Really loving the night rendering. Although it does look a little like a graduation cap during the day.
Roof deck looks pretty sweet...
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Really loving the night rendering. Although it does look a little like a graduation cap during the day.
Roof deck looks pretty sweet...
Also, as a side note, it is completely amazing to me that the same organization is responsible for both the med "campus" debacle and the corner of Lindell and Grand and the renderings above.
How cool is the law school going to be?!?! Do this with the rest of your hulking freaking campus!! Please! Now at least we know you have it in you!
How cool is the law school going to be?!?! Do this with the rest of your hulking freaking campus!! Please! Now at least we know you have it in you!
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We should all remember that SLU & the Lawrence Group also teamed to create a pretty awesome hotel.
(As I said in the other thread), this renovation, while an improvement, results in a rather awkward looking building.
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I like it a lot. Without the cornice it's a bit topless, no? Anyway, I especially like it as a conversion of an unremarkable building.
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Agreed, Alex. I really like the glass on the top and running down the side of the building. Also love the blue lighting. Takes an unoriginal boring building and has definitely injected some "freshness." Amazing what several million dollars can get you! 
Disparate design elements, disparate massing, clumsy, overscaled roof overhang. Basically, it looks like somebody tried to pimp-out a 1974 Pinto.pjeckelkamp wrote:What's awkward about it?
^Sounds like architect speak.
And if all you have is a 1974 pinto to pimp out, what are you going to do?
And if all you have is a 1974 pinto to pimp out, what are you going to do?
Just don't call Xzibit...pat wrote:^Sounds like architect speak.
And if all you have is a 1974 pinto to pimp out, what are you going to do?
Unless it is purely optical illusion in the rendering, I enjoy the way that the overhang seems to align perfectly over the sidewalk.
If it was perfectly aligned I would find that to be quite fantastic. It makes for the whole building's shape to seem carved out of an initial rectangular prism.
If it was perfectly aligned I would find that to be quite fantastic. It makes for the whole building's shape to seem carved out of an initial rectangular prism.
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Yo! I know you like to law school dawg, so we put a law school in your lawschool! Damn yo! Even yo books got books!innov8ion wrote:Just don't call Xzibit...pat wrote:^Sounds like architect speak.
And if all you have is a 1974 pinto to pimp out, what are you going to do?
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Reminds me a little of this building in Boston, which I really like:
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How was Dean Clark's resignation letter made public?
I'm not asking for anyone to name nextSTL's sources. I'm just curious how it happened, generally.
This is all truly bizarre.
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/law-scho ... on-letter/
I'm not asking for anyone to name nextSTL's sources. I'm just curious how it happened, generally.
This is all truly bizarre.
http://abovethelaw.com/2012/08/law-scho ... on-letter/
nextSTL was credited with breaking the news about Dean Clark's resignation from SLU LAW by The Wall Street Journal!
See the full article here: http://goo.gl/LhLyHMs. Clark’s exit, which was first reported by the St. Louis blog nextSTL, followed public disagreement with the university administration over the selection of a new law school building downtown and funding for summer research stipends, according to one professor at the law school.
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Major donations continue in to the new Law School...
Last month, it was announced that $1.1M was coming in to fund the expansion & move from the estate of Jack Pruellage, recently departed Chairman of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... llion.html
Today, another $250K is coming in from the firm itself, in honor of Jack Pruellage.
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... 50000.html
For all the mess that may be going on within the leadership circles at SLU, the law community of Greater STL remains pretty excited by the move. If done correctly, this move and buildout still could provide SLU Law with some of the best facilities in the country. And, hopefully will be enough to negate the recent stink to continue recruiting top talent.
Last month, it was announced that $1.1M was coming in to fund the expansion & move from the estate of Jack Pruellage, recently departed Chairman of Lewis, Rice & Fingersh, L.C.
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... llion.html
Today, another $250K is coming in from the firm itself, in honor of Jack Pruellage.
http://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news ... 50000.html
For all the mess that may be going on within the leadership circles at SLU, the law community of Greater STL remains pretty excited by the move. If done correctly, this move and buildout still could provide SLU Law with some of the best facilities in the country. And, hopefully will be enough to negate the recent stink to continue recruiting top talent.
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^ It's good to see support, but I don't know if the conclusion of these two gifts (one upon the death of the donor - so excited he just couldn't take it any more? and the other from his firm to memorialize him upon death) is that "the law community of Greater STL remains pretty excited by the move".
^ not sure if excited is the word either. But I think it is very clear indication that the law community recognizes that a strong law is desired one way or another. What is unique and what I don't understand from the out going Dean is that a downtown school recognizes in some manner or form that a good chunk law takes place or is practiced in a corporate board room/federal court/and or local courts. For all the other things I can't stand with SLU's development path is that this is one move that makes a lot of sense in my opinion, and law community is supporting it
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^ I was just pointing out that the two significant gifts cited only came about because of someone passing away. If it had happened a couple years ago, could someone have concluded that the gifts supported the new law school on the Frost campus? No. I'm not saying there's no support - and I like the move as well, but those gifts don't indicate support.
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So was dean Clark also upset about the location of the new law school or just upset she was completely kept in the dark on the decision process? It's unclear to me from the letter.
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I believe it was more the latter.moorlander wrote:So was dean Clark also upset about the location of the new law school or just upset she was completely kept in the dark on the decision process?
But the gift didn't come a couple of years ago, and were committed after the move was announced, and were purposefully given in support of the new facility. The visibilty, the complete new construction build-out, and the proximity of the new location to courts, city gov't, and law firm HQ's has to be exciting. Setting and place ovbioulsy don't make a school, but it sure does have an effect.Alex Ihnen wrote:^ I was just pointing out that the two significant gifts cited only came about because of someone passing away. If it had happened a couple years ago, could someone have concluded that the gifts supported the new law school on the Frost campus? No. I'm not saying there's no support - and I like the move as well, but those gifts don't indicate support.