Design for Higher Education

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has led planning and design projects for colleges and universities across the coun-try and abroad, and we are proud of the relationships we have developed with our academic clients. Our ap-proach is based on a commitment to understanding the mission of a school and a sensitivity to the cam-pus context, both physical and cultural. Our academic projects are attentive to the particularities of program, and reflect our embrace of both design creativity and pragmatism.

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Often our design will hinge upon a single, unexpected intervention — a new view to the exterior, an uncommon adjacency, the widening of a corridor — that transforms the occupant’s experience.

The demands on academic facilities have never been greater.

Often a building is expected to fulfill goals beyond its program—recruiting and retaining the best student and faculty talent, reinventing campus identity, welcoming community and business partnerships, to name a few. In response to evolving pedagogical models and technology, an increasing emphasis on interdisciplinary study and research, and the transformation of many campuses into living-learning environments, a more intensive, more flexible, and more creative approach to academic design is required. And these objectives must be achieved within increasingly tight budget and scheduling parameters. Beyer Blinder Belle’s success in

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meeting these challenges is built on a philosophy of

engagement, analysis,

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creativity.

We are constantly developing new ways to engage with clients and end-users for a truly collaborative process.

Academic projects tend to be complex, with many in-stitutional voices seeking to guide them. At no time is collaboration and consensus more important than during the programming phase, when we come to un-derstand our client’s expectations for a building. These discussions must go beyond the determination of quan-titative needs in order to understand how the space will support teaching, learning, working, and gathering. Work-ing closely with decision-makers, we distill this input into a strong vision and program for the project that will meet both current and future needs.

Our track record of outstanding academic design is sup-ported by our successful practices in campus planning, facilities assessment, and feasibility studies. By applying these evaluative skills in the early phases of a project, we ensure that the design vision is grounded in the reali-ties of existing conditions, site context, and cost pa-rameters. We bring broad expertise to the table in every academic design effort, with a unique mix of staff talent tailored to the specific needs of each client.

Borne of a deep curiosity about and understanding of mis-sion, culture, and context, our design solutions for aca-demic facilities achieve an elegant simplicity that clarifies and synthesizes disparate space needs and building func-tions. Our designers share a desire for collaboration, an appreciation for life-long learning, and a passion for developing both the big picture and the smallest detail.

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clients

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Columbia University

Planning Framework| The School at Columbia University & Faculty Residence | President’s House

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Denison University

Bryant Arts Center

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General Theological Seminary

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Harvard Business School

Campus Plan | Kresge Hall Feasibility Study

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Indiana University – Bloomington

Campus Master Framework Plan | Kelley School of Business: Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center

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Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis Framework Plan | Northwest District Master Plan |

Health Information and Translational Sciences Building

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Lehigh University

Master Plan | Williams Hall Renovation

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Manhattan School of Music

Master Plan | President’s Apartment | Residence Hall and Performance Spaces

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Building E52 Renovation

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The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of International Relations and Commerce (SUNY)

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New York University

Tisch School of the Arts Master Plan | Tisch School of the Arts Broadway Block Renovations | School of Education

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Polytechnic Institute of New York University

Campus Programming and Space Use Study | Campus Property Conditions Assessment | Engineering Departments Renovations |

CITE Game Innovation Lab

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Princeton University

Arts and Transit Neighborhood Plan & Enabling Project | Campus Plan | Eastern Campus Athletic Fields & Parking Facility Study |

Neuroscience & Psychology Programming and Site Strategy Report

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Queens College (CUNY)

Building B | Building D | Klapper Hall | School of Law

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Stony Brook University (SUNY)

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University at Buffalo (SUNY)

Comprehensive Physical Plan

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Yale University

Admissions Building Exterior Restoration Plan | Anthropology Building Preservation Plan | Art and Architecture Building Restoration | Davies Mansion Feasibility Study | Divinity School Existing Conditions Survey | Silliman College Exterior Envelope Conditions Survey | Yale Bowl Existing Conditions Analysis

