The Chronicle of Higher Education
04-28-06
Campus Architecture
New Campus Architecture: a Sampling
The nearly 50 buildings in this compilation are examples of new buildings and
renovation projects completed on college campuses during 2005. Information
and photographs were supplied by architecture firms and colleges. These and
other 2005 buildings — as well as buildings from 2003 and 2004 and a few justopened buildings from 2006 — can be found in our searchable online database
(http://chronicle.com/indepth/architecture). Information about newly completed
projects can be submitted at any time through the same Web page.
ACADEMIC BUILDINGS
College of Charleston
Marlene and Nathan Addlestone Library
Charleston, S.C.
Cost: $30-million
144,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Enwright Associates
Contractor: Hitt Contracting Inc.
This new library offers the college's students 1,400 seats, 1,752 voice and
data outlets, 260 computers, 16 individual-study rooms, and the Java City Cafe,
which opens onto a formal garden. The library is also home to the Center for
Student Learning, a Student Technology Center, and a computing-support desk.
The entire building and garden offer wireless Internet access.
Cornell University
Africana Studies and Research Center
Ithaca, N.Y.
Cost: $4-million
17,600 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
Contractor: Streeter Associates Inc.
The renovation and expansion of the university's Africana Studies and
Research Center added 6,000 square feet of new space, including a large
community room and the 3,066-square-foot John Henrik Clarke Africana Library,
designed for the center's 21,000-volume collection. The two new pavilions, clad
in multicolored brick in elaborate patterns that allude to African textiles, join with
the existing structure to create the feeling of a small village. The existing
structure houses classrooms, lounges, and offices for faculty members, graduate
students, and administrators.
Duke University
Duke Law School
Durham, N.C.
Cost: $16.2-million
57,456 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Dagit Saylor Architects
Contractor: Centex Construction
Built in the 1960s and added to in the early 1990s, the law school is being
expanded, renovated, and given new facades in an effort to unify its image.
Already complete is a 25,000-square-foot faculty-office wing that also houses a
law clinic and seminar rooms. Portions of the 1960 facades have been reclad to
match the addition's brick and limestone, while a bridge and Gothic-inspired
tower mark a major new entry.
Jacksonville University
Davis College of Business
Jacksonville, Fla.
Cost: $10-million
55,000 sq. ft.
Architect: JSA Inc.
Contractor: Elkins Constructors Inc.
Designed to be the focal point of a new entrance to the campus, the Davis
College of Business has seminar rooms, tiered auditorium-style classrooms, and
other teaching spaces. Professors rely on portable "smart podiums" equipped
with computers and video technology. Other features of the building include a
behavior lab, a trading room, meeting space, offices, and a cafe. Among the
architectural highlights are a glass-walled clock tower and an elliptical lobby and
elevator column.
Northwestern University
Ford Motor Company Engineering Design Center
Evanston, Ill.
Cost: $30-million
84,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Davis Brody Bond
Contractor: Turner Construction Company
Intended to let engineering students experience a design culture, this six-story
building includes classrooms, shops, design studios, meeting areas, and rooms
specially designed for team learning, collaborative projects, and computerassisted learning. It has received silver-level LEED certification from the U.S.
Green Building Council.
Oregon State University
Kelley Engineering Center
Corvallis, Ore.
Cost: $33.6-million
153,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Yost Grube Hall Architecture
Contractor: Skanska USA Building
Built for the departments of computer science and electrical and computer
engineering, this building houses two 60-seat classrooms, administrative offices,
a 60-seat computer lab, and six research labs. The building is divided into a fourstory section and a three-story section, linked by an atrium. Sustainable-design
features include recycled materials, sensors to turn off electric lights when
daylight is sufficient, and high-efficiency fixtures. The building is designed to
LEED gold standards.
Pennsylvania State University at University Park
Stuckeman Family Building
University Park, Pa.
Cost: $26.5-million
111,000 sq. ft.
Architects: Overland Partners Architects, WTW Architects
Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Constructed beside the university's Palmer Museum of Art for the School of
Architecture and Landscape Architecture, this four-story building offers designstudio space for 560 students on two floors, as well as a 4,000-square-foot shop
for building models. The building was designed to achieve a LEED certification
for its environmentally friendly features, including a facade of recycled copper,
energy-saving glass, sun-controlled louvers on the building exterior, and a
system for limiting storm-water runoff. The building is expected to use 35 percent
less energy each year than a conventional structure of similar size.
