Campus Architecture Database: New Residence Hall

Mount Ida College, Newton Centre, Mass.

Building Type: Residential

Construction Type: New

Cost: $9-million

Square Footage: 36,195

Architect: Finegold Alexander + Associates Inc.

Contractor: Cutler Associates

Opened: 2008

Designed as part of the college’s plan to house 70 percent of its students on the campus, this new 136-bed residence hall offers study areas, an apartment for a faculty resident, and housing for several residence-hall assistants. The building features a solar hot-water system, “smart” lighting systems, and recycled and renewable building materials.

(Photo: Anton Grassl)

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