Pauli Murray College and Benjamin Franklin College, Yale University

FROM THE ARCHITECTS:

Yale's system of residential colleges, the cornerstone of its undergraduate experience, was established in the 1930s with James Gamble Rogers (1867 – 1947) providing the design of eight of the original ten to be built. Four of the original colleges are red-brick Georgian. The rest, as well as very many other Yale buildings constructed in the 1920s and 1930s, are Gothic-style stone and brick, frequently arrayed in quadrangles around variously-sized courtyards.

The two newest colleges, carrying forward the spirit of Rogers's Gothic, are designed as fraternal twins, similar in size and palette but each enjoying its own identity and organization.

Project Credits
Project: Pauli Murray College and Benjamin Franklin College, Yale University, New Haven, Conn.
Client: Yale University
Architect/Interior Designer: Robert A.M. Stern Architects, New York · Robert A.M. Stern, FAIA (senior partner); Melissa DelVecchio, AIA, Graham S. Wyatt, FAIA, Jennifer L. Stone, AIA (project partners); Kurt Glauber, AIA, (project associate partner); George de Brigard, AIA, Anya Grant, AIA, Christopher McIntire, AIA, Sungchan Park, AIA, Sara Rubenstein, AIA (project senior associates); Jennifer Bailey, Kenneth Frank, Lara Kailian, Jonathan Kelly, William West, Assoc. AIA (project associates); Lara Apelian, Rebecca Atkin, AIA, Elizabeth Baldwin, Tiffany Barber, Alexander Boardman, Richard Box, Delia Conache, AIA, Enid DeGracia, AIA, Chanhphaphone G. Douangvichit, AIA, Monica Gaura, Jules Gianakos, Elizabeth Baldwin Gray, Zhenyuan Han, AIA, Kevin Hasselwander, Alan Infante, Mia Gorretti Layco, Jennifer Lee, AIA, Tanya Lee, Assoc. AIA, Kathryn Lenehan, Katherine LoBalbo, Marissa Looby, Asdren Matoshi, Michael Mesko, Paul Naprstek, AIA, Cristian Oncescu, Janice Rivera-Hall, Assoc. AIA, Therese Roche, Christopher Rountos, Colin Slaten, Mike Soriano, AIA, Leo Stevens, AIA, Michael Weber, Youngjin Yoon (project core team); Alexander P. Lamis, FAIA (interior design partner), Lawrence Chabra, Philip Chan, Megan Dohmlo, Shannon Ratcliff (interior design associates)
M/E/P Engineer: BuroHappold Engineering
Structural Engineer: Thornton Thomasetti
Civil Engineer: Tighe & Bond
Geotechnical Engineer: Haley & Aldrich
Construction Manager: Dimeo Construction
Landscape Architect: Olin
Lighting Designer/Consultant: BuroHappold Engineering
Acoustical and A/V Consultant: Jaffe Holden
Vertical Transportation Consultant: VDA
Graphics and Wayfinding: Spagnola & Associates
Food Service Consultant: Cini-Little International
Façade Consultant: Curtain Wall Design and Consulting
Building Code Consultant: Philip R. Sherman
Materials Management Consultant: Kleinfelder
Size: 531,953 gross square feet
Cost: Withheld