University Plaza, Mainstreet

Michael Graves Architect, 2003
University of Cincinnati, Uptown Campus West
www.uc.edu/mainstreet

Internationally known architect and UC alumnus Michael Graves, designed the Engineering Research Center, a UC signature building.

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• College of Engineering
  
• Engineering Research Center
  

A cavernous, vaulted atrium connects the Library Square and Sigma Sigma Commons entrances of the building.

With a compact footprint, but dramatic scale, the Engineering Research Center forms an impressive boundary to Library Square.

With its vaulted copper roof and distinctive chimneys, the 175,000-square-foot Engineering Research Center creates a monumental effect when seen from Sigma Sigma Commons. Exterior walls of brick and Ohio sandstone were designed to blend with existing buildings connected to the ERC: Rhodes and Baldwin Halls.

Together they form UC's College of Engineering complex.