Montana State University architecture students help design school at the top of the world in cooperation with the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation.

October 14, 2008

Perhaps most architects go into a building project with high expectations, but none higher than a group of Montana State University architecture students and their professor. The group is planning to build a school at 13,000 ft. elevation in the Himalayas in one of the most remote locations on earth.

A group of student architects, led by MSU architecture professor Michael Everts, is working on the design of the Khumbu Climbing School in the Nepalese village of Phortse in cooperation with the Alex Lowe Charitable Foundation. Located in the shadow of Mt. Everest, the school is being built in honor of MSU graduate Alex Lowe, who was widely regarded as the world's best climber when he was killed by an avalanche in Pakistan in 1999.

Carol Schmidt, MSU News

Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=6354

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