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New York University

Tisch School of the Arts Broadway Block

New York, NY

Indiana University –

Purdue University Indianapolis

Health Information and Translational Sciences Building

Indianapolis, IN

Denison University

Bryant Arts Center

Granville, OH

General Theological Seminary

Desmond Tutu Center

New York, NY

The Neil D. Levin Graduate Institute of

International Relations and Commerce

(SUNY)

New York, NY

Stony Brook University

(SUNY)

The Center for Language, Communication and Culture Studies

Stony Brook, NY

Indiana University – Bloomington

Kelley School of Business: Godfrey Graduate and Executive Education Center

Bloomington, IN

Manhattan School of Music

Residence Hall and Performance Spaces

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Size

46,000 GSF COnSTruCTiOn COST $14 million

Denison University

Bryant Arts Center

Granville, OH

BBB renovated and expanded a 1904 neoclassical gymna-sium into the Bryant Arts Center, uniting under one roof an art department previously housed in separate buildings with dated teaching and studio facilities.

At the heart of the renovation, a new four-story skylit atrium connects classrooms and core circulation with gal-leries and common spaces that support an interdisciplin-ary culture. To the east, a three-story addition housing studios uses an existing stone building as its base; to the north, another addition accommodates offices, archives, and research facilities. The scale and massing of the ad-ditions respect the original building’s aesthetic, while the reinterpretation of traditional masonry and metal details imparts a distinctly contemporary character. This project earned LEED Gold certification.

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Design for higher eDucation Size 175,000 GSF COnSTruCTiOn COST $33 million COmpleTiOn DATe 2009

New York University

Tisch School of the Arts

Broadway Block

New York, NY

Through master planning, programming, and design as-signments, BBB created a unified identity for this pre-emi-nent division of New York University, while celebrating the unique characteristics of its 11 departments.

The master plan connects four historic 12-story build-ings with “streets” that simplify circulation, organize offices and classrooms, and create common gathering spaces. BBB’s interiors contrast elegant stainless steel and maple millwork again st rough concrete and exposed brick to create a learning environment that is both stimu-lating and budget-conscious.

BBB also coordinated base-building infrastructure upgrades and developed phasing plans to ensure continued operation of the various departments through construction.

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General Theological Seminary

Desmond Tutu Center

New York, NY

At the General Theological Seminary, located in the heart of the Chelsea Historic District in Manhattan, BBB trans-formed three nineteenth-century buildings into a gracious new conference center and 60-room hotel.

The entire facility was equipped with modern amenities, while its historic character was preserved and enhanced. A new garden and double-height entrance lobby welcome visitors, replacing parking and a high, forbidding wall. BBB also guided the restoration of the magnificent, oak-wain-scoted Refectory, as well as the sensitive introduction of new mechanical, electrical and fire protection systems, in-cluding the first connection to the Seminary’s geothermal wellfield.

Size 60,000 SF COnSTruCTiOn COST $23 million

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Design for higher eDucation

Indiana University – Purdue

University Indianapolis

Health Information and Translational

Sciences Building

Indianapolis, IN

BBB designed this new interdisciplinary facility to house core research disciplines of the IU Schools of Medicine and Informatics and the Purdue School of Science. The build-ing supports more than 400 faculty scientists and research assistants with academic research space, flexible class-rooms, and conference rooms with distance learning links. The building’s stepped massing and contemporary use of local Indiana limestone and brick respond to both a low-scale residential neighborhood to the south and larger-low-scale institutional buildings to the north. Its seven-story tower marks the street entrance and serves as a beacon for the community and for visitors.

Size 169,000 GSF COnSTruCTiOn COST $31 million COmpleTiOn DATe 2004

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Stony Brook University

(SUNY)

The Center for Language,

Communication and Culture Studies

Stony Brook, NY

BBB’s initial programming studies established future space needs and appropriate adjacencies for the University’s hu-manities disciplines, which were scattered throughout the campus. BBB then developed a range of options for the reuse of an existing building located at the core of Stony Brook’s academic mall.

