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The 125,000 sqft facility consists of an auditorium, two lecture theaters, five seminar rooms, and more than two-hundred office/research studios. transition: all .3s; .js-form-submit { font-size: 16px; font-size: 1.25rem; } Designed by Hopkins Architects, the structural steel frame is expressed as part of the window wall and ceiling finishes, with carefully detailed thermal breaks to mitigate moisture issues. position: absolute; background-color: #f8f8f8; The 120,000 sqft building includes a 1,000 seat concert hall, a 250-seat recital hall, a Grand Organ hall, an opera studio, 65 practice rooms and 54 teaching studios. .card-overlay__content a { height: 100%; The Jury Room is our white cube filled with light, its where we hold final reviews and many classes. .article--story .article__body {margin-top: 30px;} width: 100%; font-family: "MalloryBook",sans-serif; /*.article .article__body p a {color: #3455DB; text-decoration: none; border-bottom: 2px #00205B dotted; line-height: normal !important;} font-size: .85rem; .article .article__breadcrumbs span:not(:first-of-type) {color: #005B50;} Anderson Biological Laboratory, designed by George Pierce and Abel B. .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dt > a { Designed by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill, the Alice Pratt Brown Hall is a first-class performance and teaching facility, housing the Shepherd School of Music. color: #034ea1; table.blueTable tbody td { The hall was designed to house about 200 students in 20 single and 90 double rooms. VADA serves over a quarter of undergraduates at Rice each semester, and Niche recently ranked the university No. French art collectors Dominique and Jean de Menil founded the Rice Media Center and commissioned Howard Barnstone and Eugene Aubry to design the building. } West Hall was built in the neo-gothic style as a part of the original campus construction plan by Boston architectural firm Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. Duncan College was the first LEED student residential housing in the United States. The building is capped by a steel and aluminum trellis structure which extends in all directions to cover and shade the surrounding seating terrace. Rice Architecture has been a part of the university since Rice's founding in 1912. table.blueTable tfoot .links { background-color: #00205B; .article--story .article__title.h2, .article--story h2.article__title { .page-body__content ol a::after {display: none;} #lw_cal_events .lw_cal_event_list .lw_events_title a { width: 100%; padding: 9.5em; } Charles Renfro will lead Diller Scofidio + Renfros design team. } .hero__image {min-height: 250px;} .page-body__content h6 {font-size: 1rem; margin-bottom: .5rem; font-family: 'MalloryBold'; color: #0A509E;} The building reflects the style of architecture popular in Texas in the 1950s. margin: 0; The well in the cloister of Rome's Early Christian Basilica of St. John Lateran influences Moore's design for the chapel, which was dedicated on February 8, 1959. table td::before { J.T. margin-right: 1em; .hero__image { } The University Architect communicates regularly with the Rice senior administration and the Buildings and Grounds Committee to facilitate site selection, project definition, Board of Trustees funding approvals, and design consultant selection. .article--story h4.article__title { padding: 4em 2em; display: inline-block; Hicks Kitchen was originally the central food-service kitchen on campus, but then became storage space after North and South Kitchen Serveries were built in 2002. color: #fff; Joseph.A.Campana@rice.edu. .button-d8:after { .views-exposed-form { The concrete grating that surrounds the third, fourth, and fifth floors is a design feature intended to make Lovett riot-proof in reaction to the student riots of the late 1960s. table.blueTable thead th { } } font-size: 1.1rem; The Jesse H. Jones Graduate School of Business was originally housed in Herring Hall, but due to advanced technology, increased interdisciplinary partnerships, and the enrollment of more students, a new facility became necessary. padding: 1em 2em; Rice University is a member of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and is committed to building long-lasting, resource-efficient facilities. padding: 20px 15px 20px 50px; background: #054ea1; The 60,000 sqft building houses the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy and School of Social Sciences. Box 1892, Houston, TX 77251-1892 |, 713-348-0000 | Privacy Policy | Web Accessibility | Campus Carry, Annual Emeritus Private Office Request Form, Rice University Consumer Confidence Report. #block-upcomingevents-2 div.banner h1, div.banner .h1 { } Sarofim Hall will not only bring these programs together for the first time, but also facilitate experimentation and collaboration between disciplines through the use