{"id":268,"date":"2020-01-17T22:14:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:14:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/?post_type=stories&#038;p=268"},"modified":"2020-01-17T22:31:46","modified_gmt":"2020-01-17T22:31:46","slug":"more-love-for-the-new-pub","status":"publish","type":"stories","link":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/news\/more-love-for-the-new-pub\/","title":{"rendered":"More Love for the New PUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Professional architects agree, Eastern\u2019s PUB is the place to be.<\/h3>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" style=\"width: 232px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_PUB-232x300.jpg\" alt=\"EWU's New PUB\" width=\"232\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_PUB-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_PUB-791x1024.jpg 791w, https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_PUB-768x994.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2020\/01\/FOB_PUB.jpg 1050w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">EWU&#8217;s PUB renovation is a winner.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Eastern\u2019s Pence Union Building, recent recipient of a $47 million remodel, has become everything renovation advocates had hoped for: an inviting center for student activities, a welcoming gathering place for the campus community, and a symbol of Eastern\u2019s commitment to a new era of higher education. Now add another plaudit: architectural icon.<\/p>\n<p>In October, the new PUB received a citation from the Washington Council of the American Institute of Architects recognizing it as exemplifying \u201cdesign excellence in publicly funded projects located in Washington state.\u201d Only eleven other projects were so honored.<\/p>\n<p>The awards, according to the citation, highlighted projects with the highest standards in sustainability, innovation, building performance and overall integration with the client and surrounding communities. In the PUB\u2019s case, judges were particularly entranced with the its gleaming front elevation and its soaring interior staircase that, they said, \u201cintegrated the life of the whole building.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professional architects agree, Eastern\u2019s PUB is the place to be. Eastern\u2019s Pence Union Building, recent recipient of a $47 million remodel, has become everything renovation advocates had hoped for: an inviting center for student activities, a welcoming gathering place for the campus community, and a symbol of Eastern\u2019s commitment to a new era of higher<a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/news\/more-love-for-the-new-pub\/\">&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":484,"featured_media":44,"menu_order":0,"template":"","class_list":["post-268","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-campus","stories_tags-fall-winter-2019"],"acf":{"featured_video":"","subheading":"","display_byline":false,"display_date_published":false,"Links":false,"Resources":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/stories"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/484"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":269,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/stories\/268\/revisions\/269"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ewu.edu\/magazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}