Architects selected for law school

Brittany Smith / News Editor

The first step for Elon’s new law school has been taken.  The architects for the school have been chosen, they are J. Hyatt Hammond Associates and Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott.

J. Hyatt Hammond Associates is a local architectural firm located in Greensboro. The firm was selected for the project because of their “considerable experience with renovation work in Greensboro,” said Neil Bromilow, the director of construction management.

Shepley Bulfinch Richardson and Abbott, an international architectural firm based in Boston, was chosen for the six million dollar renovation project because of their great design work on the Carol Grotnes Belk Library completed in 2000.

Demolition work for the new project began on Jan 10. Bromilow expects that the new building will be completed by spring of 2006.  The school will have four levels. The two underground levels will house the library while the two upper levels will be filled with academic classrooms, individual and group study/meeting places and faculty offices.  The 69,000 square feet of space will have technology access. The new facility promises to be state-of-the-art, with specialized classrooms as well.

The law building will be located at 201 N. Greene St. in Greensboro, in the former Greensboro Central Public Library.

Contact Brittany Smith at pendulum@elon.edu or 278-7247.