- Located at the Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University
- Contains 145,000 sf of space and includes classrooms, offices, a library and a café
- The building is a composite structure of concrete and steel
- Cast-in-place concrete flat slab construction is used for the primary floor supporting elements
- A 36-inch concrete transfer slab and 8-ft deep curved concrete beams are also utilized
- The building features a 65,000 sf steel clad roof structure
- The stainless steel-clad surfaces are framed using four inch standard pipe steel
- The steel portion of the building rests upon the concrete and is therefore not load bearing
- The structural steel elements provide additional shear resistance
- DeSimone also designed the building’s light-gauge framing, supporting the curved drywall that clads the interior atrium space
- This design is the first Gehry project to have all of its structural steel detailing completed in CATIA
- Awards:
AISC – National Award 2002
CIB – Award of Merit 2001