New Classroom Buildings Taking Shape

Construction is well underway, with one building scheduled to open later this summer.

<p>Work on the East Classroom Building, located on Fairfield Way next to the Babbidge Library is well underway.  The building will contain one large lecture hall and 20 high-tech classrooms, as well as the Departments of Economics, Journalism, Linguistics, Modern and Classical Languages and Political Science.  It is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2012. Photos by Peter Morenus</p>
Work on the West Classroom Building, located on Fairfield Way between the Student Union and the Center for Undergraduate Education, is well underway. The building will be the first that is dedicated solely to classrooms, with two large lecture halls and 17 smaller high-tech rooms. Completion is expected later this summer. The second new classroom building is scheduled for completion in the summer of 2012. Photos by Peter Morenus
<p>John Warner of architectural and engineering services points out details of the 200 seat lecture hall in the West Classroom Building, now under construction. </p>
John Warner of architectural and engineering services points out details of the 200-seat lecture hall in the West Classroom Building.
<p>A third floor hallway in the West Classroom Building.  Large windows contribute to a light and airy feeling, as well as providing a good view of campus.</p>
A third floor hallway in the West Classroom Building. Large windows contribute to a light and airy feeling, as well as providing a good view of campus.
<p>John Warner of architectural and engineering services, right, leads Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, university registrar, and other members of the registrar's staff on a tour of the West Classroom Building. </p>
John Warner, right, leads Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, university registrar, and other members of the registrar's staff on a tour of the building.
<p>Workers from Greenwood Industries of Millbury Mass plant the green roof of the energy-efficient West Classroom Building.</p>
Workers from Greenwood Industries of Millbury Mass plant the green roof of the energy-efficient West Classroom Building.
<p>A view from the second floor of the West Classroom Building, under construction on May 2, 1011. Located on Fairfield Way between the Student Union and the Center for Undergraduate Education, the building will be the first that is dedicated solely to classrooms, with two large lecture halls and 17 smaller high-tech rooms.  Completion is expected later this summer.</p>
A view from the second floor of the West Classroom Building.