ANNUAL REPORT 2007 THE UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO

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CAPITAL PROJECTS
In 2007 UNM celebrated completion of two
new buildings as well as major renovations
to two existing facilities.
George Pearl Hall was formally dedicated in
October. Home of the School of Architecture
and Planning and the Fine Arts and Design
Library, the 108,000 square foot building
cost $28.7 million to construct and, along
with the UNM Bookstore, now serves as an
impressive gateway to the Albuquerque main
campus. Strategically situated on historic
Route 66, Pearl Hall is a modern interpretation
of UNM’s Spanish Pueblo Revival Style
architecture designed by Antoine Predock, an
American Institute of Architects Gold Medalist
and alumnuss of UNM. The building is
named for George Pearl, FAIA, a long-time,
much beloved Albuquerque architect and
preservationist who died in 2003.
Domenici Center for Health Sciences
Education is a 48,000 square foot, $16 million
state-of-the-art facility designed to advance
medical education and training for all health
sciences at UNM – the School of Medicine,
the Colleges of Nursing and Pharmacy,
Diagnostic and Therapeutic Sciences,
Public Health and Biomedical Sciences. The
Center was named after New Mexico Senator
Pete Domenici, a stalwart supporter of New
Mexico health education. Phase I of the threephase
project includes two buildings that
house a 300-seat auditorium, several smalland
medium-sized classrooms, a medical
bookstore, conference rooms, student and
administrative meeting spaces, a lactation
room and more.
The Communication and Journalism
building’s $4 million facelift added a new
broadcast studio, a second computer lab, a
student lounge and library, a multi-purpose
workspace and additional classroom space.
The building reopened in August.
From an old, dark basement to a shiny,
well-lighted facility, the transformation of
the lowest floor of the UNM biology department’s
Castetter Hall is remarkable. Now
virtually complete, the $7 million basement
renovation project has reconfigured and
remodeled the oldest parts of the building
into a modern teaching complex for
introductory biology classes that includes
five new student teaching labs.
Domenici Center
Communication and
Journalism
Castetter Hall