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Ellenzweig is a 50-person architecture firm specializing in the planning and design of technologically advanced research and teaching facilities for academic, institutional, and corporate clients.  Since 1965, we have provided full architectural services, including lab planning, on all of our projects.  Our work has earned a national reputation for innovative, technically sophisticated designs—buildings that are highly functional, yet also humane and uplifting for their users.

Our clients include Harvard University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Michigan State University, Rice University, New York State College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Cornell University, Syracuse University, Boston College, Brown University, University at Albany (SUNY), Stony Brook University, University of Massachusetts Amherst, University of Massachusetts Boston, University of Maine, University of Mississippi, University of Rhode Island, University of Vermont, Ursinus College, Massachusetts Maritime Academy, The College of William and Mary/Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Yale School of Medicine, and EMD Serono.

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Michael Lauber, FAIA, President

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Boston, MA 02110
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In the News

University of Maine Opens Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center

Published 9/9/2022

The University of Maine opened the $78 million Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center in August of 2022 in Orono. Designed by Ellenzweig and WBRC to promote experiential learning, the 115,000-sf facility features hands-on teaching labs for programs in mechanical and biomedical engineering. Housing the campus welcome center and a STEM outreach hub, the three-story structure provides capstone project rooms, a collaboration commons, informal meeting areas, conference rooms, and offices for faculty and staff.

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University of Maine Begins Construction on Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center

Published 5/12/2020

The University of Maine began construction in May of 2020 on the $78 million Ferland Engineering Education and Design Center in Orono. Designed by Ellenzweig and WBRC Architects/Engineers to promote experiential learning, the 108,000-sf facility will feature hands-on teaching labs for programs in mechanical and biomedical engineering. The three-story multidisciplinary building will also offer instructional spaces, capstone project rooms, a collaboration commons, conference rooms, informal meeting areas, and offices for faculty and staff.

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University of Mississippi Plans Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation

Published 5/5/2020

The University of Mississippi is planning to begin construction in late 2020 on the $160 million Jim and Thomas Duff Center for Science and Technology Innovation in Oxford. The 204,000-sf facility will provide leading-edge laboratories, interactive classrooms, collaboration areas, lounges, breakout spaces, conference and meeting rooms, and offices for faculty and staff. Anchoring the new Science District, the building is expected to be one of the nation’s leading student-centered learning environments for STEM programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics.

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Maker Spaces Now an Essential Component of Engineering Education Facilities

Published 2/19/2020

Maker spaces, active learning labs, and multidisciplinary collaboration spaces have become essential elements for educational engineering facilities nationwide, as academic institutions respond to the demands of modern industry. In addition to providing the robust infrastructure and fabrication tools engineering students need to develop practical skills, another important element of these space types is an emphasis on teamwork, entrepreneurship, and commercial viability. This means positioning maker and capstone project spaces in close proximity to meeting rooms, support spaces, and team collaboration zones. High-profile maker spaces also serve to help institutions increase industry partnership opportunities as well as student and faculty recruitment.

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