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Cornell Plantations’ Brian C. Nevin Welcome Center

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  • Category

    Schools and Universities

    Specialty Structures

  • Completed

    2009

  • Location

    Ithica, new York

  • Area

    6,000 square feet

  • Architect

    Baird Sampson Neuert Architects

  • Program

    In Cornell University’s botanical garden, this visitors’ centre is organized in two levels over varying topography to accommodate different programming needs. An expansive ipe louvre extends across the southern face of the building. Structural features include a floor hung from roof girders; exposed steel connections designed for minimal visual presence; steel roof and floor deck used as a finished ceiling; dry-laid stone retaining walls; cast-in-place concrete; slender steel tube columns.

  • Other Details

    LEED Gold, International

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  • Photos by Tom Arban

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