Archive for the ‘Design’ Category

Impressions from SCS

Monday, April 17th, 2006

The School of Computer Science (SCS) program committee is delighted with overall design of the building spaces so far. We feel that most of our initial expectations have been achieved and exceeded. (more…)

Beyond the yellow brick road

Monday, April 17th, 2006

The design of the building will not be in the Hornbostel yellow-brick style. It is going to be a “contemporary” design. Some people have asked whether this will fit into our campus. (more…)

How green is our valley?

Monday, April 17th, 2006

The project will be converting many surface parking lots into greenspaces. The building itself will be at least LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Silver certified. (more…)

Preliminary Renderings

Saturday, April 15th, 2006

Some preliminary computer renderings of the building. The skin design has not been finalized so these represent one of the possibilities. (more…)

The architects

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

The designers of the Gates Center are Mack Scogin and Merrill Elam architects (MSME), from Atlanta. (more…)

Press

Thursday, April 13th, 2006

  • Architect Mack Scogin Tackles Gates Complex from the Inside Out (Bruce Gerson)
    (the PIPER, Oct 2006)
  • Creating the New SCS Complex (Joanna Steward)
    (The Link, Fall 2006)
  • LEED Certification for the Gates Center for Computer Science (Ralph Horgan),
    Report from the SCS Program Committee on the Gates Center Design (Guy Blelloch), and
    Carngie Mellon’s Master Plan Clarified (Bob Reppe)
    (FOCUS, May 2006)
  • Beyond the Discussion of Yellow Brick, The Design of the Gates Building (Volker Hartkopf)
    (FOCUS, April 2006)
  • Computing with Architecture
    (Pittsburgh City Paper, Charles Rosenblum, April 20, 2006)
  • CMU’s Gates Center design veers off the yellow brick road
    (Pittsburgh Post Gazette, Patricia Lowry, April 12, 2006)
  • Architect unveils Gates Center design
    (Tartan, Andrew Peters, April 10, 2006)
  • Scogin mindful of our architectural history
    (Tartan, Tartan Board, April 10, 2006)
  • University Unveils Plans for New Gates Center for Computer Science
    (Carnegie Mellon Today, Bruce Gerson, April 7, 2006)
  • The West Campus Gateway
    (Tartan, J.T. Trollman, January 30, 2006)
  • Carnegie Mellon Selects Architectural Firm for New Gates Center for Computer Science
    (Carnegie Mellon Today, September 8, 2005)
  • Carnegie Mellon Receives $20 Million from Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to Build a New Home for the Study of Computer Science
    (University Announcement, September, 2004)