Gerri C. LeBow Hall

Drexel University LeBow College of Business | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

In designing the new home for Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business, the university wanted Gerri C. LeBow Hall to be a marquee building that would be tailored to accommodate best practices in business education.

VMA, as architect of record, collaborated with Robert A.M. Stern Architects to respond to that goal. The design approach stressed flexibility while forming a strong visual connection to downtown Philadelphia and a physical connection between the university’s main quadrangle and bustling Market Street.

To achieve this, the building features robust masonry and glass. Students are exposed to a corporate environment through a series of innovative student spaces and a transparent, open interior oriented around a central atrium, which creates a place for informal interaction between students, faculty, and visitors. Learning spaces include a mock trading lab, small business incubator, “cluster” classrooms that accommodate both lectures and group work, and small, isolated breakout rooms for collaboration.

Landscape completed in association with  Lager Raabe Skafte.

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PROJECT DETAILS

Size: 177,500 sf
Budget: $75 million

SERVICES PROVIDED

Architecture, Planning, Landscape, Sustainability

Gerri C. LeBow Hall

Drexel University LeBow College of Business | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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