Polshek Partnership unveils design for University of North Texas business building

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New York-based architect Polshek Partnership today unveiled its design scheme for the $70 million Business Leadership Building at the University of North Texas in Denton. Designed to provide UNT’s 5,400-plus business majors the highest level of academic instruction and professional training, the 180,000-sf facility will include an open atrium, an internet café, and numerous study and tutoring rooms—all designed to help develop a spirit of collaboration and team-oriented focus.

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New York-based architect Polshek Partnership [1] today unveiled its design scheme for the $70 million Business Leadership Building at the University of North Texas [2] in Denton.

Designed to provide UNT’s 5,600-plus business majors the highest level of academic instruction and professional training, the 180,000-sf facility will include an open atrium, an internet café, and numerous study and tutoring rooms—all designed to help develop a spirit of collaboration and team-oriented focus.

The building design also reiterates UNT’s commitment to sustainability, which was signified when the university became the first large public university in Texas to sign the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment [3] in 2008. UNT is working with Polshek and Jacobs Engineering [4] to make the building and the construction process as green as possible and plans for the building to achieve LEED Gold certification. The building will include a number of environmentally friendly spaces, including two green terraces and a green roof.

Natural light will filter through the roof and illuminate the central atrium of the building, which is located on the entry-level of the four-story building. The building will have more than 15,000 sf of classroom space fully-equipped with advanced technology, such as videoconferencing. The second floor will house graduate-level classrooms that will also serve as classrooms for executive education.

The top floor will house 149 faculty offices. In a departure from academic tradition, faculty will not be organized by department. The intermingling of faculty offices is designed to encourage more interdisciplinary research, a cornerstone of UNT’s academic tradition.

The building is being funded with $50 million in legislature-approved revenue bonds and $20 million from corporate and private donations. Construction is expected to begin in December 2009, and completion of the building is slated for June 2011.

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