Greenspun Hall, Greenspun College of Urban Affairs
Architects & Firms
Las Vegas, Nevada
Client: University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Completion date: December 2008
Program: A 119,165-square-foot, five-story complex that includes classrooms, labs, faculty offices, departmental suites, and radio and television broadcasting facilities.
Solution: Conceiving the addition as a gateway to the southern end of campus, the architects wanted Greenspun Hall to complement the university's modernist buildings while encouraging collegiality with lots of open, communal space. Using a desert-inspired palette of tawny brick and red sandstone, they created two L-shaped wings—concentrating faculty offices in one and classrooms in the other—and united them with an elevated courtyard. Wide landscaped staircases at opposite corners lead up to the courtyard, which is capped with a louvered photovoltaic canopy. The plinth underneath the courtyard houses Greenspun's broadcasting facilities and is linked to the courtyard via a glassed-in double-height commons. The sandy palette continues on the interior, with light wood furniture and accents of red sandstone and dark-stained plywood.
Total construction cost: $59 million
Architect:
Robert A.M. Stern Architects, LLP
460 West 34th Street
New York, NY 10001
Tel(212) 967-5100
Fax(212) 967-5588
PeopleClient Architect Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Architect of record: Associate architect(s): Interior designer: Engineer(s): M.E.P. Engineer: Civil Engineer: Consultant(s) Lighting: AV and Technology Design: Commissioning: Photovoltaic Design-Build: Construction Manager: Photographer(s): Renderer(s): CAD system, project management, or other software used: |
ProductsStructural system: Cast-in-Place Concrete Exterior cladding Stone: Natural Cleft “Red” and “Tawney” Sandstone Metal/Glass Curtainwall: Giroux Glass-Mill Finish Aluminum and Trespa Solid Phenolic Panels Metallic Finish Metal Sunshades: C/S Group Kynar Painted Aluminum Windows Glazing Doors Wood doors: Eggers-Custom Stained Interior finishes Suspension grid: Chicago Metallic, Simplex Paints and stains: Sherwin Williams Paneling: Custom Stained Dura Design Bamboo Wall Paneling Cabinetry and Casework: Natural Finish MDF Plastic laminate: Wilsonart for Cabinetry and Casework Countertops Special surfacing: SEMCO Seamless Surface Flooring at Public Corridors (Natural Grain Finish) Floor and wall tile: Wausau Terrazzo Tile at Ground Floor and Mezzanine Main Lobby Flooring; Daltile Floors at Toilet Rooms; Interceramics Wall Tile at Toilet Rooms Solid Surfacing: Corian at Toilet Room Sink Counters and Window Sills Resilient flooring: Marmoleum Linoleum Sheet Flooring at General Classrooms Carpet: Bentley Prince Street “Pure Element” Area Rugs, Bentley Prince Street “Bare Earth” at Auditorium Carpeting, Shaw Carpet Tile at Broadcast Labs and Writing Labs Furnishings Task chairs: Steelcase Think chairs Reception furniture: Fixed seating: Skeie Auditorium Seating Chairs: Tables: Knoll Propeller tables and KI Trek and Datalink tables in classrooms Steelcase and Allsteel tables in workrooms Lighting Conveyance Add any additional building components or special equipment that made a significant contribution to this project: |
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