of open, transparent, indoor/outdoor and public-facing space.. font-weight: 600; John Staub was a student of Ralph Adams Cram, the design architect for the original Rice campus buildings. .views-exposed-form { .selectric { border-bottom: 1px solid #bbb; The interior of the Brochstein Pavilion contains Flo Paris Bakery and Cafe and casual seating groups, designed for impromptu gatherings. .article .article__body figure.align-left {margin: 0 30px 20px 0;} } margin: 0 1em; .lockup .lockup__child1, .lockup__child2, .lockup__child3 { Located south of Wiess College at Entrance 4, the South Plant powers the ten-story BioSciences Research Collaborative at University and Main. transition: all .3s; DS+Rs initial concept for the new building cleverly weaves the symbolism of that history with the scale, materiality and porosity of the broader campus fabric. font-size: 14px; font-weight: bold; The Rice Mission Statement. With the adoption of the residential college system, there was a need to increase the number of rooms available for students. @media screen and (max-width: 600px) { .page-body__content blockquote {margin-bottom: 30px;} text-decoration: none; .page-body__content ol li, .page-body__content ul li { Housing classrooms and the School of Architecture, the building is named for cotton exporter Monroe D. Anderson, whose foundation helped Rice purchase Rincon Oil Field. text-underline-offset: 1.5px; } In 1987, Trustees authorized a 4th-floor expansion. #lw_cal_date_selector form { transition: all .3s; Although the University's first president Dr. Edgar Odell Lovett never got the chance to live in the home, it includes the breakfast room, tea room, and "imperative" sleeping porches that he had desired. overflow: hidden; height: 1px; } .article__main-image {display: none;} cursor:pointer; The University Architect communicates regularly with the Rice senior administration and the Buildings and Grounds Committee to facilitate site selection, project definition, Board of Trustees funding approvals, and design consultant selection. table tbody td {border-bottom: 1px solid #ccc;} While this building is one of the most environmentally conscious university . The Rice Village Apartments are located one block west of Rice University on Shakespeare St. between Morningside Dr. and Kirby Dr. height: 100%; Photo: via Flickr user Roland Krebs. /* Titles (Headers) */ LEED - which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental . .button-d7 { .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dd { } border-radius: 0; /*flex: 0 0 30%; */ /* Cards */ color: #a4c055; His gift honored his parents Robert and Agnes Cohen of Galveston on their 70th birthdays. display: inline-block; font-size: 2rem; In addition to vibration control, laboratories in the new building have a better temperature, humidity, and airflow control. 713-348-4548. .page-body__content ul li{ font-size: 1.2rem;} overflow: hidden; This design incorporated two features that were innovative at the time: every room had a semi-private bathroom and almost every room had windows on at least two sidesan important adaptation in the years before air conditioning. background-color: #ffffff; Holistic Campus Experience MGA&D's 50-year Master Plan for Rice University's 254-acre campus preserves the holistic undergraduate experience for which the school is renowned while planning for sustainable growth in the student/faculty population and research programs. .article .article__body figure figcaption, .article .article__summary figure figcaption {background: #E0E2E6; padding: 15px 20px;} Connected by a loggia to the Rice Memorial Center, the building houses the Student Activities Office, Center for Civic Leadership, Office of Academic Advising, the Rice Bookstore, and Coffeehouse. table.blueTable { Our team members provide service to over 6.75 million square feet of facilities, over 90 buildings, and 285 acres of grounds that include approximately 4,300 cataloged trees. figure figcaption {color: #44474F; line-height: 1.5;} text-align: right; table.blueTable tbody td { I am a designer drafter and alumnus of Cal Poly Pomona, class of 2020. The communities near campus and the greater Houston area have transformed immeasurably since Rice's first building was complete in 1912. .