Annie May Swift Renovation
Project Status: COMPLETED
Construction Start: June 2007
Completion: June 2008
Project Description & Statistics
Northwestern University is completely renovating Annie May Swift Hall (AMS), one of the oldest surviving buildings on the Evanston campus. Originally constructed for the School of Oratory and still occupied by its successor, the School of Communication (SoC), the building has an estimated 27,000 gross square feet consisting of three stories, plus a garden level and attic. Program spaces include Faculty and Staff Offices, Seminar Rooms, Auditorium, Flexible Teaching Lab, Graduate Students space, Support and Mechanical Spaces. The departments of Performance Studies and Radio/Television/Film will occupy the renovated building.
Listed as an Evanston Landmark and designed by Charles R. Ayers, Annie May Swift Hall dates from 1907 with a north section added in the 1920s. Chicago meat-packer Gustavus F. Swift contributed funds for the building, which was named in memory of his daughter who died from typhoid fever while a student at Northwestern. A brick and limestone structure, Annie May Swift was designed in an eclectic mixture of Venetian Gothic Revival, Romanesque, and Spanish Renaissance styles. The original building has an exterior decorative patterning of brickwork and terracotta, with the north addition more or less handled in the same manner. Stylistic features
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Construction Cost: Approximately $11,000,000.00
Project Team
Project Management
Ron
Bonnie Humphrey, Director Facilities Design & Construction
Sue Budinsky, Project Manager
Architect, Engineers & Consultants
Preservation Assessment: Anne McGuire and Associates
Architects and Engineers: Austin AECOM
Preservation Architects: Harboe Architects
Structural Engineers: Austin AECOM and Wiss Janney Elstner Engineers
Acoustic Consultant: Schuler Shook
Audio/Visual -Acoustic Consultants: Talaske
Hazardous Material Consultants: Carnow and Conibear
Material Testing: STS Consultants
General Contractor
Turner Construction SPD
Awards & Certificates
The Annie Mae Swift Renovation project received a 2010 Design Evanston award in the Architectural Design: Rehabilitation/Renovation category.
"Masterful restoration and revealing of historic character and original details
Founded in 1980, Design Evanston is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit advocacy organization promoting good design in Evanston, Illinois.
Contact Information
All questions or complaints should be directed to:
Sue Budinsky, Project Manager
Northwestern University
Facilities Design & Construction
2020 Ridge Avenue, Suite 250
Evanston, IL 60208
Phone: 847-491-3677
Fax: 847-491-3869
s-budinsky@northwestern.edu