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Author: Kathryn Kirkland; photos by Kelly James
Posted: January 20, 2009

studio space in Shattuck Hall

The remodel of Shattuck Hall has created spaces that inspire. Walls were removed, skylights added, and the building's structure exposed to provide a teaching and learning environment for architecture students. The building is also home to general classrooms and a new metal foundry and workshops for wood, metal, and model making. Although much of the original 1915 elementary school is gone, its elegant windows, central atrium, and stairwells remain. Stop by the second floor Architecture Department office before touring Shattuck at southwest Broadway and College.

Ready for a new century

The renovation of Shattuck Hall opened up the elegant spaces of the original building to expose its structure and mechanicals as a teaching tool for students. The central atrium was restored and existing windows and handrails were kept. Pivoting glass walls are a feature of the Architecture Department office on the second floor.

Shattuck Hall doorway Shattuck Hall skylights
Shattuck Hall atrium Shattuck Hall handrails
pivoting walls are doors student examines model
exposed building systems Architecture office and gallery space
Professor Nikola Boscanin discusses drawings with a student