Structure Type: built works - public buildings - schools - university buildings
Designers: Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris (SMWM) (firm); Phyllis Martin-Vegue (interior designer); Lamberto Moris (architect); Catherine J. Simon (architect); Jon Peter Winkelstein (architect)
Dates: constructed 1999
According to the Bard College web site: "The Bertelsmann Campus Center, which opened in 1999, houses several facilities and is a central meeting place on campus. The center’s 30,000 square feet contain the college bookstore and post office; administrative offices; Down the Road Café; a 100-seat cinema; lounge areas; public e-mail terminals and computer lab; and meeting and gallery space." (See "On Campus | Facilities"
Heinz Bertelsmann, professor of international relations at Bard from 1947 to 1977, and Elizabeth (Lilo) Bertelsmann, a teacher of German and a noted photographer, whose generous gift funded construction of the center.
PCAD id: 4788