Pratt Institute
Higgins Hall Center Section
Brooklyn, N.Y.
Cost: $13-million
26,000 sq. ft.
Architects: Steven Holl Architects, Rogers Marvel Architects
Contractor: Sciame
The new center section of Higgins Hall is a multilevel, glass-enclosed facility
that includes an entrance lobby, a gallery, a terrace, an auditorium, a digitalresource center, studios, and workshops. The facility connects the north and
south wings of Higgins Hall, a 160-year-old New York City landmark that lost its
middle portion to a 1996 fire. The building houses Pratt's School of Architecture.
University of Maine
Engineering and Research Complex
Orono, Me.
Cost: $12.5-million
70,000 sq. ft.
Architects: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, OEST Associates Inc.
Contractor: Pizzagalli Construction Company
Two new buildings and three existing structures have created an engineering
precinct near the heart of the university's campus. The first new building, an
engineering and science research facility, houses the multidisciplinary Laboratory
of Surface Science and Technology, along with the electrical- and computerengineering departments. The facility includes a nanomanufacturing lab that is
available to both business and academic researchers. The second building, the
Advanced Manufacturing Center, houses both teaching areas and space for
start-up research efforts. A plaza is designed to be a campus gathering place
and an outdoor showplace for engineering projects. A free-standing clock tower
helps give the precinct its own identity.
ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDINGS
De Anza College
Student and Community Services Center
Cupertino, Calif.
Cost: $14.9-million
14,627 sq. ft.
Architect: tBP/Architecture
Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Company
This two-story building was intended to provide easy access to De Anza's
programs and services to new and continuing students, local residents, and
business representatives. It houses the admissions office, a testing-andplacement center, the bookstore, community-education facilities, and counseling
and career services, among others.
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Academy Hall
Troy, N.Y.
Cost: $4.8-million
64,000 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Woodward, Connor, Gillies, Seleman Architects
Contractor: Baron Construction Corporation
This building, constructed in 1923 as Troy's Public School 14, served
elementary-school students until Rensselaer purchased it in 1990. It was
renovated over two years to offer Rensselaer students "one-stop shopping" for
student servicesthe vice president for student life and the dean of students are
here, as are the financial-aid and student-records offices. During the renovation,
the building received new heating and air-conditioning systems, new furniture,
new stairways, an elevator, and handicap-accessible bathrooms.
University of Texas at El Paso
Academic Services Building
El Paso, Tex.
Cost: $10.4-million
52,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Carl Daniel Architects
Contractor: Banes General Contractors
The newest building on a campus known for Bhutanese-style buildings, this
two-story structure houses 12 administrative departments key to helping students
enroll, including the financial-aid office, the registrar's office, and offices that deal
with scholarships and veterans' affairs, as well as the Graduate School. The
building also has five conference rooms.
ARTS BUILDINGS
American University
Dr. Cyrus and Myrtle Katzen Arts Center
Washington, D.C.
Cost: $48-million
130,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Einhorn Yaffee Prescott
Contractor: Holder Construction Company
The Katzen Arts Center, occupying a prominent site on Massachusetts
Avenue at Ward Circle, was designed as an inter-disciplinary home for programs
in the visual arts, music, theater, dance, art history, and arts management. The
building stretches along a 600-foot interior street that parallels Massachusetts
Avenue and offers access to a 30,000-square-foot museum as well as three
performance venues, classrooms, studios, and offices for faculty members. A
6,000-square-foot sculpture garden and a 550-space parking garage complete
the complex.
Drew University
Concert Hall, Dorothy Young Center for the Arts
Madison, N.J.
Cost: $9.4-million
24,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Farewell Mills Gatsch Architects
Contractor: Henderson Corporation
This new 430-seat hall was designed to accommodate a variety of types of
performances. Polished concrete, maple, and honey-colored fir give it a warm
appearance while enhancing its acoustics, and adjustable fabric banners assist
in tuning the space for different kinds of events. Also, a device alternately
referred to as a ship or a jewel hangs from the ceiling and can be raised and
lowered to adjust the acoustical performance of the space. The device holds
stage and house lighting, and, when backlit, bathes audience and performers in a
subtle glow. It is set at the center of a folded fabric canopy that arcs above the
hall like a tent.
Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge
Shaw Center for the Arts
Baton Rouge, La.
Cost: $37-million
125,500 sq. ft.
Architects: Schwartz/Silver Architects, Eskew + Dumez + Ripple
Contractor: Lemoine Company
The Shaw Center for the Arts, in downtown Baton Rouge, houses the
university's Museum of Art and School of Art, as well as the Manship Performing
Arts Center, restaurants, and galleries. A joint project of the university, the city
and state governments, and numerous arts organizations, the Shaw Center's
cantilevered upper mass houses the museum. The 1930s-era Auto Hotel, a
landmark garage incorporated into the complex, connects it to the existing city
block. A central lobby serves as foyer to the 325-seat proscenium stage. The
center is clad in cast-glass channels suspended six inches from the building's
aluminum exterior wall system, giving the facade depth and complexity. It
changes color throughout the day as it reflects light from the sky and the
Mississippi River.
University of California at Los Angeles
Glorya Kaufman Hall
Los Angeles, Calif.
Cost: $35-million
72,728 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Moore Ruble Yudell Architects & Planners
Contractor: Tutor-Saliba Corporation
Constructed in 1932 as the women's gymnasium, this building later became
the home of the nation's first university dance department. The renovation
provides a new dance floor and updated acoustics and lighting in the dance
theater, and improves rehearsal and performance studios, multimedia labs,
offices and tech-support facilities, and classrooms. A new outdoor dance pavilion
(above) was also created. The pavilion can be closed for small events, or can be
opened to serve as the stage for large events, during which the audience sits in a
grassy courtyard.
University of Oklahoma at Norman
Donald W. Reynolds Performing Arts Center
Norman, Okla.
Cost: $14.1-million
78,972 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer Associates
Contractor: Flintco
This project renovated one of Oklahoma's most historic buildings, Holmberg
Hall, which was built in 1918 and is the state's only European-style opera hall. As
part of the project, the 750-seat hall was renovated so that it appears much as it
did originally, with a domed ceiling. Additions to the building include a 5,000square-foot stage house, large enough to accommodate modern productions,
and a 24,500-square-foot facility for the university's School of Dance.
Vanderbilt University
E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center
Nashville, Tenn.
Cost: $11-million
46,650 sq. ft.
Architects: Hillier Architecture, Allard Architects
Contractor: Knestrick Contractor Inc.
Vanderbilt's new studio-arts center contains studios for painting, drawing,
ceramics, printmaking, sculpture, computer graphics, and photography, as well
as gallery and critique spaces. Instructors have private work space as well. With
an exterior of hand-molded brick, weathered copper, and industrial-style
windows, the building is intended to mediate between the Victorian Gothic of the
central campus and the more contemporary medical and athletics facilities
nearby.
ATHLETICS BUILDINGS
Centre College
Sutcliffe Athletic Center
Danville, Ky.
Cost: $10.9-million
82,701 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc.
Contractor: Whitten-berg Construction Company
This project replaced the oldest part of the college's athletics facilitydating to
1915with a three-level, 62,700-square-foot building. Some areas of existing
buildings to which the new structure connects were renovated as part of the
project. The facility now houses a three-court multipurpose gym, two additional
gyms, an elevated track, two classrooms, a fitness center, racquetball courts,
locker rooms, coaches' offices, and lounge space.
Harvard University
Hemenway Gymnasium
Cambridge, Mass.
Cost: $8.2-million
28,000 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Sasaki Associates Inc.
Contractor: Turner Construction Company
This project entailed restoring the exterior and renovating the interior of a 1938
gymnasium designed by Coolidge, Shepley, Bulfinch and Abbott. The building's
multilevel interior was reconfigured to offer users views into its different facilities.
An underused squash facility was converted into a fitness center, and a former
badminton court became a multipurpose room. The building was also airconditioned for the first time.
Hiram College
Les and Kathy Coleman Sports, Recreation, and Fitness Center
Hiram, Ohio
Cost: $12.2-million
82,000 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc.
Contractor: Panzica Construction Company
The project combined the college's existing athletics facilities with new
construction to create a new fitness and recreation center that wraps around the
college's football field. Among the combined facility's amenities are a
multipurpose gymnasium, a suspended indoor running track, a cardio-fitness
center, racquetball courts, classrooms, and a hall-of-fame lounge.
