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 Alfred Lerner Hall, the state-of-the-art student activities center designed by Architecture Dean Bernard Tschumi and Gruzen Samton Associated Architects, is scheduled to open its doors to students in the fall of 1999. Included among its many features are an auditorium large enough to seat an entire Columbia College class, a cinema, lounges and study areas, computer facilities, and the Ferris Booth Commons, a two-level dining facility looking out over the heart of campus.
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The Philip L. Milsten Family College Library, the centerpiece of the comprehensive $70 million Butler Library renovation, will provide outstanding facilities for the entire University community. Occupying three floors, it will increase the amount of library space devoted to undergraduates by some 60 percent. Serving as architects for the entire Butler project is the Boston firm of Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott. |
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Among the many other improvements that have helped to transform undergraduate life at Columbia are the $12.5 million renovation of Furnald Hall and the refurbishment of dining and lounge facilities in John Jay Hall. |
A fourteen-story Undergraduate Residence Hall is scheduled to open in the fall of 2000 at the northeast corner of Broadway and 113th Street. Designed by Robert A.M. Stern Architects, the $49 million building will house fourth-year students, most of them in single rooms. Together with the adjacent Hogan Hall, it will create a community for seniors, offering special programs designed to meet their needs as they prepare to leave Columbia.
The Dodge Physical Fitness Center now boasts one of the premier facilities in the Ivy League following a multi-year renovation that included upgrades to its workout areas and locker rooms, along with the installation of a new track. The Dodge Center is used each day by 2,500 students, faculty, staff, and alumni.