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FedEx has selected the Hnedak Bobo Group to provide master planning and architectural design services for its new world headquarters in Memphis. The complex occupies 89 acres and will house an estimated 4,000 employees, a cafeteria, training facility, FXTV studio, legal offices, executive and general administrative offices, and other employee-related facilities. The buildings will be designed for maximum flexibility for FedEx to mix occupants as required to satisfy growth and corporate change.

University of Delaware has selected The Lighting Practice of Philadelphia to create the lighting for two renovated buildings plus a new addition on the University’s Newark campus. The 95,000-sf Wolf Hall and McKinly Hall will be thoroughly upgraded and renovated. The Biology Department for postgraduate studies and research and the Psychology Department, which serves both undergraduates and postgraduates, occupy both halls. A new 10,000-sf addition to Wolf Hall will complete the complex.

Stanford University expects approval on its land use plan to build as many as 3,018 units to house students, faculty, and staff over the coming ten years. Additional construction on the campus includes 2 million sf of classrooms, labs, and other academic facilities. The new construction would take place on 1,800 acres that have already been developed at the campus.

California School of Arts and Crafts has plans for a new 120-student residence hall at its campus in Oakland. The three-story structure will be connected to a circular facility providing common-use areas. Mark Horton/Architecture of San Francisco was selected to design the new facility. Construction is scheduled to start in spring 2001, with move-in in fall 2002.

The Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering has selected Boston-based Barr and Barr Inc. for two new building projects. The college is planning a 76,000-sf administration building and a 56,000-sf residence hall to accommodate 190 students.