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dt > a:hover { .page-body__content ul a { } The mansion on the corner of Sunset and Main was the home to Harry Carothers Wiess and his family. .ckeditor-accordion-container > dl dt > a:hover { .article--story h4.article__title {font-size: 1.25rem !important;} } } A series of wide double doors at the pavilion connect the interior seating areas with the surrounding terrace, opening the pavilion to the landscape and welcoming students and faculty. .form-select, .selectric-form-select, .form-text { In 2009, Hicks Kitchen was completely renovated with a generous gift from Rice University alumnus and trustee M. Kenneth Oshman 62 and his wife Barbara to established the Oshman Engineering Design Kitchen (OEDK). } color: #fff; .hero__title h1 { With architecture honoring the legacy of the former Rice Media Center and Art Barn, the new Sarofim Hall will be an inventive take on the prefabricated building, incorporating exhibition areas, labs, studios, shops, faculty offices and other facilities serving as collaboration points for artists across mediums. border: none; .form-select, .selectric-form-select, .form-text { margin:0 .2em; } } } The Rice University campus is in southwest central Houston at 6100 Main St. Rice is located across Main Street from the Texas Medical Center and is convenient to Reliant Park, downtown, the Museum District, the Rice Village and Hermann Park, which includes the Houston Zoo, an 18-hole golf course and the Houston Museum of Natural Science. .card-overlay__content a { } height: %; text-align: right; With the development of the residential college system at Rice, the 1916 building known as West Hall became the Old Section of Hanszen College, Rices third residential college. } font-size: 1.15rem; width: 100%; } color: #fff; .dropdown:hover .dropdown-content {display: block;} .button__text { The Rice Childrens Campus is LEED Silver-Certified. margin: auto; Wiess Hall carried the name "North Hall" until its dedication in March 1950. .article--news .article__title, .article--related .article__title, .h3, h3 {font-size: 2.25rem;} 89) provides comfort for everything from a quick nap to a daily study break to a lengthy meeting. I am excited to see Charles Renfros extraordinary artistic vision and unique understanding of our campus culture and history shape the design of this important new facility, said Rice President David Leebron. The club added a large dining room designed by Lloyd & Morgan in 1958-1959. font-size: 2.35rem !important; font-size: 2rem; Rice University is a member of the US Green Building Council (USGBC) and is committed to building long-lasting, resource-efficient facilities. Designed by architects Wirtz, Calhoun, Tungate & Jackson, Ryon Engineering Laboratory was built with a gift from Lewis B. Ryon, Jr., professor emeritus of civil engineering, and his wife Mae E. Ryon. Summer 2023 Rice Architecture Summer Immersion Program* Rice Architecture Summer Immersion is offered as a 13-day/12-night residential program for current (2022-2023 school year) 10th and 11th grade students who are age 16 or older from targeted schools in the Greater Houston area. } font-size: 1.25rem !important; HOUSTON - (Oct. 30, 2020) - Rice University has selected international architecture firm Adjaye Associates to lead the design of a new student center that will largely replace the Rice Memorial Center (RMC). } Minimum of at least: 1 Hour of Cultural Competency, and. New Section stands across the quad from Old Section and consists primarily of quad rooms that contain a common room and suite-style bathrooms. } color: black; He served as the Rice Institute's first chairman on the Board of Trustees from June 24, 1891, until his death in 1941. .js-form-item { .article--story h1.article__title { table > tr:hover, tbody tr:hover {background: #cfeefc !important;} background-color: #44474F; .overlay--animate:hover .overlay__content{ Construct. flex: 0 0 50%; Program Co-Director. Mudd Lab was built for the Institute for Computer Services and Applications, but now houses the universitys Information Technology Division. elements[i].href = 'ckeditor-accordion-container'; Unusual among Rice buildings, the 153 feet high-rise was a response to a shortage of University land and was designed by the architectural firm Neuhaus and Taylor. color: #697E2F; It forms part of the "Court of Sciences" quadrangle developed after the William Ward Watkin/Ralph Adams Cram era. text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; Also designed by architects Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson, the Mechanical Laboratory was the second building on campus. padding-bottom: 0px; } .page-body__content figure figcaption a {color: #00205B;} .video {aspect-ratio: 16 / 9; width: 100%;} table td:last-child { padding: 2em 0 3em 0; font-family: CopernicusBold,serif; The "General Plan" as envisioned by architects Cram, Goodhue, and Ferguson with support from Rice's first president Edgar Odell Lovett is the guiding point of departure from 1909, along with many master plan initiatives that followed and built upon each other's principles, particularly between 1980 and 2020. } text-align: left; Consisting of two four-story structures named "North" and "South," the building was designed by architects Lloyd & Morgan. .page-body__content figure.align-left {margin: 6px 30px 30px 0;} Soon the new building will allow a vital humanities department to resituate itself and the arts as central to the university, making for one of the most compelling sites