Atkinson Hall in UCSD, San Diego California

The UC campus in San Diego has some amazing architecture. The Atkison Hall, a high-tech research home for the California Institute for Telecommunications and Information Technology (Calit2) opened in 2005 with 900 researchers and staff from 20 different departments in science, engineering and the arts. The six-story office tower rests atop a soft first floor. The floor plan is “S” shaped and the facade materials and organizations are fluid and natural. The propagation-transparent windows allow interaction among students and help line-of-sight strategies and circulation.

 

(featured image by petermcottle on flickr/creative commons)