Benedum Hall

Benedum Hall

Michael L. Benedum Hall of Engineering is an academic building on the campus of the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. The building was designed by the architectural firm of Deeter, Ritchey, and Sippel [http://ryan.library.cmu.edu/fmi/xsl/AA/browserecord.xsl?-lay=Layout+%231&-recid=6197&-find=-find] and completed in 1971 at a cost of $15 million. It was built with a gift from the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation and funds from the General State Authority. It stands on a convert|1.8|acre|m2|sing=on site that was formerly occupied by the National Guard's Logan Armory. [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;cc=pittmiscpubs;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=benedum;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;didno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=0423]

It is fourteen stories (two below ground) and has convert|419000|sqft|m2 of space. It is home to the Swanson School of Engineering and contains classrooms, laboratories, offices, conference and seminar rooms, and is home to the George M. Bevier Engineering Library which serves not only the engineering school, but also the Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Geology and Planetary Science. [ [http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/engineering/engineer.html Bevier Engineering Library, University Library System, University of Pittsburgh, accessdate=2008-08-27] ] Benedum Hall also includes a 528-seat auditorium, a computer lab, and an Einstein's Express. [http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pittmiscpubs;cc=pittmiscpubs;g=documentingpitt;xc=1;xg=1;q1=benedum;rgn=full%20text;idno=00c50130m;didno=00c50130m;view=image;seq=0423] [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-118.html] [http://www.pc.pitt.edu/dining/locations/einsteinsexpress.html]

Engineering Auditorium, a lower building, is located across a plaza from the main tower, and is connected by the basement and sub-basement levels.

Benedum Hall is currently undergoing renovations and expansion. A new structure connecting the auditorium to the main tower will be constructed across the existing plaza, the auditorium will be divided into five separate classrooms, the library, computer lab, club offices, and cafê will be moved to the basement level, administrative offices will be shifted to the first floor, and all floors of the tower will be renovated.

External links

* [http://www.umc.pitt.edu/tour/tour-118.html University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: Benedum Hall]
* [http://www.engrng.pitt.edu/ University of Pittsburgh School of Engineering]
* [http://www.library.pitt.edu/libraries/engineering/engineer.html Bevier Engineering Library]
* [http://www.engr.pitt.edu/video/index.html Benedum Hall Transformation Video]
* [http://www.pitt.edu/news/071205swanson2.html Benedum Hall Renovation Fact Sheet]

References

*cite book | author=Alberts, Robert C. | title=Pitt: The Story of the University of Pittsburgh 1787-1987 | location=Pittsburgh | publisher=University of Pittsburgh Press | year=1987 | id=ISBN 0-8229-1150-7


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