Plenty of breakthroughs, awards, and recognition emanate from those inside the Gates and Hillman centers, which house the university’s School of Computer Science. And now the centers themselves have gotten into the act—together, they are one of nine projects worldwide to receive the 2012 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture, the institute’s highest recognition. “Perhaps the most wonderful aspect of the project is a set of views and visual connections created by transparent interior glazing, non-reflective exterior glazing, as well as carefully placed and angled floor plates,” jurors concluded.
—Joanna Smiley-Hoffman (DC’02)
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