Progress on two building projects at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee has slowed amid disagreements over their siting.

University officials want to move the School of Freshwater Sciences, which is now housed in the Great Lakes Water Institute. They had once considered expanding the school on that site, near Lake Michigan. But the chancellor, Carlos Santiago, points out that it is also next to giant coal-storage piles, which makes raising money for an expansion difficult.

Administrators would like to see the school moved to the Reed Street Yards, a planned redevelopment of a former industrial site. But faculty members and scientists say the location would obstruct the school's research ship,

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Curry College, Milton, Mass.

Building Type: Campus Center

Construction Type: New

Cost: $32-million

Square Footage: 84,000

Architect: CBT/Childs Bertman Tseckares; LDL Studio

Contractor: Suffolk Construction Company

Opened: 2008

Not many college buildings draw on the lessons of shopping malls, but this campus center treats a dining hall, a gym, a fitness center, mailboxes, and a bookstore as its anchor tenants,...

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Building Dashboard 2010 from Stephen Diehl on Vimeo.

Kilowatts and carbon emissions are essentially invisible -- until the electric bill comes. But...

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University of Louisville, Louisville, Ky.

Building Type: Medical

Construction Type: New

Cost: $95-million

Square Footage: 292,000

Architect: SmithGroup; Arrasmith, Judd, Rapp, Chovan Inc.

Contractor: Messer Construction Company

Opened: 2009

This building was designed to offer open, flexible laboratory space, to inspire collaboration among 87 research teams, and to symbolize the university’s...

Michigan State University, East Lansing, Mich.

Building Type: Residential

Construction Type: Renovation

Cost: $9-million

Square Footage: 60,000

Architect: SmithGroup

Contractor: White Construction

Opened: 2009

Located on land that was part of the university’s original 1855 land grant, Mayo Hall was constructed in 1931 in the Collegiate Gothic style. This renovation include updating community restrooms; installing new mechanical, electrical, and ventilation...

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University of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif.

Building Type: Other

Construction Type: Renovation

Cost: $650,000

Square Footage: 789

Architect: AC Martin Partners Inc.

Contractor: Voss Construction

Opened: 2008

Located adjacent to the USC School of Architecture, this grab-and-go option for students is part of the university's effort to provide quality food service on its campus. The cafe is equipped with a warming kitchen, with all food prepared off-site and delivered fresh daily. Chairs and...