Facilities Management and Development

Recreation Center (Bldg 043) Completion Date: 1993 Square Feet: 90,337 Architect: Elbasani & Logan, Architects General Contractor: Continental Heller Construction Construction System: Steel frame, exterior plaster Construction Cost: $14,200,000 Architectural Style: Postmodern Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present) Postmodern architecture is a counter reaction to the strict and almost universal modernism of the mid-20th century. It reintroduces elements from historical building styles, although usually without their high level of detail. Common features include columns, pyramids, arches, obelisks, unusual or attention-getting shapes and rooflines, and combinations of stone and glass on the facade.;

Alex and Fay Spanos Theater (Bldg 044) Completion Date: 1961 Square Feet: 18,854 Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior Construction Cost: $609,000 Architectural Style: International Style Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee The International style developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Dominant in Western architecture during the mid 20th century. The most common characteristics are rectilinear forms; light, plane surfaces stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces and a visually weightless quality created by cantilever construction. Glass, steel and reinforced concrete are the characteristic construction materials. More widely used for commercial and institutional buildings than for residences. Building named for donors Alex Spanos, aerospace engineering alum, entrepreneur and San Diego Chargers owner, and his wife, Faye. Their donations have supported the arts and athletics at Cal Poly.;

Faculty Offices North (Bldg 047) Completion Date: 1980 Square Feet: 38,960 Architect: Honnold, Reibsamen & Rex General Contractor: Don Greene Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior Construction Cost: $2,937,000 Architectural Style: Postmodern, Brutalism Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present) Although the word Brutalism comes from the French word for rough concrete (beton brut), a sense of brutality is also suggested by this style. Brutalist structures are heavy and unrefined with coarsely molded surfaces, usually exposed concrete. Their highly sculptural shapes tend to be crude and blocky, often colliding with one another.;

Ornamental Horticultural Science (Bldg 048) Completion Date: 1983 Square Feet: 30,978 Architect: Office of the State Architect General Contractor: Construction System: Steel frame and exterior Construction Cost: $102,000 Architectural Style: Agrarian Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker Agrarian architecture refers to buildings or structures designed to promote agricultural interests.;

Building (Bldg 052) Completion Date: 1955 Square Feet: 109,898 Architect: Allison & Rible Architects Construction System: Concrete, steel & wood frame, concrete exterior Construction Cost: $7,532,000 Architectural Style: International Style Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966) The International style developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Dominant in Western architecture during the mid 20th century. The most common characteristics are rectilinear forms; light, plane surfaces stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces and a visually weightless quality created by cantilever construction. Glass, steel and reinforced concrete are the characteristic construction materials. More widely used for commercial and institutional buildings than for residences.;

Science - Addition (Bldg 052) Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Concrete, steel and wood frame, concrete exterior Architectural Style: International Style Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966) The International style developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Dominant in Western architecture during the mid 20th century. The most common characteristics are rectilinear forms; light, plane surfaces stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces and a visually weightless quality created by cantilever construction. Glass, steel and reinforced concrete are the characteristic construction materials. More widely used for commercial and institutional buildings than for residences.;

Science North (Bldg 053) Completion Date: 1968 Square Feet: 51,977 Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Concrete and steel frame, masonry and glass curtain wall exterior Construction Cost: $1,907,000 Architectural Style: Late International Style Cal Poly President: Robert E. Kennedy (1967-1978) The Late International Style remained after the International Style became less prevalent. Its characteristic features are less rigid and austere than the earlier International Style.;

Swine Unit (Bldg 056) Completion Date: 1987 Square Feet: 10,279 Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Steel frame and exterior Construction Cost: $40,000 Architectural Style: Agrarian Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present) Agrarian architecture refers to buildings or structures designed to promote agricultural interests.;

Crandall Gymnasium (Bldg 060) Completion Date: 1928 Square Feet: 24,034 Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, tile roof Construction Cost: $554,000 Architectural Style: Mission Revival Cal Poly President: Benjamin R. Crandall California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations. Building named for Dr. Benjamin Crandall - Cal Poly director 1924 - 1933;

Natatorium (Bldg 046) Completion Date: 1937 Square Feet: 7,955 Architect: Office of the State Architect Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior Construction Cost: $59,000 Architectural Style: Mission Revival Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966) California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations.;