical Services Are Delivered

CLARION, Pa. (EYT) – Accessibility, convenience, and a transition to wellness are the major themes Butler Health System kept in mind when building their new health and wellness center at Trinity Point. (Photos by Prince Brooks of 32 1/2 Productions) “Probably a few months after joining Butler Health System, the vision began to gel on what we...

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•January 7, 2022•BySheena Sundin

BHS Health and Wellness Center opens at Trinity Point

CLARION – “This building represents three main components — it’s a commitment to the future, it’s a commitment to the community and it’s really a commitment to innovation. We are committed to continuing to figure out how healthcare is going to be delivered in this post-pandemic future that we all are going to be entering.”...

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•January 7, 2022•BySheena Sundin

DRAW Collective is proud to announce that Christopher Brown has been named a principal of the firm.

Chris has been with DRAW for four years. He joined the firm with more than 25 years of experience and has worked very effectively to build on the firm’s legacy of success serving educational design. He quickly showed his leadership and project design and management abilities, advancing to Senior Associate after one year. Chris has...

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•October 1, 2021•BySheena Sundin

Design Pittsburgh honors the year’s best from Pittsburgh architects

“Architecture is the most public of the arts, but we are so used to our buildings that we often don’t really see them,” says Michelle Fanzo, executive director of AIA Pittsburgh. “Design Pittsburgh is a yearly opportunity to really look around and appreciate the remarkable diversity, functionality, and beauty in our region’s buildings and to...

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•September 30, 2021•BySheena Sundin

DRAW Collective (formerly VEBH Architects) Wins AIA Design Pittsburgh 2021 People’s Choice Award

North Allegheny School District Franklin Elementary School Additions & AlterationsArchitecture Firm: DRAW Collective (formerly VEBH Architects)Project Team: Chris Brown, AIA, LEED AP BD+C; Amy George-LEED AP; Cassandra Renninger, AIA; Daniel Engen, AIA; Alena Yevdokimova; Victoria Hampton; Art Flores; John CarrollGeneral Contractor: RA Glancy: Rob GlancyMechanical Contractor: East West Manufacturing & Supply Co.: Gary GerstElectrical Contractor: A-1 Electric, Inc.: Scott DavittPlumbing...