St. Edwards Trustee Hall

Name: Malven Co.
Price range: $

Austin, TX

This academic and classroom building forms an edge, along with two historic structures designed by Nicholas Clayton, of a new central campus quadrangle for the University.

The Vision

The primary circulation to all levels of the building is external between the south facing concrete brise soleil and the brick building envelope. This creates vertically accessed public spaces activated by faculty and students throughout the course of the day.

Structural

Architectural Engineers Collaborative
MEP Engineering

Aguirre Corporation
Civil Engineering

Baker/Aicklen & Associates
Landscape Architect

Richardson Verdoorn
Cost Estimation

Rider Hunt Levett & Bailey
Specifications

Eskilsson Architecture
Interiors

Andersson / Wise, Holden & Dupuy
Photographer

Tim Hursley

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Window Arc 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V Ext Stair Look East 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Southeast Facade 3 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Main and Trustee 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Southwest Facade 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H South Elevation Tree 1 1

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V Ext Stair Look West 1 3

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V Stair Down 1 2a

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V Stair Down Cropped

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V Statue 1 1

Handmade brick walls, red metal shingle roofs, and painted metal windows form the basic palette. The south façade of the building is an architectural casting of something new in the context of something old. Cast-in-place concrete provides a monolithic texture for the entry arch, drawing on the image of openings found at the entries to both Holy Cross and the Main Building.

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley V North Entrance 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H North Lawn Night 1 2

“… the overall mood is calm and reflective, almost like a cloister, where architecture helps turn the mind inward on itself …With few exceptions, details borrowed from surrounding buildings are flattened and abstracted into something more contemporary. The monolithic south elevation, facing the center of campus, is more Kahn than Clayton.”

Architectural Record

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Cove 1 2

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H South Facade Night 1 1

0008 St Edwards Trustee Hall Tim Hursley H Main and Trustee 1 3

Project Team

Arthur W. Andersson, FAIA
F. Christian Wise, AIA
Chris Sanders
Adam Pyrek
Vincent Moccia
Erlene Clark
Jim Moore, AIA
Tim Dacey
Jesse Coleman
Grant Rimbey

Awards

Merit Award - American Institute of Architects, Austin Chapter - St. Edwards Trustee Hall

American Institute of Architects, Austin Chapter

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