This new $32 million John A. & Cynthia Fry Gunn Building will be a 35,337 square foot three-story project. It is to be constructed at the prominent Stanford University campus site adjacent to the Memorial Auditorium across from the Hoover Institution, will provide office and conference space for the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research (SIEPR), a non-partisan economic policy research organization designed to unite economists from various entities within the university.
Groundbreaking began on Monday, May 12th, 2008. The architectural design utilizes an L-shaped plan, columns offset from the exterior girders and a multi-story stair atrium. To properly accommodate these design features, Hohbach-Lewin, Inc. has performed linear dynamic analyses, which have included explicitly modeling diaphragm rigidity. The structural design is a structural steel frame incorporating buckling restrained braced frames. Construction of the facility to be completed by Fall of 2009.