The selected scheme wrapped the building with a 50,000 SF addition that provides a new public face and a front door to the mall. The renovated and expanded facility includes lecture halls, seminar rooms, classrooms, faculty offices, reception spaces, and a glass-covered atrium be-tween the addition and existing building.

Size

102,000 SF COnSTruCTiOn COST $19.8 million

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The Neil D. Levin Graduate

Institute of International

Relations and Commerce

(SUNY)

New York, NY

BBB designed the conversion of four 19th-century town-houses into an innovative educational complex for SUNY’s Levin Institute. The design restored the buildings and joined them with a two-story rear yard addition, creating a through-block site with ample space for an ambitious program. The complex houses a divisible auditorium, digital library, administrative offices, and a variety of training, breakout, and teaching spaces, including a 100-seat “classroom-in-the-round” equipped with the latest in digital connectivity to other SUNY campuses and beyond. BBB’s design blended the historic ambience of the existing buildings with a mod-ern aesthetic for its interiors and furnishings.

Size 40,000 SF COnSTruCTiOn COST $29 million COmpleTiOn DATe 2008

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Indiana University –

Bloomington

Kelley School of Business: Godfrey

Graduate and Executive Education

Center

Bloomington, IN

BBB designed this building on Indiana University’s his-toric Bloomington campus for the graduate programs of the Kelley School of Business. The building’s local Indiana limestone cladding harmonizes with its surroundings, while clean and contemporary detailing distinguishes it as a modern addition to the campus.

The building houses 12 large tiered classrooms, study rooms, and an atrium for gatherings and events. Designed to support the school’s interactive approach to instruction, the building’s flexible layout accommodates new spaces and can easily adapt to future technological needs.

Size

170,000 GSF COnSTruCTiOn COST $27 million

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Manhattan School of Music

Residence Hall and Performance

Spaces

New York, NY

For this renowned music conservatory, BBB designed a 19-story “vertical campus” on a site just north of the school’s original 1910 building.

The new building provides dormitory housing for 550 students, a residence for the school’s president, offices, and a mix of academic and support facilities including 58 practice rooms, a music library, piano repair shop, and op-era set storage. The project also includes a parking ga-rage, a public lobby and box office, and two donor-funded performance spaces: an intimate 150-seat recital hall with raked seating and a larger, flat-floor space that seats 200 and accommodates a wide range of performances.

Size 275,000 GSF COnSTruCTiOn COST $55 million COmpleTiOn DATe 2007

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acaDeMic Pl anning Projects

Along with design for higher education, planning for educa-tional institutions is central to BBB’s practice. As planners, we understand the large-scale forces that affect the future of campus and community. As architects, we are able to enrich our planning efforts with design and technical expertise in assessing existing buildings and envisioning spaces, additions, and new buildings that will both sup-port and transform them. Our ability to infuse long-term planning with an architectural sensibility assures our cli-ents that our plans are both visionary and achievable. We have prepared comprehensive campus-wide plans for many venerable universities across the country. We have also prepared specialized planning and design stud-ies for educational campuses and facilitstud-ies including site selection, massing and design, cost estimating, feasi-bility, real estate strategy, and pedestrian and bicycle planning. These studies have sometimes grown out of campus plans; all are guided by our comprehensive plan-ning approach and developed with the skills and expertise of our architectural practice.

Dartmouth College

Lehigh University

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was founded in 1968, in the wake of the urban renewal movement in the United States, when the social fabric of cities, communities, and buildings was compromised by the prevailing at-titudes about planning and architecture. We pioneered and defined a different approach to the design of the built environment that focused on architecture em-powering people — their interaction with each other on streets and in neighborhoods, their pleasure in moving through the city, and their connections to the surrounding physical fabric.

