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Brown University Completes Engineering & Physics Addition
Brown University's new 17,000-sf two-level Engineering and Physics Addition has been completed by the George B.H. Macomber Company of Boston. The addition unites the existing 1960s complex and provides cutting-edge labs and teaching spaces. The new structure, designed by Payette Associates of Boston, provides space for digital imaging; rapid prototyping; computing; and electronic, mechanical, electrical, civil, and bioengineering labs.
Princeton Plans New Student Dormitory
Princeton University has contracted with R.M. Shoemaker Co. of West Conshohocken, Pa., to provide preconstruction services for their new 200-bed, 88,000-sf upper-class dormitory. The facility will include paired singles with semi-private bath, four-room four-person suites with bath, and single rooms with common bathrooms along a corridor. In addition, a variety of study rooms, lounge, and laundry facilities are to be provided on each floor, including a central lounge with kitchen and dining area.
Drexel University Builds Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology
Drexel University’s new Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology, scheduled to open in fall 2001, is being designed by IA/Interspace. The center will house a cybercafe and a multi-purpose presentation room for student presentations of business plans to potential investors. Drexel has contracted with the Port of Technology in nearby University City to run the Baiada Center.
Pratt Street Office Tower Developed in Baltimore
750 E. Pratt St. office building will be built on top of the already existing Baltimore Gas & Electric sub-station in downtown Baltimore. RTKL Associates of Baltimore designed the facility, redeveloping existing garden space into the main ground-floor lobby of the tower. A series of elevators to service the office tower only will ascend to the 4th floor ‘sky-lobby’ where RTKL has incorporated 30,000 sf of proposed retail space for future development. Another series of elevators will connect the sky-lobby to the remaining floors of the office tower.
Penn State Plans Future Facilities
Pennsylvania State University is considering approximately $140 million in projects at the University City campus. A $31 million parking garage is planned, and a medical facility shared with The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia is under consideration. The medical complex would combine ambulatory services, cancer care, and research space.