This structure was conceived as an iconic home for the university’s growing math and science program, which previously was scattered in buildings throughout the campus. The facility houses the College of Science & Engineering and includes classrooms, research labs, a machine shop, as well as the dean’s suite, faculty offices, and conference and board rooms.
As a promotional showcase for the high-tech activities it houses, the 86,000-square-foot building expresses all of its systems and showcases its technology. When you enter the building, you immediately see lab areas and most noticeably a three-story atrium with interaction areas for students and faculty.
In a departure from the university’s prominent Beaux Arts architecture, the building features angled curtain walls of glass and metal paneling, as well as flame face granite. Where the university’s standard buff brick has been used, it has been turned around to reveal vertical striations that add texture.
2002 Award of Honor – AIA Fort Worth
Hahnfeld Hoffer Stanford served as Architect-of-Record for this project. Design Architect was Ellerbe Becket.
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