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University Center Don Hisaka 1974-2008
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Don Hisaka’s University Center at Cleveland State stood as a very bold, human response to Brutalist architecture in the 1970’s. The building’s scale and proportion on Euclid Avenue bring the campus, sitting on a plinth, down to the street level, while mass and material highlight monumentality beautifully in context.
The University Center’s unfortunate demolition in 2008 left a void in the Cleveland architectural scene that was less than adequately replaced by Gwathmey Siegel’s generic accumulation of forms in 2010 (a).
2121 Euclid Avenue . Cleveland, Ohio 44115
(a) New Student Center Cleveland, Ohio (2010)
Gwathmey Siegel Architects
