What Does a University Architect Do, Anyway?

Arizona State’s ISTB 1

Lately Arizona State University has been growing at a rate of several complexes a year—240,000 square feet here, 1,700 beds over there, sometimes with a football-practice bubble or a quadrangle thrown into the mix. Ron McCoy, the university architect, keeps tabs not only on new buildings but also on the landscape elements that serve as the “connective tissue” for the university’s four campuses. Read a profile of Mr. McCoy in our Architecture Issue. (While you’re at it, why not watch an audio slideshow about two of Arizona State’s Interdisciplinary Science and Technology Buildings?)