Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life, New Orleans, Louisiana

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	Lavin-Bernick Center for University Life
Designer	VJAA, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Location	New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Date	to January 2007
Building Type	School and Academic
Construction System	steel, glass
Climate	Subtropical
Context	Campus Context
Architectural Style	Modern
Builder	Broadmoor, LLC, Metairie, Louisiana, USA
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Building Details
Client	Tulane University, Corporation
Cost	$29 Million USD
Area	151,000 square feet (14,000 square meters)
Stories	2
Site	3.4 acres (1.38 hectares)
Awards	Recipient, AIA COTE Top Ten Award, 2008.

"Tulane University's new university center embodies the environmental goals not only of its designers, bust also of the students, faculty, and administrators at the school. The new center is built on the same site as the old university center, which was stripped to its concrete structure, expanded by 33%, and redesigned with a variety of environmental systems.

"The design process for the building began in 1998, when the university received a donation from the Bernick and Lavin family. After a groundbreaking in 2003, construction was stalled by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, when the site was covered in two feet of water. Nevertheless, the project was completed fourteen months later, in January 2007, having cost $189 per square foot. The new university center serves not only as a hub for the campus community, but also as a model of environmentally friendly design for the city." – AIA/COTE

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