This mission has guided us for four decades and has shaped a broad and award-winning practice — now 155 professionals in New York City and Washington, DC engaged in architecture, planning, and interiors. Many of our projects still involve the stewardship of historic buildings in sensitive urban sites — the work for which we have become best recognized. Our deep sense of identity and evolving perspectives on design have guided our practice in new construction as well as master planning and urban design. With our clients and friends, we continue the dialogue.

Our areas of specialization include:

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Campus Planning

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Commercial

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Education

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Government

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Interiors

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Mixed-use

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Planning and Urban Design

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Preservation

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Residential

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Transportation

Historic DC Courthouse, Washington, DC

Muhammad Ali Center, Louisville, KY

Rockefeller Center, New York, NY Denison University, Bryant Arts Center, Granville, OH

Grand Central Terminal, New York, NY

Princeton Campus Plan, Princeton, NJ

100 11th Avenue, New York, NY

Lincoln Center Promenade, New York, NY

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COVER

INDIANA UNIVERSITY-PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS - HEALTH INfORMATION AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES BUILDING Photo Credit: David Sundberg/Esto Photography

INSIDE COVER

POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE Of NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, CITE GAME INNOVATION LAB Photo Credit: Chang Kyun Kim Photography

METHODOLOGY

MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE Of TECHNOLOGY RENOVATION Of BUILDING E52 SKETCH - Photo Credit: Beyer Blinder Belle UNIVERSITY AT BUffALO - Photo Credit: Courtesy of University at Buffalo

DENISON UNIVERSITY, BRYANT ARTS CENTER

Photo Credit: Brian fienknopf Photography

NEW YORK UNIVERSITY, TISCH SCHOOL Of THE ARTS “BROADWAY BLOCK”

Photo Credit: frederick Charles Photography

GENERAL THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, DESMOND TUTU CENTER

INDIANA UNIVERSITY - PURDUE UNIVERSITY INDIANAPOLIS, HEALTH INfORMATION AND TRANSLATIONAL SCIENCES BUILDING

Photo Credit: David Sundberg/Esto Photography

STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY (SUNY), THE CENTER fOR LANGUAGE, COMMUNICATION AND CULTURE STUDIES

THE NEIL D. LEVIN GRADUATE INSTITUTE Of INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS AND COMMERCE (SUNY)

INDIANA UNIVERSITY - BLOOMINGTON, KELLEY SCHOOL Of BUSINESS: GODfREY GRADUATE AND ExECUTIVE EDUCATION CENTER

Photo Credit: Peter Aaron/Esto Photography

MANHATTAN SCHOOL Of MUSIC, RESIDENCE HALL AND PERfORMANCE SPACES

Photo Credit: Chuck Choi Photography, frederick Charles Photography

REPRESENTATIVE ACADEMIC PLANNING

Top left to right: DARTMOUTH COLLEGE - Source Wikipedia.org (Kane5187); LEHIGH UNIVERSITY PLAN- Beyer Blinder Belle; HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL - Courtesy of Harvard Business School; COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY SKETCH- R Hoyen;

PRINCETON UNIVERSITY - Courtesy of Princeton University

fIRM OVERVIEW

Top left to right: ROCKEfELLER CENTER - Peter Aaron/EstoPhotography; DENISON UNIVERSITY, BRYANT ARTS CENTER - Brian feinknopf Photography; 100 11TH AVENUE WITH ATELIERS JEAN NOUVEL - Dbox; HISTORIC DC COURTHOUSE - Joseph Romeo Photography;

GRAND CENTRAL TERMINAL - Peter Aaron/Esto Photography; LINCOLN CENTER PROMENADE WITH DILLER SCOfIDIO + RENfRO - Iwan Baan Photography; MUHAMMAD ALI CENTER - Quadrant Photography, PRINCETON UNIVERSITY CAMPUS PLAN - Courtesy of Princeton University;

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