UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State will build the Dickinson School of Law's University Park location on Park Avenue next to the arboretum site. The university board of trustees approved the appointment of architects for the project during today's meeting. Polshek Partnership of New York, and Office for Planning and Architecture of Harrisburg will design the new University Park facility and the renovation and expansion plans for the Carlisle facility.
UNIVERSITY PARK -- Penn State will build the Dickinson School of Law's University Park location on Park Avenue next to the arboretum site.
The university board of trustees approved the appointment of architects for the project during today's meeting. Polshek Partnership of New York, and Office for Planning and Architecture of Harrisburg will design the new University Park facility and the renovation and expansion plans for the Carlisle facility.
University officials have said the University Park facility could cost $60 million. The university had also looked at putting the building at the corner of Park Avenue and University Drive and at Research Park.
Penn State spokesman Bill Mahon said while all three sites had advantages, the chosen location will put the school near the Smeal College of Business' new building and other university facilities. He said it will be easy to get to and look out over the arboretum.
Plans for the University Park law school campus follow an ongoing dispute between Penn State and some members of the law school's former board of governors. Some members of the board and the Carlisle community did not want to see a University Park campus. Under the agreement between the university and the board of governors, that board was dissolved and a new seven-member one will be appointed.
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