Rhodes College

Rhodes College Synthetic Turf Field Hockey Field

This project involved the design and construction of a synthetic turf on the Solomon Field Hockey Field within the Rhodes College campus.  It included the removal of the existing field through the stripping of the turf and removal of top soil, establishing new grade elevations, installation of a sub-surface drainage system, construction of a field perimeter curb, backfill with pervious crushed stone and installation of a synthetic turf surface.    ...
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Rhodes College West Village Residence Hall

Location: Memphis, Tennessee The Rhodes College West Village provides students with three floors and 52,000 square feet of residence hall space including several common spaces and two fireplaces.  The West Village Residence Hall contains 141 beds.  Half of the living spaces are single room suites while the remaining half is made up of double room suites.  Each living space includes a common kitchen area, living room area and bathroom.  There are laundry facilities on each floor of the structure. In designing this beautiful, Gothic style building, it was important that the structure blend in with the surrounding campus.  The area required site work that would smoothly and attractively connect the new structure to existing campus buildings. Burr & Cole provided...
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Rhodes College Paul Barret, Jr. Library

Location:  Memphis, Tennessee Architect:  Hanbury Evans Wright Vlattas + Company This state of the art library is 136,000 SF located in the center of Rhodes College Campus.  It is surrounded by 100 acres of landscaping and buildings.  Paul Barret, Jr. Library is a technology hub containing a theater, complete media production facilities, and a teaching and learning center.  The 3 and 4 story library is designed to incorporate many quiet study spaces, areas for computer access, media production, and open areas where students and professors may work together.  The entire library is a completely wireless environment. Concrete and steel were used to allow for heavy loads at the stack areas.  Reinforced concrete was included to aid in meeting the seismic...
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