A better image of the future Engineering/CS building
OPDC has a project page for the new Thayer School building with an image from this point of view (Google Street View). The building will occupy the Thayer parking lot and connect to MacLean by a...
View ArticlePlanning the western part of campus
In September the college released a framework plan for potential construction around the professional schools (news release, story in The D). The plan, by Beyer Blinder Belle, elaborates on that firm’s...
View ArticleLedyard Canoe Club demo ahead
A campus construction update has a few details on the soccer pavilion expansion out at Burnham Field. The Valley News reports that the new Dartmouth Coach bus station is opening in Lebanon. An...
View ArticleDetails on the new road to the Thayer & CS building
The BBB West End Master Plan (super image from BBB site; see also the Campus Services project page, written by BBB) turns out to be more than a schematic design. The meandering suburban business-park...
View ArticleWest End work beginning
The Thayer School expansion involves a lot of changes to an entire district of the campus. Campus Services has information on the overall project. The page describes the new Thayer School building: The...
View ArticleIrving revealed
The college has released several images of the planned building of the Irving Institute at the west end of Tuck Mall. Goody Clancy, the architecture firm that designed the building, appears to be well...
View ArticleVarious construction topics
An Architectural Digest story on the Hood by Elizabeth Fazzare again refers to a gray brick supposedly used in the original building, this time stating that it was used in the iconic trabeated gateway....
View ArticleRemember that time they built the engineering building in the wrong place?
The Valley News reports that the deep excavation for the new Thayer/Computer Science building has been made in the wrong place: it is ten feet to the south of where it should be. The hole for the...
View ArticleHistorical archeology on campus and other topics
News of an archeological dig on the site of Choate House, on Wentworth Street is thrilling; one hopes that such digs take place all over Hanover. Comparing the younger and larger state-supported...
View ArticleVarious topics, including unbuilt buildings
An article in The Dartmouth notes the completion of work on Reed and Baker and the start of work on Dartmouth Hall. The HGA [architects] page for the CECS building has an image showing main entrance...
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