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'''Faculty House''' was built in the 1920s, and underwent a full renovation from [[2008]] to [[2009]]. It is located between [[President's House]] and [[East Campus]]. It replaced the [[Faculty Club]].
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'''Faculty House''' was built in the 1923 by architects McKim, Mead and White. It is located at 64 Morningside Drive, between the [[President's House]] and [[East Campus]]. It replaced the [[Faculty Club]]. It closed for 16-months in Spring 2008 for a full restoration and reopened on September 8, 2009. Faculty House was renovated to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards.  
  
Professor [[Andrew Dolkart]] considers this to be [[McKim, Meade, and White's]] most uninspired and banal design on campus.
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==Services and Events==
  
You can eat here too if you want, [http://167.153.150.32/RI/web/detail.do?method=history&restaurantId=40368104# at your own risk.]
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Faculty House is a 38,000-square-foot facility that hosts a wide variety of functions, including receptions, social events, meetings, conferences, and seminars.
  
==Events==
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Several campus establishments are located in Faculty House. The Ivy Lounge and Coffee bar, located on the 1st floor, is a full-service bar. The Market Cafe, located on the 2nd floor, is a casual campus lunch spot. The Dining Room, located on the 4th floor, offers a more formal lunch buffet.
  
Faculty House hosts a wide variety of events, mostly fancy dinners thrown by professors for their classes and career recruitment presentations by the likes of [[investment banking|investment banks]].
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The [[Rabi-Warner Concert Series]] is hosted at Faculty House, and the [[University Seminars]] office is located in the building as well.
 
 
The [[Rabi-Warner Concert Series]] is hosted here, and the [[University Seminars]] office is here too.
 
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==

Revision as of 15:17, 5 October 2009

Faculty House

Faculty House was built in the 1923 by architects McKim, Mead and White. It is located at 64 Morningside Drive, between the President's House and East Campus. It replaced the Faculty Club. It closed for 16-months in Spring 2008 for a full restoration and reopened on September 8, 2009. Faculty House was renovated to the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) certification standards.

Services and Events

Faculty House is a 38,000-square-foot facility that hosts a wide variety of functions, including receptions, social events, meetings, conferences, and seminars.

Several campus establishments are located in Faculty House. The Ivy Lounge and Coffee bar, located on the 1st floor, is a full-service bar. The Market Cafe, located on the 2nd floor, is a casual campus lunch spot. The Dining Room, located on the 4th floor, offers a more formal lunch buffet.

The Rabi-Warner Concert Series is hosted at Faculty House, and the University Seminars office is located in the building as well.

External links