With a warm red brick exterior, cast stone trim and tile roof, the Humanities Building is an architectural landmark on the Westwood campus. Modeled after Italy's historic Romanesque-style churches, it is the last of the four original buildings at UCLA to undergo renovations. Transformation of the 1929 building which originally housed the Departments of Physics and Biology will give the Division of Humanities new expanded, state-of-the-art classroom and office space.

Building $25 million
Auditorium $5 million
English Reading Room $2.5 million
Lecture Halls $1 million each
Faculty Offices $400,000 each
House Seminar Room $250,000
Reading Rooms $100,000 each
Classrooms $100,000 each
Chair/Director Offices $75,000 each
Faculty Conference Rooms $75,000 each
Faculty Commons $75,000
Seminar Rooms $75,000 each
Commons $50,000 each

ð  New home to the Departments of English, Comparative Literature, Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, Slavic Languages and Writing Programs
ð  Enhancement work to be done concurrently with state-funded seismic renovations.
ð  Located on Dickson Plaza diagonally across from Royce Hall, adjacent to Powell Library and facing Haines Hall
ð  Renovation and transformation to begin: fall 2002 (targeted)
ð  Completion: summer 2004 (targeted), concurrent with the 75th anniversary of the opening of the building on the Westwood campus in 1929
ð  Interior design architect: NBBJ, San Francisco