Higher education architecture

Elevated environments for empowered students

Thriving campuses, thriving communities

The modern campus is a place where only one thing is constant: change. While your institution is always in motion, JLG helps you continuously adapt to opportunities to engage students, faculty, alumni, and administration. With fluctuations in costs, enrollment, academic, and athletic programs, flexibility has never been more valuable. JLG’s Higher Education studio maps the human journey, focusing on intuitive campus design that respects and anticipates capital, respects the environment, and supports lifelong learning and hands-on, career-ready graduates of all backgrounds and walks of life.

Areas of expertise

Classroom, simulation, and supporting spaces for preparing future-ready graduates.

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Field houses, gymnasiums, stadiums, arenas, and wellness centers for all student bodies.

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Utilities, steam plants, and long term-visioning that support campus capital, environmental, accessibility, and diversity, equality and inclusivity goals.

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Labs, classrooms, study areas, and libraries for medical, cyber, and other specialized sciences.

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Student unions, campus centers, housing, cafeterias and other spaces for creating community.

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James Galloway
Principal Higher Education Studio Director

Building an inspiring and inclusive campus community

Intelligent architecture doesn’t wait for change, it anticipates it. See how JLG brings thoughtful innovation in support of the future of academics, athletics, and workforce demand.

The latest in higher education architecture

You have your summa cum laude, we have our Higher Education studio. Meet the passionate people behind our award-winning education solutions, explore insight from our experts, and see creative campus environments in the news.

Energetic. Special. Convenient. Just a few words Dave Starman and Shireen Saski used to describe the strength & conditioning space at Augustana University’s Midco Arena….
With Augustana University’s strong commitment to gender equity, Midco Arena was tabbed as home to the women’s soccer team from day one in the planning…
MADISON, S.D. – November 20, 2024 – Coming off their first season in a new facility, Trojan Football is poised for a success. In August,…
By Matt Jones11/07/24 North Dakota State University in Fargo, N.D., recently began construction on the new, $78-million Bolley Agricultural Research Laboratory, according to a news release….
Former Wilkes University forward/defender Emma Guzdek has been named the 2024 recipient of the annual College Hockey Inc. Scholarship, presented by JLG Architects. Guzdek will…
Dakota State University went all out for their Trojan Nights festivities as the school celebrated the opening of the Beacom PREMIER Complex. This culminated in…
MADISON, S.D. — Dakota State University football coach Josh Anderson remembers seeing the architects’ plans years ago. In it, there were some nice drawings of…
Dakota State Football will soon get to show off its new home turf to the community of Madison, taking on an old rival in the…
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Design for Life

Modern campuses are complex environments that must equally serve students, athletes, faculty, alumni, administration, donors, and the surrounding community. With a Design for Life approach, our Higher Education studio transforms your challenges into measurable action that puts people before place. The strength of this approach is rooted in our commitment to student success, client service, community integration, and elevated design. Whether we’re analyzing future building needs and land, uniting your wellness center and athletic facility, right-sizing departments, redirecting circulation, or overhauling campus infrastructure, we Design for Life.

Renovation or New Construction?

Deciding between creative re-use of an existing building or new construction is not an architectural decision that happens in a vacuum. Building design is a problem-solving tool, and in order to be effective, it’s critical to understand all the problems that you are trying to solve. In fact, in many cases, the solution you end up with may not be the one that you’d initially identified.

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