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Eric Baker Nord Performing Arts Annex

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The 45,000-square foot performing arts annex is part of a multi-phased renovation and addition project that includes the newly completed Irene & Alan Wurtzel Theater, a highly adaptable space that accommodates between 200 and 300 seats. Nestled…

Shanks (Patricia and Merrill) Health and Wellness Center

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In October 2016 the Oberlin College Board of Trustees voted to approve the renovation and expansion of Philips Gym, to include a new health and wellness center and a complete renovation of Carr Pool. Construction began shortly afterwards on the south…

Ward (Dewy) Alumni Center, Art Gallery and Studio

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The multi-use, LEED East College Street Project owned and developed by Sustainable Community Associates broke ground in 2008 and was completed in 2010. Oberlin College purchased 7,000 square feet in the complex for its Alumni Association offices and…

Union Street Housing Complex

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This complex of eleven new, historically-influenced "houses" (each with 3 apartment units) form a neighborhood cluster that fits well with surrounding vernacular housing from the late 19th and early 20th centuries typical of Oberlin domestic…

Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center

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Groundbreaking for the Peter B. Lewis Gateway Center took place on June 12, 2014, and was dedicated in October 2016. The four-story complex includes the 70-suite Hotel at Oberlin, its restaurant, 1833, the Wiliam and Helen Birenbaum Innovation and…

Kahn (Robert Lewis) Hall

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Robert Lewis Kahn Hall was dedicated September 25, 2010. It is a 52,000 square foot, 150-bed residence hall, with three floors plus basement. Kahn Hall is part of the First Year Residential Experience Cluster and is focused on sustainable living. The…

Knowlton (Austin E.) Athletics Complex

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The new Austin E. Knowlton Athletics Complex and Dick Bailey Field, funded by an $8 million donation from the Austin E. Knowlton Foundation and private donors and dedicated in September 2014, replaced the outdated 90-year old Savage Football Stadium.…

Kohl (Bertram and Judith) Building

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The Bertram and Judith Kohl Building serves as the innovative new home of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music's acclaimed Department of Jazz Studies and its academic programs in music history and music theory. The new 37,000 SF facility…

Science Center

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An architectural showpiece, the Science Center--with a budget of $55 million for construction and associated costs, and $10 million for an operations-and-maintenance endowment--is a postmodern structure sheathed in sandstone and designed to blend in…

Lewis (Adam Joseph) Center for Environmental Studies

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This solar-powered building for Environmental Studies has earned national acclaim as a showcase for green building technologies and operating systems. Inspired by Professor David Orr's vision and direction and Oberlin's dedication to the project,…