Higher Education
Missouri State University Glass Hall Renovation and Addition – Springfield, Missouri
2018 Developer of the Year
The Glass Hall Renovation and Addition Project is a multi-phase renovation of the four story 150,000 sq. ft. home to the Missouri State University College of Business and the addition of the 37,000 sq. ft, Robert Gourley Student Success Center. The addition is a four-story cast-in-place concrete structure with a skin comprised of cement fiber panels, zinc coated panels and glass curtain-wall, designed by Minneapolis based Perkins + Will. The renovation provides completely remodeled public areas and restrooms, new departmental office entries, improved circulation and orientation, updated mechanical systems and a new fire suppression system, designed locally by Dake Wells Architecture. The building features:
- A state-of-the art finance and trading lab, simulating the New York Stock Exchange trading floor
- Entrepreneurship and sales labs
- Dedicated career placement and business advisement centers
- Corporate interview rooms
- A corporate recruiter touch-down space
- An advertising agency lab, which will function as a working advertising agency
- A production studio
- Collaboration and team meeting spaces
- A full-service café