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Southwest Sector Elementary School Groundbreaking
Knox County, Tennessee - Ground was broken for the new Southwest Sector Elementary School on February 2nd for a new, 1200-student, K-5 elementary school. The facility will include classrooms, gymnasium, cafeteria, library, administration, typical support areas, parking and playground areas. Site work includes widening Thunderhead Road and provisions for a new access road (Horizon Road) within the Northshore Town Center complex of West Knox County. Geothermal field design is also included. Cope Associates Architecture is providing design services, as well as project management services.
Cope Architecture Opens Nashville Office
Cope AssociatesArchitecture is pleased to announce the opening of our new Nashville Office to better serve our clients in Middle Tennessee. The Nashville Office is headed by John Cheney, Client Manager (cell 615.499.1756) with Darryl Gibson, AIA, as Senior Architect (cell 615.499.3669).
TSBA Announces 2011 Winners in Annual School of the Year for Excellence in Architectural Design
The Tennessee School Boards Association (TSBA) recognizes architectural firms for excellence in design through the TSBA School of the Year Awards, granted in five categories including new school construction of elementary, middle, and high schools, renovations, and the People's Choice Award, which is selected by convention attendees. Cope Architecture was honored by the following awards:
2011 TSBA President, Nancy Williamson, presents the People's Choice Award for Morristown East High School to Dr. Joe Gibson, Chairman of the Hamblen County School Board, (center) and Lanny Cope, AIA, President of Cope Associates Architecture (right).
Cope Architecture also received 1st Place in the High School New Construction category for Morristown East High School. The project included 62,232 square feet of major additions including adding a new cafeteria and kitchen facilities, a new two-story Ninth Grade Academy, and a S.T.E.M. (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) Center, which houses ag-tech, pre-engineering, alternate fuels labs, and mathematics labs.
Cope Serves as USGBC Event Sponsor
Cope Associates Architecture was pleased serve as an event sponsor for the East Tennessee US Green Building Council (USGBC) chapter's very first chapter Green Light Awards! The celebration honored volunteers and organizations that had made exemplary contributions to sustainability in the built environment. The Chapter selected the Oak Ridge National Laboratory as it's inaugural winner of the 1st Annual Green Light Award which was presented at an informal reception November 30th for local leaders and supporters of sustainability efforts. Lanny Cope, AIA, President, is on the founding board of the East Tennessee USGBC.