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Title: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: pmp6nl on August 07, 2008, 08:04:03 PM

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Designing Downtown
Amy Dalrymple, The Forum
Published Thursday, August 07, 2008

Ceilings in North Dakota State University’s Klai Hall won’t be finished when the building opens in downtown Fargo this fall.

It’s that way on purpose.

The building that will house architecture students doubles as a teaching tool.

Wires, pipes and air ducts normally hidden by ceiling tiles will remain exposed.

“They are teaching architects about buildings, so they didn’t want to cover up what goes into a building,” said Terry Stroh, the architect for NDSU’s two downtown projects...

Richard H. Barry Hall

The building, named for the late Fargo business consultant Richard H. Barry, will be NDSU’s third-largest at 135,000 square feet. The Memorial Union and the Bison Sports Arena are larger.

The new College of Business facility, Richard H. Barry Hall, will feel more corporate than academic, Stroh said.

Right inside the main entrance, the lobby will have an electronic ticker with stock prices...

Now NDSU is adding a three-story classroom wing, an atrium and a 10-sided tower with a 280-seat auditorium.

The existing building is being renovated for faculty offices. The project will cost an estimated $15 million, paid for with private donations...

Read More at http://www.in-forum.com/articles/index.cfm?id=210623

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More photos at http://www.in-forum.com/photography/gallery.cfm?id=1256

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Wow, this all looks very nice. A great step forward for NDSU. Go Bison!

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: Mannerisky on August 07, 2008, 10:16:51 PM

This sounds like a cop-out to me. On the other hand, the current downtown campus is the same way, the walls aren't finished. But other than that, the building looks great! I hope I get to take classes there.

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: pmp6nl on August 08, 2008, 09:49:15 PM

You mean not finishing the ceiling is a cop out?

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: zman on August 11, 2008, 09:36:07 PM

Looking very nice, a nice step forward for both programs.

A cop out?  I dont know, isnt that sort of thing in style now?

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: Sal Atticum on August 11, 2008, 10:25:17 PM

Industrial is in.  Maybe you guys will pick up some hot DJs like we have in Grand Forks.

The bison cutout of the steel is hot.

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: pmp6nl on August 11, 2008, 11:16:57 PM

DJs? 

I agree the cutout is pretty sweet.

Title: Re: Designing Downtown - NDSU work progresses
Post by: ajekt on August 22, 2008, 02:42:28 PM

looking really nice, I may have a class down there.  I drove by today and it is coming along nicely.  Now lets get some sweet new buildings on campus.