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New computer science facilities dedicated at Carnegie Mellon University
Sep 23, 2009 12:24 PM
From The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Microsoft's Bill Gates helped dedicate the new Gates Center for Computer Science and the Hillman Center for Future-Generation Technologies at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. The modern structures, designed by Mack Scogin Merrill Elam
Architects, with landscaping by Michael Van Valkenburgh
Associates,
feature abundant windows, pedestrian
bridges, rich colors and landscaping, and five main entrances. The
structures, with 217,000 square feet, will house the School of Computer
Science.The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation donated $20 million,
and the Henry L. Hillman Foundation contributed $10 million toward the
$98.6 million project.