University of Dayton
RecPlex
Dayton, Ohio
Cost: $25-million
125,000 sq. ft.
Architects: Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc., Edge & Tinney Architects
Contractor: Messer Construction Company
The RecPlex offers a four-court recreational gym, a two-court multipurpose
gym, a suspended running track, racquetball courts, an eight-lane indoor
recreational pool, a fitness center, a climbing wall, and other facilities. Windows
and skylights admit daylight, and a concourse bisecting the building allows
students to get from one side of it to the other without having to go around it or to
enter its controlled areas.
University of Missouri at Columbia
Student Recreation Complex
Columbia, Mo.
Cost: $38.9-million
283,579 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc.
Contractor: River City Construction
The university's renovation and expansion of its athletics facilitiescentered on
the 1905 Rothwell Gymnasiumadded 115,000 square feet of space to the
complex, which also includes the 1929 Brewer fieldhouse and various existing
additions. Paid for by student fees, the project added an aquatics center with a
50-meter pool and seating for 1,000, as well as a heated outdoor pool, and an
indoor leisure pool with a beach, river currents, a grotto, and a waterfall; a
climbing wall; an 18,000-square-foot fitness center; and a jungle-themed lobby.
The facility includes conversation areas, offices for staff members, a conference
suite, and a juice bar. The design replicates architectural details from the
Rothwell Gym wherever possible.
CAMPUS CENTER
University of California at Davis
Segundo Commons
Davis, Calif.
Cost: $17.1-million
45,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Sasaki Associates Inc.
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction Company
This long-awaited facility includes a large undergraduate dining commons, a
commercial kitchen, a central production kitchen, and offices and classrooms.
The building emphasizes materials with natural finishes, including walls of
precast concrete, exposed wood in ceilings and elsewhere, and lots of glass. The
project included creating a circular entry plaza that also provides outdoor seating.
LIBRARIES
Centre College
Crounse Academic Center
Danville, Ky.
Cost: $8.4-million
75,000 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Hastings + Chivetta Architects Inc.
Contractor: Whittenberg Construction Company
In addition to renovating the Crounse Center, the college expanded it by
28,421 square feet to accommodate new classroom space, new faculty offices,
and additional room for the Doherty Library, including collapsible stacks and a
new reading room. In addition, the building's original 1960s facade was replaced
with a Federal-style front, and new landscaping and walkways were added to
make Crounse a focus of the college's academic quad.
Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study
Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America
Cambridge, Mass.
Cost: $5-million
24,300 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Inc.
Contractor: Richard White Sons
This renovation of the former Radcliffe College library was intended to improve
the library building's systems to ensure the long-term security and preservation of
its collections, as well as to make the library more functional and more attractive
for users. The project also made it easier to move among buildings in Radcliffe
Yard and called attention to the history of college. The Radcliffe Institute for
Advanced Study is part of Harvard University.
MEDICAL BUILDINGS
Northwestern University
Robert H. Lurie Medical Research Center
Evanston, Ill.
Cost: $165-million
418,216 sq. ft.
Architect: Davis Brody Bond
Contractor: Turner Construction Company
This 12-story building is devoted to research on cancer, neurodegenerative
diseases, bionanotechnology, infectious diseases, regenerative medicine, and
genetics. Labs and offices occupy nine floors of the structure, which also houses
two auditoriums, two seminar rooms, a dining facility that can accommodate 120
people, a campus center, and an animal-research facility.
University of California at San Diego
Rebecca & John Moores UCSD Cancer Center
La Jolla, Calif.
Cost: $72.4-million
270,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Contractor: McCarthy Building Companies Inc.
The Moores Cancer Center houses facilities for clinical care, basic research,
cancer prevention and control, and administration. The main floor offers patients
easy access to clinics and other areas. The research spaces, designed for as
many as 22 teams of scientists, include wet-bench laboratories, support areas,
and office space. Outdoor gardens offer faculty members and students places to
interact, and give patients peaceful places to visit.
MIXED-USE BUILDINGS
Coastal Georgia Community College
Camden Center
Brunswick, Ga.
Cost: $14.9-million
89,000 sq. ft.
