Campus Architecture Database: Ford Hall

Smith College, Northampton, Mass.

Building Type: Science

Construction Type: New

Cost: $73-million

Square Footage: 140,000

Architect: Bohlin Cywinski Jackson

Contractor: William A. Berry & Son Inc.

Opened: 2009

Designed to emphasize energy efficiency, Smith’s new state-of-the-art building will serve as both a teaching tool and a home to the molecular sciences and to the nation’s first engineering program at a women’s college.

(Photo: Smith College)

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