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GSA Builds Sustainable San Francisco Facility
The General Services Administration (GSA) is building a $141-million Class A federal building in San Francisco. Designed by Morphosis of Santa Monica, Calif., the 600,000-sf project is comprised of a hybrid two-building set, an 18-story glass tower connected via a 3,000-sf plaza-level cafeteria to an adjacent four-story, 100,000-sf building. The tower is 65 feet wide, allowing natural light to enter on both sides, and features a stainless steel screen that acts as a natural circulation engine on the building's south side.
UC Riverside Plans New Psychology Building
The University of California Riverside has completed the pre-design phase of its new Psychology Building. The $33.7-million, 86,526-gsf (51,915-asf) facility will house dry and wet instructional and research labs, faculty and administrative offices, and support for the Department of Psychology.
University of Kansas Develops Learned Hall Addition
The University of Kansas is building a privately funded five- to six-story addition to Learned Hall, enabling consolidation of the School of Engineering's departments and programs in one facility. The addition will feature a new main entrance leading to a media-rich 250-seat lecture classroom/auditorium and administrative offices. Designed by Gould Evans Associates of Lawrence, Kan., the facility will include a 2,000-sf Environmental Engineering and Science Laboratory, 15 new labs, 25 GTA offices and 38 faculty offices.
University of Kansas Plans Second Edwards Campus Building
The University of Kansas is planning to build a second building on the Edwards Campus in Overland Park. Designed by architect Gould Evans Goodman Associates of Overland Park, the facility will house offices, traditional classrooms, tiered high technology classrooms, computer labs, an executive-style boardroom, administrative and faculty offices, a lobby, and a cylindrical 240-seat auditorium. Slated for completion in April of 2004, the project's budget is $17,800,000 with a $14,850,000 construction contract.
UC Riverside Constructs Science Laboratories
The Universityof California Riverside is building Science Laboratories 1. The $17.2-million, 44,138-gsf (25,600-asf) facility will house 5 organic chemistry teaching laboratories, 10 multidisciplinary research laboratories with medium to high intensity fume hood requirements, lab support, and academic offices.