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May 23, 2008, 02:11 PM ET
Shop Talk: A 60-Bell Fountain in Tampa, a Complaint in Schenectady, and More
The U. of Tampa will start construction on a chapel this summer. (U. of Tampa image)
Bells and whistles: A $19.5-million project to add a chapel to the University of Tampa campus will get started this summer, according to a university news release. The 12,750-square-foot Sykes Chapel and Center for Faith and Values, designed by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback and Associates, will have a 250-seat main hall with a peaked, 65-foot-high ceiling. The exterior will be brick and laminated timber, with a prominent zinc roof. An important interior feature will be a 3,184-pipe, mechanical-action organ constructed by Dobson Pipe Organ Builders, of Lake City, Iowa. Also included in the project will be a 75-foot-tall fountain with 60 bells.
Too dull for Schenectady? The Planning Commission in Schenectady, N.Y., gave Union College permission to begin building a $9-million graduate-school building two blocks from its main campus, but at least one member of the commission criticized the design as “dull” and “bland,” according to The Daily Gazette. College officials replied that the building would be improved after the graduate school opened and attracted enough students to justify an expansion that has already been planned, but the commission asked the college’s architect to reconsider the facade and let members know if any improvements are possible. Oddly, Union’s best-known building is famously ornate—it’s the 16-sided Nott Memorial, designed by Edward Tuckerman Potter and opened in 1879. Among other attractions, it has an elaborate dome inset with 709 colored-glass “illuminators” that sparkle like colored stars when seen from inside.
Heavy lifting in West Virginia: Four major construction projects are under way at Marshall University, in Huntington, W.Va., according to The State Journal. The university is building a three-story, 123,000-square-foot student-recreation center, two residence halls that will house a total of 800 students, and a $3.5-million, 16,000-square-foot engineering facility. Still in the planning stages are a 38,000-square-foot alumni center and a 16,000-square-foot addition to the Forensic Science Center.
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