We are pleased to announce the William T. Cannady Hall. With a generous lead gift from Emeritus Professor William T. Cannady, we are planning the imminent construction of the William T. Cannady Hall, just west of our current home, Anderson Hall, with groundbreaking tentatively scheduled for June 2020. The 20,000 square-foot hall will be geared toward exhibition space, flexible teaching space, research and fabrication space and faculty offices. Dean Sarah Whiting expects it will serve as the hub of a cross-disciplinary program involving all of Rice's schools.
In conjunction with the announcement, Dean Sarah Whiting, the William Ward Watkin Professor of Architecture, said the Board of Trustees' design subcommittee of Buildings and Grounds has chosen Swiss architecture firm Karamuk Kuo to design the project.
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