Alfred University
College of Business and Administration
Franklin W. Olin Building
Alfred, New York
The
building has state-of-the-art seminar rooms, lecture halls, case-study classrooms
and faculty offices, a behavior laboratory for the study of human interaction,
and a center for computer management systems training. The use of brick provides
a warm and lively sensibility, enhanced through the use of chimney forms that
enclose ventilators, garden gates and a conference room that overlooks the major
growth corridor of the campus. The symmetrical massing, sloping roofs and exterior
materials reinforce the continuity of the campus architecture, both old and
new.