Campus Architecture Database: Engineering 5

University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, Calif.

Building Type: Science

Construction Type: New

Cost: $36.5-million

Square Footage: 120,000

Architect: CO Architects

Contractor: Tutor-Saliba Corporation

Opened: 2008

This building was designed to make possible a phased replacement of an existing engineering building with a new facility flexible enough to accommodate a range of sophisticated research. The five-story building houses research labs, seminar rooms, and office space. Lounges, open space, and connections from floor to floor encourage faculty-student interaction. The exterior echoes the classic brick facades on the older campus buildings nearby.

(Photo: 2_L Studio)

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