March 12, 2013 The 41 Wyllys Avenue project at Wesleyan University Receives LEED Platinum Rating from the US Green Building Council. Designed by Newman Architects, the 41 Wyllys Avenue project is only the eighth building in Connecticut to receive this prestigious designation. It is the first to have received it under the USGBC�s new, most stringent version of �LEED for New Construction and Major Renovation�. The renovation repurposed an historic gem for University service. Originally designed in the 1930�s by McKim, Meade, and White, the building housed 14 squash courts in a stately Neoclassical structure. The adaptive reuse provides a new home for the University�s Career Resource Center, its College of Letters, and additional Art History spaces�as well as new seminar and classroom spaces. The innovative sustainable design strategies were developed under the leadership of the client, Wesleyan University; Newman Architects; Sustainable Design Consultant Sage Design and Consulting; and MEP Consultant van Zelm Heywood and Shadford. Energy Modeling was provided by Karpman Consulting, LLC. The project�s design has received two distinct design awards: a Merit Award from the American Institute of Architects, Connecticut, and the 2012 preservation award from Middletown, Connecticut Historic Preservation Board.

May 22, 2012 Great Schoolyards Newman Architects is collaborating with DC firm Landscape Architecture Bureau and with Gilbane Construction Company to develop a vision for the schoolyard at Garrison Elementary School, a public elementary school in DC�s Logan Circle neighborhood. Occupying a prominent neighborhood site bordering Vermont Avenue, the site will be re-imagined to fulfill its potential as a sustainable educational and community resource. Working under the Washington Architectural Foundation�s Community Design Services program, the Newman team will work with school and community leaders and stakeholders to develop a conceptual site improvements plan to serve the school and the Logan Circle community.

November 29, 2011 Final Presidential Debate of 2012 to be Held in Newman Architects-Designed Wold Performing Arts Center at Lynn University Newman Architects is very pleased to announce that the Lynn University Wold Performing Arts Center in Boca Raton, Florida, has been selected as the site of the final 2012 Presidential Debate by the Commission on Presidential Debates (CPD), to be held on October 22, 2012. Lynn University was one of 12 sites nationwide, and the only institution in Florida, under consideration to host one of three presidential, or one vice presidential debates produced by the CPD. �Being an undergraduate or graduate student here on our campus when such an historic event takes place will provide a singular and unparalleled educational experience,� Lynn University President, Kevin M. Ross, said. The site has already hosted a Congressional District 22 debate in October 2010 between then incumbent Ron Klein and Allen West. Lynn University submitted its application to the Commission in January 2011 and hosted staff from the Commission on Presidential Debates over the summer for an on-site survey of the proposed debate venue and campus. For more information, please click here.

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April 4, 2011 (PDF) Board of Regents Approves New University of Oklahoma Athletic Housing Design On March 24 the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents approved the conceptual design for the 75 million dollar Sooner Center Student Housing. The project will house almost 400 students with both student athletes and students who are not participating in intercollegiate athletics. Newman Architects is serving as Design Architect on the project in collaboration with Architect of Record Studio Architecture of Oklahoma City.

»	March 31, 2011 (PDF) "A Sound Design" Lynn University Performing Arts Center The March 2011 Issue of American School and University Magazine features the newly completed Keith C. and Elaine Johnson Wold Performing Arts Center.

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January 19, 2011 (PDF) Newman Architects to Design New Public Library in Downtown Norfolk, VA Newman Architects has recently won a design competition for the new Slover Memorial Library in Norfolk, Virginia. The approximately 137,120-square foot Slover Library is scheduled to open in 2013. The project will entail the renovation and restoration of the historic Seaboard Building and will add a new wing that will connect to the Seaboard by a glass atrium. When completed, the library will be one of the most technologically advanced in the world. For additional information on the project, please click here to view a press release, newspaper coverage, and selected images of the preliminary design.

