How can we design a building that inspires students to dream? This charge— articulated by the dean of the country’s largest foreign service program— guided the design team for this new building on the American University campus.

American University School of International Service

• Architect: William McDonough + Partners
• Client: American University
  
• Program : Classrooms, offices, student cafe, underground parking and a library expansion
  
• Area: 75,000 square feet above grade
  
• Status : completed
  
• Team : William McDonough + Partners, Design Architect; Quinn Evans | Architects, Architect of Record; Taylor Engineering, Design Mechanical Engineer; GHT Limited, Mechanical Engineer of Record; McMullan Associates, Structural Engineer, Loisos + Ubbelohde Associates, Daylighting Consultant; Delon Hampton & Associates, Civil Engineer; Sustainable Design Consulting, LEED Consultant; PEG, Fire Code and Suppression Consultant; Whiting-Turner, General Contractor (more…)