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Architects: EDGE Studio, Nbbj
- Area: 22000 ft²
- Year: 2010
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Photographs:Ed Massery
Text description provided by the architects. The University of Pittsburgh decided to expand and renovate Benedum Hall, the 1960's home for the Swanson School of Engineering on Pitt's main campus in Oakland. The original limestone clad modernist tower and disconnected auditorium buildings had become obsolete, as the school's focus shifted to the 21st century disciplines of nanotechnology, bioengineering, and materials research. As a result, EDGE Studio and Nbbj have designed a more flexible facility that is advantageous to inter-departmental cooperation, and helps attract the best and brightest research faculty and students from around the world.
