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Building Design + Construction consistently ranks Clark Nexsen as a Top 10 design firm for Higher Education. Our architects, engineers, planners, and interior designers create new academic solutions that promote academic success among students. We use a big picture view of the competing priorities and trends impacting colleges and universities to plan and design student life facilities, libraries, integrated academic buildings and STEM and STEAM-focused facilities. As a design partner, we work with our clients to plan and develop innovative learning environments that inspire learning and discovery.

We have designed more than 3.5 million square feet of complex Science + Technology environments since 2010. Our collaborative process mirrors the changing landscape of research and discovery taking place in laboratories that are both academic and commercial. Combined with a commitment to achieving our clients’ goals in design, budget, and schedule, our approach has allowed us to emerge as one of the region’s leading architecture and engineering firms in the S+T market. We understand the trends driving facility design and the business implications of the choices our clients face. As a trusted advisor, we work together to create spaces that promote multidisciplinary interaction and provide the flexibility to accommodate diverse, constantly shifting program requirements.

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Patrick O'Keefe, AIA, LEED AP BD+C

333 Fayetteville St., Suite 1000
Raleigh, NC 27601
United States

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In the News

Alamance Community College Opens Biotechnology Center of Excellence

Published 4/14/2023

Alamance Community College opened the $19.4 million Biotechnology Center of Excellence in March of 2023 in Graham, N.C. Designed by Clark Nexsen, the 32,000-sf facility provides a large general teaching lab, a cleanroom, seminar and conference rooms, faculty offices, and specialized labs for programs in biotechnology, medical laboratory technology, histotechnology, and agricultural biotechnology.

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North Carolina State University Completes Fitts-Woolard Hall of Engineering

Published 3/10/2021

North Carolina State University completed construction in February of 2021 on the $150 million Fitts-Woolard Hall in Raleigh. The 225,000-sf teaching and research facility provides over 100 classrooms and laboratories for the Department of Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering and the Fitts Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering. Designed by Clark Nexsen to promote multidisciplinary collaboration and interaction, the highly transparent structure leverages extensive internal and external glazing to put engineering on display.

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Henderson County Health Sciences Center

Published 11/7/2018

Founded at the intersection of health science and education, the Henderson County Health Sciences Center is building bridges between patients, students, and healthcare professionals. The three-story facility provides an enhanced experience for patients through a complex network of professionals working together. The facility is the result of a strategic partnership between Pardee Hospital, Blue Ridge Community College, Wingate University, and Henderson County. Henderson County coordinated and funded the project through a public-private partnership that expands space, funds, and resources for the three entities and the surrounding community.

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Henderson County Health Sciences Center

Published 11/7/2018

Founded at the intersection of health science and education, the Henderson County Health Sciences Center is building bridges between patients, students, and healthcare professionals. The three-story facility provides an enhanced experience for patients through a complex network of professionals working together. The facility is the result of a strategic partnership between Pardee Hospital, Blue Ridge Community College, Wingate University, and Henderson County. Henderson County coordinated and funded the project through a public-private partnership that expands space, funds, and resources for the three entities and the surrounding community.

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Henderson County Health Sciences Center

Published 11/7/2018

Founded at the intersection of health science and education, the Henderson County Health Sciences Center is building bridges between patients, students, and healthcare professionals. The three-story facility provides an enhanced experience for patients through a complex network of professionals working together. The facility is the result of a strategic partnership between Pardee Hospital, Blue Ridge Community College, Wingate University, and Henderson County. Henderson County coordinated and funded the project through a public-private partnership that expands space, funds, and resources for the three entities and the surrounding community.

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