Client: Santa Clara University
Project: Communications, Public Policy and Ethics Building
Project Cost: $12,200,000
Building Area: 40,000 square feet
Gordon-Prill's Scope of Work: responsible for the overall project including the selection of the project architect. This project was built under our design led agreement with SCU.

Design features included

• A two story building with a mission style veranda facing the campus entrance and a contemporary two story glass atrium on the opposite side.
• A bell tower created to camouflage the prominently located television studio which required high windowless walls.
• The television studio's curved walls and covered floor wall connections give the illusion of space as well as outstanding acoustic characteristics.
• The building's HVAC equipment is controlled by a digital system that is linked to the campus building automation system.
• Every office and classroom is connected to the university's information technology system for high speed data and to the campus wide television network.
• A teleconferencing room links students to other schools world wide.