David Lawrence Hall
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David Lawrence Hall is an academic building at the University of Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States.
Completed in 1968 and once known as the Common Facilities Building[1], the building contains many classrooms and lecture halls which are used for social sciences classes, in disciplines across the curriculum.
The building is named in honor of David L. Lawrence, former governor of Pennsylvania and Pittsburgh's mayor from 1946 to 1959. He was the leader of Pittsburgh's first great building Renaissance.
The hall houses the largest newly renovated auditorium on campus; it seats 998 people and is generally divided into two large lecture classes.[2]
Virgil Cantini's 1966 steel with bronze and glass sculpture Ode to Space sits outside the entrance to David Lawrence Hall. The sculpture contains the inscription, labore as astra or "to work toward the stars." It was sited on the University of Pittsburgh as a tribute to Chancellor Edward Litchfield, who died in a plane crash in 1965.[3]
[edit] External links
- University of Pittsburgh Virtual Tour: David Lawrence Hall
- David Lawrence Hall Disability Entrances
- Media Enhanced Classroom in David Lawrence Hall
[edit] References
| Preceded by Frick Fine Arts Building |
University of Pittsburgh Buildings David Lawrence Hall Constructed: 1968 |
Succeeded by Hillman Library |
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