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Washington University Begins Construction Of New Building

Historical May 1991 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Construction has begun on a new building at Washington University in St. Louis that will provide additional research and office space for the Departments of Biology and Earth and Planetary Sciences as well as classroom and lecture has space for all areas of Arts and Sciences.

The five-story building will be located on Forsyth Boulevard, south and slightly east of Wilson Hall. BSI Constructors Inc., St. Louis, is the building contractor.

The new building has been designed by Kallmann, McKinnell & Wood Architects, Boston, the firm that designed Simon Hall, the home of the John M. Olin School of Business. Construction is expected to take two years.

The new building will include a lecture and classroom center, featuring a 150-seat auditorium-style lecture hall and two classrooms seating 75 and 85 students.

Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, May 1991.

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Original source: SD_Times1991_05.pdf, printed page(s) 4; PDF page(s) 4.

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