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GRADUATE THEOLOGICAL UNION
Student Services Center & Bookstore
Berkeley, CA

Client
Graduate Theological Union

Scope
Interior Remodel; Seismic Upgrade; ADA upgrade

Cost
$1.3 million

Completed
1993
Now in use as a Student Services Center with office space and a book store, the challenge of this 12,000 square foot, five story building was to complete the remodel while preserving the historic integrity of the building. 

PROJECT DETAILS

Appearing much as it did in 1925, this previously unreinforced brick fraternity house near the U.C. Berkeley campus is the recipient of complete structural strengthening and a full interior remodel. The scope of work included a feasibility study for rehabilitation and seismic upgrade to correct unreinforced masonry and "soft story" conditions constituting an earthquake hazard.  The building's structural deficiencies were corrected through removal and subsequent replacement of the brick cladding. 

Significant redesign of the original floor plan and new interior finishes and furnishings accommodated the new administrative offices, student social center, and the book store.  Attic floor joists were removed to create an open, bi-level top story with greatly improved daylighting through new skylights and dormer windows.  Improved disabled access throughout the building was accomplished through door and stairway modifications and the addition of an elevator.