This project is a continuation of the Taft experiment: transitional rather than stylistic purity. The success of this idea depends not on theory, but on how well it can be implemented.

The residence hall maintains and enhances the vernacular of the collegiate Gothic campus. Bay windows, fenestration, dormers, interwoven brick work, and cast stone detailing unify its interior and exterior. Its arch acts as a gateway over an important pedestrian path leading from the academic and residential campuses to the playing fields. Sited with the school's library and three dormitories designed by James Gamble Rogers, the building forms a new campus quadrangle.

With 12 double rooms and 17 single rooms, the three-story residence hall provides co-educational housing for 41 upperclassmen. Student rooms are arranged in singles and doubles off north and south central corridors, with a major entry and stair tower at the center of the east façade. Each floor is equipped with laundry, toilet and support facilities including TV/recreation rooms.

Above the arch is a library for informal study. The Faculty residences at the end of each floor are architecturally distinct from the dormitories by virtue of scale and major access but connected to provide social and supervisory circulation. Each faculty residence has its own formal entry, three bedrooms, living, dining and study rooms.