{"id":35273,"date":"2011-05-23T08:12:46","date_gmt":"2011-05-23T12:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=35273"},"modified":"2011-05-26T08:40:08","modified_gmt":"2011-05-26T12:40:08","slug":"uconns-changing-landscape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2011\/05\/uconns-changing-landscape\/","title":{"rendered":"New Classroom Buildings Taking Shape"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_35245\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35245\" style=\"width: 700px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110512a021_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-35245   img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"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.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110512a021_lg.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;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&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"700\" height=\"466\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110512a021_lg.jpg 700w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110512a021_lg-300x199.jpg 300w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 700px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 700\/466;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35240\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35240\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a008_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35240    img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"John Warner of architectural and engineering services points out details of the 200-seat lecture hall in the West Classroom Building. \" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a008_lg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;John Warner of architectural and engineering services points out details of the 200 seat lecture hall in the West Classroom Building, now under construction. &lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a008_lg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a008_lg.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35240\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Warner of architectural and engineering services points out details of the 200-seat lecture hall in the West Classroom Building. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35241\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35241\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a034_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35241   img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"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.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a034_lg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a034_lg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a034_lg.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35241\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">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.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35242\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35242\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a040_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35242   img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"John Warner, right, leads Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, university registrar, and other members of the registrar's staff on a tour of the building. \" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a040_lg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;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. &lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a040_lg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a040_lg.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35242\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">John Warner, right, leads Jeff von Munkwitz-Smith, university registrar, and other members of the registrar&#39;s staff on a tour of the building. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35244\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35244\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a149_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35244     img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"Workers from Greenwood Industries of Millbury Mass plant the green roof of the energy-efficient West Classroom Building.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a149_lg-300x198.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;Workers from Greenwood Industries of Millbury Mass plant the green roof of the energy-efficient West Classroom Building.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"198\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a149_lg-300x198.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a149_lg.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/198;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35244\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Workers from Greenwood Industries of Millbury Mass plant the green roof of the energy-efficient West Classroom Building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_35243\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-35243\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a065_lg.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-35243   img-responsive lazyload\" title=\"A view from the second floor of the West Classroom Building.\" data-src=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a065_lg-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;\/p&gt;\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a065_lg-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/West110502a065_lg.jpg 700w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 300px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 300\/199;\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-35243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A view from the second floor of the West Classroom Building.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Construction is well underway, with one building scheduled to open later this summer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,1],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[56],"class_list":["post-35273","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gallery","category-uncategorized"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-11 05:51:06","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35273"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35520,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35273\/revisions\/35520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35273"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35273"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35273"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=35273"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=35273"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}