of invitation to the greater community of Houston, Hainley said. Named for William L. Wilson, a longtime resident associate of Wiess College and professor who died in 2009, the new Wiess Magisters House was built to be closer proximity to Wiess College. .article__news-list-image { .overlay__content--center { Joe Hatfield | 713-348-2597 | hatfiel@rice.edu. /* Alignment */ .profileBody p { Boasting a 300-acre tree-lined campus in Houston, Rice University is ranked among the nation's top 20 universities by U.S. News & World Report. The court was funded by Mrs. Edward W. Kelley in honor of her late mother Mrs. James L. Autry. text-align: left !important; Mailing Address: P.O. .page-body__content { padding-left: 10px; padding: 1em; font-weight: bold; text-transform: uppercase; content: "\f054"; } Architects Cesar Pelli & Associates designed the Ley Student Center, funded with gifts from Judy Ley Allen '61, Robert M. Ley, Stephen W. Ley and Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Espinoza to honor Audrey Moody Ley '35 and Wendel D. Ley '32. .article__body ol a { Buildings and Classrooms | Office of the Registrar | Rice University OFFICE OF THE REGISTRAR > FACSTAFF > BUILDINGS AND CLASSROOMS Buildings and Classrooms Classrooms inventory is available through the Classroom Inventory and Utilization Dashboard. div.title .menu--list .menu__item {font-size: 1.5rem;} .article__body ul a { .button-d7:before { The Rice Buildings that have earned LEED certification are as follows: To schedule a tour of any of these facilities, please contact Richard Johnson (sustainability@rice.edu). font-size: 1.25rem; position: absolute; background-color: #359245; table.blueTable tr:nth-child(even) { margin: 1em 5px 0px !important; padding: 25px 25px 0px; .button__text { The Office of the University Architect oversees campus planning and land use, design of new facilities and significant alterations or additions, campus design standards, historic preservation of buildings, and stewardship of aesthetic consistency for the campus grounds, all in support of place-making, cohesion across generations, sustainability, student life, and academic excellence. .page-body__content p{ padding-bottom: 1em;} /* Padding */ /* Lists */ .page-body__content figure.align-right {margin: 6px 0 30px 30px;} padding: 2px 8px; height: 50px; left: 0; } .page-body__content ol a {text-transform: none;} margin: 1rem 0 2rem; A generous gift from alumna Suzanne Deal Booth 77 allowed Rice University to install a work by American artist James Turrell. background-color: #44474F; .page-body__content ol ol, .page-body__content ul ul {padding-bottom: 0em;} font-variant-ligatures: no-common-ligatures; margin: 0 0 .5em 0; Each room at Wiess opened directly to an exterior walkway that wrapped around the entire building. Rice Stadium, a spectacular engineering landmark in Houston, was designed and built by a full team of Rice architectural and engineering graduates. font-size: 1rem; This project enabled the university to provide affordable housing in close proximity to campus for its graduate student population. padding-top: 5%; article.align-left {margin: 0 30px 20px 0;} Cambridge Seven Associates and RWS Architects designed the three-story George R. Brown Hall with Earl Wall Associates of San Diego as laboratory design consultants. content: ''; So, this is all ab out Rice University's new architecture art building: Susan and Fayez Sarofim Hall. text-align: center; The South Plant, a 14,200 sqft building with over 1,100 feet of tunnel, supports the growth of Rice University by providing additional utility capacity. The BioScience Research Collaborative (BRC) is an innovative 10-story, a 477,000 sqft building where scientists and educators from Rice University and other Texas Medical Center institutions work together to perform leading research that benefits human medicine and health. } .icon-print::before {color: #44474F;} border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd; } Installed around a beautiful oak tree in the Smith Courtyard outside of Anderson Hall, this. McMurtry College construction includes a U-shaped dorm building that holds 328 students, a college commons, and magister house. border-radius: 0; .pv-5 { The new Jones College Commons replaced the original commons and connects to the North Servery, which serves Brown and Martel as well. } Lloyd & Morgan used pink marble in the construction of Jones College to indicate its status as housing for female students. .page-body__content h3 {font-size: 2.25rem; margin-bottom: .75rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #00205B;} ), and human sciences will potentially collaborate with professional building consultants, materials . Since then, Rice has constructed thirteen LEED certified buildings. Called the New New Wing, the 2010 addition to Baker College earned Rice its 10th LEED certification. text-decoration: underline