Architects: Lord, Aeck & Sargent, John A. Tuten & Associates
Contractor: Two State Construction Company
This one-building satellite campus in Kingsland, Ga., uses a striking copperclad dome as its focal point and a U-shaped courtyard as its organizing principle.
In addition to classrooms, some of them specially designed for vocational
instruction, the two-story building includes a library, a 425-seat auditorium,
administrative offices, and a food-service facility. The building was designed to
be easily expanded when the college's programs require more space.
Georgia Military College
New Academic Building
Milledgeville, Ga.
Cost: $15-million
50,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Contractor: Beck Group
This new facility houses classrooms, science labs, art and music studios,
faculty and administrative offices, a bookstore, a student center, and a cafeteria.
A 407-seat performing-arts facility is not just below gradeits stage is buried
beneath the institution's football field. A three-story atrium connects the structure
to an existing classroom building.
Montclair State University
University Hall
Montclair, N.J.
Cost: $54-million
272,000 sq. ft.
Architect: S/L/A/M Collaborative
Contractor: Terminal Construction Corporation
Designed in the campus's distinctive Spanish Mission style, University Hall is
the largest building in Montclair State's history, and will be used by all of the
university's colleges and schools. It houses one 200-seat and six 100-seat
lecture halls, 39 general classrooms, 11 specialized classrooms and laboratories,
and study lounges and other gathering spaces. A conference and event facility
for up to 500 people and an outdoor courtyard complete the building.
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Eberhardt Hall
Newark, N.J.
Cost: $13-million
35,000 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architects: Cody Eckert & Associates Architects, D F Gibson Architects
Contractor: Turner Construction Company
This three-story Gothic Revival structure, constructed as the Newark Orphan
Asylum in 1851 and owned by NJIT since 1948, was designed by John Welsh, a
noted 19th-century architect. It has been renovated to house offices and
conference facilities for the university's alumni officials and other administrators.
The project involved removing 20th-century adaptations, such as openings for
air-conditioners, and replacing a front parking lot with a terraced green and a
bluestone forecourt for outdoor events. Public areas on the first floor were
restored with simulated gaslight fixtures and reproductions of Victorian
wallpapers and wood trims. Eberhardt Hall is listed on the National Register of
Historic Places.
Santa Clara University
Commons on Kennedy Mall
Santa Clara, Calif.
Cost: $4.1-million
7,500 sq. ft.
Architect: KMD Architects
Contractor: Devcon Construction
The Commons is a flexible, multipurpose space that includes meeting rooms,
a kitchen, classrooms, and lecture space for use by faculty members and
students. It is also a demonstration building that will be used to evaluate
sustainable building techniques that may be used in upcoming projects on the
campus. Succulent plants cover the roof, providing natural insulation; straw bales
and bluejeans are stuffed into the walls, also for insulation; and a groundwaterbased cooling system reduces the need for conventional air-conditioning.
University of Dayton
Marianist Hall
Dayton, Ohio
Cost: $21-million
31,078 sq. ft.
Architect: Edge & Tinney Architects
Contractor: Miller-Valentine Group
This four-story brick building mixes student living quarters with technology-rich
learning spaces, faculty and campus-ministry offices, a spacious two-story
bookstore, a post office, a credit union, a market and deli, and a 60-seat chapel.
Every floor features living rooms for the 396 first- and second-year residents.
University of Dayton
ArtStreet
Dayton, Ohio
Cost: $9-million
31,078 sq. ft.
Architect: Burgess & Niple
Contractor: Messer Construction Company
Intended for students of all majors as well as residents of surrounding
neighborhoods, ArtStreet contains living spaces as well as multi-use facilities for
practicing, performing, displaying, discussing, and contemplating the arts. A cafe
serves as a gathering place. The student-run radio station, WUDR, is also
located here.
OTHER USES
Georgia College & State University
Old Governor's Mansion
Milledgeville, Ga.
Cost: $8-million
19,300 sq. ft. (renovation)
Architect: Lord, Aeck & Sargent, SmithGroup
Contractor: Garbutt/Christman
The Old Governor's Mansion, designed by the noted Georgia architect Charles
Cluskey, was home to the state's governors for about 30 years before the capital
was moved to Atlanta. The house is often praised as one of the country's best
examples of Greek Revival architecture, but it had suffered considerable
deterioration. This project was intended to restore the exterior to its original 1839
appearance while returning the interior to its 1850s appearanceand while
providing heat and air-conditioning so that the building can be used as a house
museum and events facility. Two outbuildings were also added: One has a
banquet kitchen and restrooms, while the other is an education building for tour
orientations, exhibits, and lectures.
