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Indiana University at Bloomington, Bloomington, Ind.

Building Type: Athletics

Construction Type: New

Cost: $21.5-million

Square Footage: 130,000

Architect: Ratio Architects Inc.; Moody/Nolan Inc.

Contractor: Pepper Construction Company

Opened: 2009

This addition to the university's Memorial Stadium houses a 24,000-square-foot weight room for varsity teams, administrative offices for the athletics department, offices for football coaches and staff members, team meeting rooms, and a hall of fame that also serves as a banquet facility. The exterior emulates the Collegiate Gothic style found throughout the campus. The project also replaced bleacher seating with permanent seating. The kitchen for the banquet facility provides game-day catering for new club seating.

(Photos: MV2 Photography)

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Purdue University at West Lafayette, West Lafayette, Ind.

Building Type: Residential

Construction Type: New

Cost: $45-million

Square Footage: 324,450

Architect: Ratio Architects Inc.

Contractor: F.A. Wilhelm Construction

Opened: 2009

This new residence-hall complex houses 732 students in apartment-like facilities with private bedrooms and private baths. The buildings have a total of 61 12-bedroom units, each of which has a common living space and laundry and kitchen facilities. The complex has five and six-story buildings, arranged around three landscaped courtyard areas. A community center in the middle of the complex contains administrative offices, a computer lab, a multipurpose room, a student-activity office, and meeting rooms.

(Photos: MV2 Photography)

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Arizona State University-Downtown Phoenix, Phoeniz, Ariz.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $27.4-million

Square Footage: 84,000

Architect: SmithGroup

Contractor: DPR Construction Inc.

Opened: 2009

The new five-story building serves as both the gateway for the university's emerging downtown Phoenix campus and the new home of one of the largest nursing programs in the U.S. The glass-and-copper structure includes a 200-seat auditorium, classrooms, facilities for students, offices for faculty members, and research space for the departments of nursing, exercise and wellness, nutrition, and health sciences. The building is a result of a collaboration that brought together the City of Phoenix, the university, and the nursing school.

(Photos: Bill Timmerman)

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University of Arizona, Tucson, Ariz.

Building Type: Academic

Construction Type: New

Cost: $20-million

Square Footage: 72,000

Architect: SmithGroup; Dave Diebold Architects

Contractor: Hensel Phelps Construction Company

Opened: 2008

Conceived as an iconic structure for the university's Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences, McClelland Park houses two academic departments and three auxiliary units that serve the local community. A "family plaza"—a civic living room with plenty of space and shade—is the centerpiece of the design, with room enough for informal gatherings and study groups and a play area for children using services or involved in research at the Norton School. Inside, classrooms and administrative areas adjoin faculty and research spaces. The building's design creates a modern entry to the university's science concourse while respecting the historic core of ...

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New York University will break ground later this year on a 12-story building in downtown Washington (left) that will include five floors of dormitory suites as well as academic space and offices for university lobbyists.

The 75,000-square-foot building, at 13th and L Streets N.W., will house a Washington-semester program for students studying politics, economics, journalism, art history, and history, according to an article in Washington Square News, the university's student newspaper. Lecture halls, seminar rooms, and offices will fill the lower floors.

The building was designed by Hickok Cole Architects to fit a 60-foot-wide lot just a few blocks north and east of the White House.

The lobby of New York U.'s new Washington home will feature a map of the city in one wall. (Hickok Cole Architects renderings)

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