Lavin-Bernick
Center
for University Life
Building Code: U029
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The Lavin-Bernick
Center for University Life (LBC), the hub for extracurricular
activities and student life at Tulane University, celebrated
its grand opening in Janury 2006. An expansion
on the original University Center built in 1959, the new
LBC was made possible in part through a generous gift from
the Lavin-Bernick family.
The LBC has 142,000
square feet, nearly 50 percent more space than the original
University Center, and offers meeting rooms, a ballroom, lecture
hall, bookstore, dining facilities, a common room and study
area as well as a large porch overlooking the adjacent quad.
Designed by Vincent James & Associates of Minneapolis,
Minnesota, the LBC features environmentally friendly components
such as water walls for cooling, windows to maximize
natural illumination, and electric lights within the building
which automatically adjust depending on the amount of outside
light. Wave fans in the dining room, solar vents on the interior,
and sun shading louvers on the exterior are other environmentally
friendly features of the LBC.
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