The Voice of Reason 8 Report post Posted April 20, 2010 http://www.courant.com/business/hc-property-line-yale-school-of.artapr20,0,3973973.story Yale has owned the buildings, across Whitney from the Peabody Museum, since 1965 and used them for administrative offices. The school of management, founded in 1976, operates out of a dozen buildings, including several former mansions. All departments will move into the new, 237,000-square-foot building, which will include classrooms, a library, a 350-seat auditorium and other amenities, according to city hall documents. they are doing this in an attempt to get back into competition with harvard stamford and penn state in the world of bsiness schools. and why not I say, its clearly a deficiency. "The new building will also allow Yale to increase enrollment to as many as 600 from the 429 now in the MBA program." this is a 190 million project, and some alum in china is donating $8,888,888 very lucky number for china and yale I guess from the architects site http://www.fosterandpartners.com/Projects/1544/Default.aspx School of Management, Yale University New Haven, USA, 2007 Situated on a 4.25-acre site on the east side of Whitney Avenue at the Sachem Street intersection, the new design for the new 230,000 square foot complex will be site-specific and sensitive to the surrounding neighbourhood. Plans are to pursue LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Green Building Rating System) certification. Co-architects: Gunzon Santon the Image is currently not opening but the Yale school of management has THIS http://mba.yale.edu/alumni/give/index.shtml Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MadVlad 1 Report post Posted April 21, 2010 Wow, that's going to be a great building, I wonder what level LEED certification they are going for? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
