Penn State University Archives

Penn State West 2: Geode Mock-Up

November 1, 2022

Lu Zhang

The Penn State West 2 team visited the millworker’s shop to check out the custom millwork design “Geodes” provided for the West 2 project. [...]

Penn State West 2 Steel Topping Off Ceremony

November 23, 2021

Lu Zhang

After almost a year of construction, the Penn State College of Engineering West 2 project celebrated a major project milestone. [...]

Groundbreaking for Penn State West Campus

August 17, 2021

PAYETTE

A perfect summer day set the backdrop for the groundbreaking for the West 1 and West 2 buildings at Penn State's College of Engineering West Campus. [...]

Please Step Inside: Occupying the Center

September 9, 2020

Leon Drachman

In “Identity and Transformation”, an essay in our recent monograph, FUSION – The Performance of Architecture, I posed the following question: how do we see the role of academic architecture [...]

Silver Linings: Remote Work During the Pandemic

August 7, 2020

Miep Keller

Who would have thought that we could make remote work WORK? We were forced to make it successful out of necessity, but [...]

The Making of a Model

July 25, 2019

Ben Bruce

PAYETTE Designer Ben Bruce recently had the opportunity to fabricate and coordinate the making of models for the PSU College of Engineering Buildings. [...]