dotted #034ea1 0.1em; margin-bottom: 2em; Todays Wiess College Magisters live in the Wilson House, which was built in 2010. By installing our first big Canonic Architecture Building onto Rice, which was already a Canonic Campus Architecture (see "Duncanology Parts Two: "Claude's Key" and Three: "Cram's Campus"), JOA have put down a marker as to what can be considered a 'Canonic Lifespace Design' strategy. Renamed Lovett Hall in 1947 to honor President Emeritus Edgar Odell Lovett, the building houses the Admission Office and Welcome Center. border-bottom: 1px solid #303B61; } color: #FFFFFF; In 2006, Rice set a goal that all new buildings would be certified as part of the USGBC's LEED program for new construction. z-index: 1; p a Now housing the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts, the facility contains a 125-seat screening auditorium. Construct is Rice Architecture's design-build program. To commemorate their participation in the Economic Summit of Industrialized Nations held at Rice in 1990, participating countries placed stone blocks in the courtyard. font-family: "MalloryBook",sans-serif; } Duncan Hall is one of the flagship buildings of the George R. Brown School of Engineering at Rice University. padding: .25em; South Hall was the first section of a future residential quadrangle for men that never came to be due to the development of the residential college system. background-color: #f1f1f1; bottom: 0; text-transform: uppercase; width: 100%; } @media (max-width: 48em) { .button-d7:hover:before { font-size: 3rem; .menu--quick .menu__item:hover {color: #a5c155;} } Hi, I'm Michael Angelo Go. content: attr(aria-label); .article--story .article__title {font-size: 1.75rem !important;} @media (max-width: 64em) { display: inline;} .button-d7:after { margin: -9.5em; } position: relative; rrj@rice.edu. } Environmental Studies is an interdisciplinary field that explores the interconnection between humans and the natural environment. color: #FFFFFF; content: ''; The Administration Building, the first building on campus, was designed by architects Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson. .article__body ol a:hover { z-index: 1; font-size: 2em; } With inspiration from the original campus buildings by Cram, Goodhue & Ferguson and William Ward Watkin, James A. III Baker Hall was designed by architect Thomas Beeby. text-decoration-skip-ink: auto; align-items: center; As a leading research university with a distinctive commitment to undergraduate education, Rice University aspires to pathbreaking research, unsurpassed teaching, and contribution to the betterment of our world. In addition to formal coursework, students benefit from lectures and presentations from distinguished practitioners and scholars, symposia, and other cultural events. color: #034ea1; .hero__image { Designed by architects Lloyd, Morgan & Jones, the Allen Business Center honors Rice donor and governor Herbert Allen and his wife Helen Allen. When Rice adopted the residential college system in 1957, East Hall became the old wing of Baker College, Rices first founded residential college. border-radius: 0; } } } .button-d7:hover { With the adoption of the residential college system, a new building was constructed near what was then called South Hall. Both South Hall and the new building (called New Dorm) became the dorms for the future Will Rice College. .alert p { color: #0A509E; } The Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory, built with a gift from J.S. margin: 0; margin-right: 10px; The renovation of Tudor Fieldhouse included the demolition of the existing one-story administration area, replacing it with a two-story addition, Youngkin Center. text-transform: none; .article__main-image {text-align: center; padding: 2em; display: none;} font-size: 1.25rem; table.blueTable td, table.blueTable th { .article__body h2 {font-size: 2.5rem; margin-bottom: 1rem; font-family: CopernicusMedium,serif; color: #0A509E;} } To develop an approach of taking an existing Rice University building an optimizing its use via "repositioning" or redesign the class will create an interdisciplinary forum where students of architecture, engineering (structural, mechanical, etc. font-size: 1.5rem; padding: 0; background-color: #44474F; table.blueTable tr:nth-child(even) { With the building being at the outward-facing perimeter and at an entrance into campus that has evolved into one of the most active and dynamic access points it will undoubtedly have a different kind of visibility beyond the hedges that will be leveraged as a new and unique gateway to the Rice arts corridor, said Ristow. Rice Architecture's undergraduate programs maintain a balance between a focused study of architecture and a broad general education. color: #FFFFFF; font-size: 1.15em; Designed by architect Machado Silvetti, the new 228-bed dormitory surrounding a central public courtyard contains suite-style rooms and common spaces such as a library, computer rooms, seminar rooms, and recreation rooms. position: absolute; Along with all-male colleges on the South side of campus, a house was built for Jones College Magisters, which was later replaced by a new home in 2002. 