Owen G. Glenn Building

Owen G. Glenn Building
General information
Completed 2007
Opening 21 February 2008[1]
Design and construction
Main contractor Fletcher Construction
The ASB Atrium, located on the first floor of the building.

The Owen G. Glenn Building is the home of the Business School of the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, completed in late 2007. It is named after Owen G. Glenn ONZM, an expatriate New Zealand businessman who has donated to a number of philanthropic causes, as well as giving NZ$7.5 million to the business school.[2]

The building has 11 levels to serve the teaching and research activities of the school, and has been described as being "a series of layered sinuous blades anchored by a central atrium."[3]

The lowest levels feature teaching, learning and administrative spaces, while the higher floors contain offices for 287 staff, 80% of whom have individual offices. The basement of the building contains 700 parking spaces.

References

  1. ↑ http://www.beehive.govt.nz/node/32219
  2. ↑ $7.5 million Landmark Donation to The University of Auckland Business School (from the University of Auckland Business School website, 2005-02-21.)
  3. ↑ Owen G. Glenn Building for the University of Auckland Business School (from the Fletcher Construction company website. Accessed 2008-07-26.)

Coordinates: 36°51′11″S 174°46′16″E / 36.853192°S 174.771232°E