October 17, 2010 Newman Architects is pleased to announce that the Connecticut chapter of the American Institute of Architects has awarded 2010 Design Awards for two of the firm’s recent projects: Built Design Category: North Branford Intermediate School Jury comment: "In this renovation and addition, the architects have used a careful combination of composition and scale change to bread up and individualize what was a mundane 60�s school. Careful use of materials indicates the shifting functions inside and creates an identity for each teaching unit." Preservation Category: Comprehensive Renovations of Jonathan Edwards College, Yale University Jury comment: "The jury recognized this project�s extremely sensitive renovation of the interior spaces of a Gothic Revival college. It introduces a range of new community and educational uses and contemporary services while preserving a balanced contrast of old and new."

June 9, 2010 Calhoun College Renovations Receives Project Team Award Newman Architects is pleased to announce that the Connecticut Building Congress has awarded the First Place Project Team Award for Building Renovation to the Calhoun College Renovations at Yale University. Members of the design team include Dimeo Construction Company; BVH Integrated Services; Michael Horton and Associates; M. A. Caputo Associates, LLC; Electro Tech CP; Leavitt & Associates, Inc.; NER Construction Management, Inc.; The Joseph F. Kelly Company, Inc.; Capasso Restoration; Towers/Golde; Ricca Newmark Design; Atelier Ten; Atelier Ten; International Consultants, Inc. Bruce Spiewak, AIA; Strong Cohen Graphic Designers Van Deusen Associates; URS; ATC Associates, Inc.; Virtual Building Logistics; Haley & Aldrich, and Acentech.

October 20, 2009 Newman Architects receives three Design Awards from AIA Connecticut. Newman Architects has received three 2009 Design Awards from the Connecticut Chapter of the American Institute of Architects. The winning projects are Private Residence, Harbor Island Bahamas (Built Design; Residential Design); Stamford Porch (Urban Design); and West Side Presbyterian Church (People's Choice Award). Also a winner was the Arts and Architecture Complex, Yale University, for which Newman Architects provided Interior Design Services in collaboration with Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects.

July 1, 2009 Sag Harbor Votes to Restore and Expand Library The citizens of Sag Harbor, New York, voted resoundingly in favor of restoring and adding to its John Jermain Memorial Library. In August 2009, design work will begin to create a 21st century library for this historically significant eastern Long Island town. The deteriorating fabric of the existing Beaux Arts building will be restored. A new addition will express the new relationship between the institution of the library, information media, and the community. Richard Munday is partner-in-charge. Michael Scott is the project manager.

June 22, 2009 Jonathan Edwards College Renovation Receives Boston Society of Architects Higher Education Award Newman Architects is very pleased to announce that the Jonathan Edwards College Renovations project at Yale University has received a Higher Education Award for Design Excellence from the Boston Society of Architects (BSA). The award, sponsored by the BSA/SCUP Roundtable, honors design excellence in the context of the campus plan. The project will be exhibited Build Boston Conference in November 2009.

»	May 2, 2009 (PDF) Working for the Army Newman Architects is entering into a joint arrangement with Svigals Architects in New Haven to design a new Regional Training Institute for the Connecticut National Guard at Camp Rell in Niantic, Connecticut. A design-build project, Fusco Corporation is the builder. Herbert Newman is the principal in charge.

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May 1, 2009 (PDF) Plans for the Public Library in Sag Harbor Library, NY Newman Architects is working in Sag Harbor, New York to develop plans for restoring and adding to the town�s John Jermain Library. With restoration of the original Beaux Arts building a centerpiece, plans include an addition and a potential new Reading and Research Center at a second location. Richard Munday is principal in charge of the project. Michael Scott is the project manager.

	May 1, 2009 A New School in New Haven, Connecticut Newman Architects has begun the pre-design process for a new K-8 school in New Haven. Planned as a high performance project, Newman will adopt an integrated design approach to synthesize multiple ecologies at the school � those of the natural world, pedagogical processes, the urban setting, and culture.