116 Humanities Building. padding: 25px 25px 0px; padding: 0; } The original residential building suffered from rapid deterioration in the 1990s and was demolished in 2002 after a new building for Wiess College was built. Pierce designed the building. } Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mxico/Mexico -- Biblioteca Central (1953) The Rice Memorial Center (RMC) and Rice Chapel, funded by trustee J. Newton Rayzor '17 and his wife, was designed by architect Harvin C. Moore '27. Baker college is named in honor of Captain James A. Baker, friend and attorney of William Marsh Rice, and first chair of the Rice Board of Governors. The building also features two state-of-the-art classrooms and a personal training and fitness assessment center. Rather Jr. is the first Rice architecture alumnus to design a building for the Rice campus. table.blueTable tfoot td { } font: normal normal normal 14px/1 Font Awesome\ 5 Pro; table.blueTable thead th { overflow: visible; text-align: center; . With Diller Scofidio + Renfro helming the design of a building that will provide a flexible space for new thinking around the making of contemporary art and performance, Rice will be poised to activate dynamic interdisciplinary as well as interdepartmental collaborations, mindful of the tradition of aesthetics and social justice that the de Menils began locally, Hainley said. .page-body__content ol li { z-index: 2; The plan will define how the university will focus its resources to realize . border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; The 117,000 sqft building houses the Rice Art Gallery, classrooms, and a large lecture hall. Anderson Hall, built in 1947 and located on the academic quad, was designed by Staub and Rather. left: 0px; John and Frances Angelos Law Center, University of Baltimore School of Law. display: inline-block; /* .button-d8 { } } When Hainley takes over in January, he will lead one of the most visible departments on campus. } These elements support the roof in a manner similar to an archer's bow. } 1948 Abercrombie Engineering Laboratory What also makes it really exciting is that this is a building that is not meant to encapsulate and contain the arts as they are today; this is a building that will foster open, flexible spaces for the arts of tomorrow.. } The Seeley G. Mudd Computer Science Laboratory, or Mudd Lab for short, was constructed with a major grant from the Los Angeles-based Seeley G. Mudd Fund. We are located next to Fondren Library, across the street from Valhalla (the graduate student bar), and a few minutes walk from the Thomas Phifer-designed Brochstein Pavilion and Rice Memorial Center, both of which have coffee and food, and the Gibbs Recreation Center, where you can swim outdoors or work out inside. The building is home to the School of Humanities and to the departments of history, philosophy, and religious studies. } The Integrated Campus Plan a flexible, option-based digital model developed by Kieran Timberlake in 2016 tests development scenarios relative to a master planning "base case" buildout model. DS+Rs impressive international portfolio includes New York Citys High Line, the Shed, an expansion to the Museum of Modern Art and the renovation of Lincoln Center featuring an expansion of the Juilliard School. table caption { table.blueTable td, table.blueTable th { text-underline-offset: 1.5px; Rice University - BioScience Research Collaborative Houston, TX. font-size: .9rem; Duncan College is LEED Gold-Certified, the first LEED Gold-certified construction project at Rice University. border: 1px solid #ccc; In 2006, Rice set a goal that all new buildings would be certified as part of the USGBC's LEED program for new construction. .page-body__content ol, .page-body__content ul {padding-bottom: 1em;} M.D. Anderson Foundation made a gift in honor of its benefactor, Monroe D. Anderson. margin-left:0; } } color: #034ea1; In addition, Graves designed a new home for the Jones College Magisters, which replaced the original house that was built in 1957. } By the time the house was completed, William V. Houston had become the University's second President and the first resident of the OConnor House. padding: .75em; z-index: 1; } border: none; At night, the structure illuminates the adjacent quad. The new four-floor wing contains numerous doubles and suites, the renovated Baker Kitchen, a new computer room, the coordinator's office, and a community kitchen. An added outdoor adventure center allows members to rent outdoor equipment and to plan white-water rafting, camping, and rock climbing trips. 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