The New Georegetown Business
13 08 2008On University campuses throughout our area, construction is common place, but we have to say, Georgetown really is separating themselves from the pack and sparing no expense when it comes to their new Business School. We got a chance to check out the new building and were in awe of the details going into the classic Gothic building.
The 179,000 sq-ft building will enable Georgetown’s McDonough School of Business to move back on campus after occupying the Georgetown Car Bar for years. In order to fit in with the campuses historic buildings, the school has intricate brick and stone facades, copper accents, and an actual slate roof!
Follow the jump for a look at the main entrance and the amazing stone work…
The school will be complete by 2009 and ready for move in.
[Photo: DCMetrocentric]
I love copper when it is all new and shinny, but when it gets old and green… not so much.
Interesting that GU’s business school looked to the past for inspiration, while the new business school building at George Washington University (Duques’ Hall) is very modern in design.
Interesting that Georgetown’s business school is spending over $100 million to build its new hall, while the administration at GW present-valued its business school’s potential, in the form of a new building, at $56 million.
[…] we checked in on the campus of Georgetown University, the new Business School building construction was well underway with the structural topping off of the buildings last year. Since then a lot of work has been done […]