Iowa State University
Environmental Health and Safety Services Building
Ames, Iowa
Cost: $6.2-million
34,449 sq. ft.
Architect: Architects Smith Metzger
Contractor: Woodruff Construction
This building brings all the university's environmental-health and -safety
departments together in one building that offers administrative offices,
conference facilities, a learning center, laboratories, and storage and handling for
the university's hazardous waste. An innovative compartmentalization of waste
storage makes the facility safer and more manageable, and also offers significant
flexibility for dealing with variations in waste streams. Office and public areas
enjoy natural light and a pleasant view of adjacent woodlands.
RESIDENTIAL BUILDINGS
Amherst College
James and Stearns Residence Halls
Amherst, Mass.
Cost: $16.5-million
62,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott
Contractor: Barr & Barr
James and Stearns Halls have been designed to fit comfortably into Amherst's
main quadrangle. They preserve the formal passage between the Mead Art
Museum and Johnson Chapel, and at the same time follow a tenet of
sustainability: "Build on previously degraded land." The design protects adjacent
natural vegetation and creates a new courtyard between the residence halls and
the museum. James and Stearns have 85 beds each, in singles, one-room
doubles, and two-room doubles. The buildings also have living rooms with
fireplaces, libraries, lounges, study alcoves, kitchenettes, and music practice
rooms.
Goucher College
New Residence Hall
Towson, Md.
Cost: $15.4-million
70,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Hillier Architecture
Contractor: Whiting-Turner Contracting Company
Goucher's newest residence hall occupies a prominent site on which it will help
define a new edge for the campus. With about 175 beds, the residence hall is
intended to be both a living and a learning environment, accommodating
classrooms and apartments for faculty members as well as student living
quarters and the usual amenities, like fitness and laundry rooms. The building
was designed with environmental-sustainability standards in mind.
Middlebury College
Atwater Commons Dining Hall
Middlebury, Vt.
Cost: $7-million
21,400 sq. ft.
Architect: KieranTimberlake Associates
Contractor: Lee Kennedy Company
An oval-shaped building that seats 225 and features a hearth oven, Atwater
Commons Dining Hall has high sloped ceilings and a window wall with views of
the town of Middlebury and the Green Mountains. Diners can also see their food
being prepared as they pass through an open serving and cooking area.
Skylights, a student lounge, a reception area, a seminar room, and an exterior
patio with a fireplace also are on the main level. The dining hall is set into a
hillside to reduce its visual impact, and it makes extensive use of natural light and
wood harvested with sustainable methods. It also has a vegetated roof that will
provide enhanced insulation.
SCIENCE BUILDINGS
Charleston Southern University
Science Building
Charleston, S.C.
Cost: $13.1-million
54,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Lord, Aeck & Sargent
Contractor: Trident Construction Company
Designed for the university's biology, chemistry, and biochemistry programs,
this U-shaped two-story building contains classrooms, faculty offices, 11 teaching
labs, and eight research labs. The building, which features a copper dome atop
its central pavilion, is located near the university chapel, overlooking the
campus's Reflection Pond.
Clark University
Lasry Center for Bioscience
Worcester, Mass.
Cost: $14-million
50,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Tsoi/Kobus & Associates
Contractor: Consigli Construction
This new biology building provides classrooms, seminar rooms, teaching and
research laboratories, and offices for faculty members and graduate students.
The teaching labs are designed to be flexible, accommodating a variety of
instructional approaches, and lab-support spaces make it possible to share
equipment easily. Its locationnear buildings housing the chemistry, physics, and
mathematics and computer-science departmentsis intended to encourage
interaction among faculty members and students in all scientific disciplines.
Florida State University
College of Medicine
Tallahassee, Fla.
Cost: $53.2-million
252,000 sq. ft.
