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Building Plans on Track for 2008 Groundbreaking
A new world-class home for the Michael G. Foster School of Business is assuming its final form as the design process continues toward the start of construction of the first building in the summer of 2008. Phase I will be named PACCAR Hall (see brick and glass building in image center above). This phase calls for a new multi-purpose classroom and office building with a central atrium. This new building, when completed in 2010, will add more than 125,000 square feet to the Foster School. Phase II (see brick building to the right in image above) construction, tentatively scheduled to start in 2010, will replace existing Balmer Hall with another all-new building, and add approximately 60,000 square feet.
New State-of-the-Art Home for Foster School
When both Phase I and II are complete in 2012, the Foster School of Business will have state-of-the-art classrooms sized efficiently for different uses, ample breakout rooms for team learning, offices and laboratory spaces, an atrium, common areas, and a 250-seat auditorium. Total classroom seats will expand by more than 35 percent.
Green Architecture
Seattle-based LMN Architects, known for their award-winning designs of both public and private buildings, including the Seattle Symphony's famed Benaroya Hall, are executing the design. Building systems are being selected with performance goals and sustainable features to create a facility that qualifies for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) silver certificate, or better.
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