Burchard Hall, Blacksburg, Virginia

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	Burchard Hall
Designer	Shriver and Holland Associates, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
Location	Blacksburg, Virginia, USA
Date	1996 to 1998
Building Type	School and Academic
Construction System	Concrete
Climate	Warm Temperate
Context	Campus Context
Architectural Style	Modern
Builder	The Quandel Group, Inc.Harrisburg, PA
Street Address
Notes	School of Architecture and Urban Studies. On the Virginia Tech campus. Adjoins Cowgill Hall. In association with Skidmore Owings & Merrill LLP (SOM).

Contents 1 Images 2 Discussion 3 Maps 4 References 5 External Images 6 External Links

Images

Discussion

Subterranean building with four large pyramidal skylights over an open central studio space measuring 120 x 120 feet (37x37 meters). Rooftop plaza is level with ground and forms a forecourt for Cowgill Hall. Houses architecture studios, workshops.

• Client: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
• Cost: $8,446,000 USD (6,220,000 Euro)
• Area: 42,280 square feet (3,928 square meters)
• Height: One (1) Story (Underground), plus Cowgill Plaza
• Site: 42,000 square feet
• Program: Studios, offices for Virginia Tech School of Architecture and Urban Studies.

Maps

References

• http://www.cdcd.vt.edu/PJD/Const.Status/projects/cowgill.project.html

External Images

• Photo, skylight.
• Photo, plaza overview, with Cowgill Hall in background.
• Photo, interior studio space.
• Photo, pyramidal skylight.
• Photo, interior workshop.
• Photo, plaza overview from adjacent building.
• Drawing, First floor plan, Cowgill and Burchard Halls.
• Drawing, Second floor plan, Cowgill and Burchard Halls.

External Links

• Building Description at Virginia Tech Architecture School web site.
• Building Description at architect's web site.