Architect: HOK, Elliott Marshall Innes
Contractor: Centex Construction
This Gothic-inspired biomedical complex serves as a gateway to the
university's campus. It consists of classrooms, teaching clinics and labs, offices,
an auditorium, and student-support spaces. Facilities for researchers include
biomedical-research labs, imaging research areas for molecular biology, tissueculture labs, and computational labs, as well as an animal-research facility. Open
spaces between the buildings give the complex visual porosity and enable
cooling breezes to flow among them.
Heidelberg College
Paul E. Gillmor Science Hall
Tiffin, Ohio
Cost: $15-million
42,000 sq. ft.
Architect: The Collaborative Inc.
Contractor: Tuttle Construction Inc.
Gillmor Hall is home to Heidelberg's biology and chemistry laboratories, its
archaeology department, and its Water Quality Laboratory. Other features
include a rooftop astronomy observation deck, a greenhouse, and a floor-toceiling glass atrium designed to promote interaction among faculty members and
students. The facility is named for U.S. Rep. Paul E. Gillmor, whose home district
includes the college's campus.
Medical University of South Carolina
College of Health Professions
Charleston, S.C.
Cost: $15.5-million
80,000 sq. ft.
Architects: JHS Architecture, Colliers Keenan Development
Contractor: Mashburn Construction Company Inc.
Designed for collaborative learning, the College of Health Professions facility
consists of two buildings connected by a four-story glass walkway. The buildings
house classrooms, laboratories, and offices for 11 programs. The original
entrance and three remaining walls of the former High School of Charleston,
constructed about 1920, were preserved and renovated within a three-story
atrium in Building A.
State University of New York at Albany
Life Sciences Research Building
Albany, N.Y.
Cost: $44.8-million
174,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Hillier Architecture
Contractor: Northland Associates
This new building brings together scientists studying imaging, tissue culture, Xray crystallography, bioinformatics, and molecular modeling. It was designed to
accommodate, among other things, an auditorium, a nuclear magneticresonance spectrometer, and a 75-node computer server cluster for research.
University of California at Davis
Sciences Laboratory Building
Davis, Calif.
Cost: $39.7-million
151,594 sq. ft.
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Contractor: Howard S. Wright Construction Company
The three-story Sci-ences Laboratory Building forms the east edge of the
university's biological-sciences quad. The facility consolidates disciplines
previously spread out over four locations, including chemistry, evolution and
ecology, neurobiology, microbiology, biochemistry, genetics, plant biology, and
bioinformatics. The building also houses a computer lab, a green house, and a
herbarium. A free-standing 500-seat lecture hall is also part of the complex. The
building extends the campus's architectural vocabulary with tan, precast concrete
walls, contrasting window surrounds, and clay-tile roof detailing. Extensive site
improvements, including bikeways, bike parking, and plazas, accommodate the
large number of students and visitors who use the facility every day.
University of South Carolina at Beaufort
Science & Technology
Beaufort, S.C.
Cost: $5.7-million
42,200 sq. ft.
Architect: Watson Tate Savory
Contractor: Burkwood Construction
In addition to four teaching labstwo for biology, and one each for chemistry
and physicsthis building has classrooms, faculty offices, labs for individual
research, and storage space. The unfinished second story is intended as
expansion space to meet the college's future needs.
University of Southern California
Molecular & Computational Biology Building
Los Angeles, Calif.
Cost: $59-million
135,000 sq. ft.
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Contractor: Morley Builders
Intended for researchers studying genome structure and function, as well as
for programs in molecular biology, computational genomics, chemical biology,
and interdisciplinary research, this building was designed to foster interaction
among researchers. Organized around a four-story atrium with access to a
courtyard, the building includes a student lounge, a seminar room, a
computational-instruction laboratory, and administrative offices. Research
laboratories and laboratory-support spaces share common corridors, with offices
located at each end.
Washington State University
Plant Biosciences Building
Pullman, Wash.
Cost: $30-million
93,7000 sq. ft. (new)
Architect: Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership
Contractor: Skanska USA Building
This building is the first in a new interdisciplinary research complex on
Washington State's campus. The building houses research and teaching labs
that support a wide range of bioscience classes and research programs.
Interconnected research laboratories are located on the top three floors and
incorporate shared equipment areas to save money and encourage
collaboration. Public space on the ground floor includes four high-tech teaching
laboratories, each with a preparation lab that provides additional flexibility for
instruction and conducting experimental procedures.