Michael Graves, architect, 1995
University of Cincinnati, West Campus
Cincinnati, Ohio
accessible from Jefferson Avenue at the University Avenue entrance to campus
photo/Lisa Ventre
175,000-square-foot building designed by alumnus and signature architect Michael Graves; completed: June '95. Prior to the Master Plan, a proposal existed to site the building in the middle of the parking lot that is slated to become a grassy open space (Lot One). Instead, the ERC was placed up against Rhodes Hall on a long, narrow site jokingly called a "postage stamp." It is the structure that is viewed straight ahead when one enters campus from University and Jefferson. The building's six-story height blends with those behind it, and its exterior of brick and sandstone complement surrounding buildings.
See an interior photo of Engineering Research Center.
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The Engineering Research Center, by Walter Langsam, from "Architecture Cincinnati" A Guide to Nationally Significant Buildings and Their Architects in the Greater Cincinnati Area.