Georgia Tech – UA Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building
Location
Atlanta, Georgia
Owner
Georgia Institute of Technology
Architect
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Inc
Contract Value
$21,000,000
The UA Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Building is a 90,000-square-foot, five-story concrete-framed facility. The building is designed as two wings joined by a common connector. The north and south wings comprise classrooms, laboratories, offices and a lecture hall, while the connector primarily provides public gathering spaces. The main 75-seat lecture theater features upholstered fixed seating fully equipped with data and power at each seat, as well as a state-of-the-art theater dimmer system, audio visual system, motorized projector screens and fabric sound wall panels.