Completion Date: 2007

Square Feet: 8,360

Architect: Rebecca L. Binder, F.A.I.A.

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Completion Date: 2005

Square Feet: 39,663

Architect: RRM Design Group

General Contractor: Maino Construction Co. Inc.

Construction System: Steel and masonry frame, masonry and glass curtain wall exterior

Construction Cost: $4,289,905

Architectural Style: Post-Modern

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern architecture is a counter reaction to the strict and almost universal modernism of the mid-20th century. It reintroduces elements from historical building styles, although usually without their high level of detail. Common features include columns, pyramids, arches, obelisks, unusual or attention-getting shapes and rooflines, and combinations of stone and glass on the facade.

Completion Date: 2003

Square Feet: 41,000

Architect: MBT Architecture

General Contractor: Maino Construction Co Inc.

Construction System: Steel and masonry frame, masonry and glass curtain wall exterior

Architectural Style: Post-Modern

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern architecture is a counter reaction to the strict and almost universal modernism of the mid-20th century. It reintroduces elements from historical building styles, although usually without their high level of detail. Common features include columns, pyramids, arches, obelisks, unusual or attention-getting shapes and rooflines, and combinations of stone and glass on the facade.

Completion Date: 2003

Square Feet: 242,341

Architect: Fisher Friedman Associates, AIA

General Contractor: Soltek Pacific

Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, composition shingle roof

Construction Cost: $34,400,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern architecture is a counter reaction to the strict and almost universal modernism of the mid-20th century. It reintroduces elements from historical building styles, although usually without their high level of detail. Common features include columns, pyramids, arches, obelisks, unusual or attention-getting shapes and rooflines, and combinations of stone and glass on the facade.

Completion Date: 2001

Square Feet: 2,047,320

Architect: Edwin S. Darden Associates, Inc.

General Contractor: R. Burke, Specialty Construction, Vernon Edwards Constructors, United Utilities

Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior

Construction Cost: $12,000,000

Architectural Style: Utilitarian

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

The term Utilitarian refers to a general lack of detail or ornamentation, the design is purely for a specific use.

Stadium named for Robin Baggett, former Cal Poly Student Body President and two-time All-Conference and Most Valuable Player for Cal Poly Baseball. Sports Complex comprises 47 acres.

Completion Date: 2008

Square Feet: 21,000

Architect: Delphey/Gerdes Engineering, Inc.

General Contractor: Rarig Construction Inc.

Construction System: Steel frame and exterior

Construction Cost: $16,000,000

Architectural Style: Agrarian

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Agrarian architecture refers to buildings or structures designed to promote agricultural interests

Completion Date: 1994

Square Feet: 14,730

Architect: RRM Design

General Contractor: Rarig Construction

Construction System: Steel frame, exterior plaster, steel roof

Construction Cost: $3,009,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern, Contextual

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern Contextual refers to buildings that not only reflect historical architectural styles, but that fit within the context of their surrounding buildings.

Completion Date: 1994

Square Feet: 9,605

Architect: West & Doubledee Architects

General Contractor: Complete Development Services Inc.

Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, steel roof

Construction Cost: $3,000,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern architecture is a counter reaction to the strict and almost universal modernism of the mid-20th century. It reintroduces elements from historical building styles, although usually without their high level of detail. Common features include columns, pyramids, arches, obelisks, unusual or attention-getting shapes and rooflines, and combinations of stone and glass on the facade.

Completion Date: 2001

Square Feet: 312,450

Architect: Watry Design Group, Architects & Engineers

General Contractor: H.A. Ekelin

Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior

Construction Cost: $12,000,000

Architectural Style: Utilitarian

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

The term Utilitarian refers to a general lack of detail or ornamentation, the design is purely for a specific use.

Completion Date: 1990

Square Feet: 18,026

Architect: Sprankle, Lynd & Sprague, Architects

General Contractor: R.P. Richards

Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, tile roof

Construction Cost: $2,400,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern, Contextual

Cal Poly President: Warren J. Baker (1979-Present)

Post-Modern Contextual refers to buildings that not only reflect historical architectural styles, but that fit within the context of their surrounding buildings.

Completion Date: 1969

Square Feet: 106,000

Architect: Falk & Booth, Architects & Engineers

Construction System: Concrete frame & exterior

Construction Cost: $3,189,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern, Brutalism

Cal Poly President: Robert E. Kennedy (1967-1978)

Although the word Brutalism comes from the French word for rough concrete (beton brut), a sense of brutality is also suggested by this style. Brutalist structures are heavy and unrefined with coarsely molded surfaces, usually exposed concrete. Their highly sculptural shapes tend to be crude and blocky, often colliding with one another.

Completion Date: 1970

Square Feet: 19,837

Architect: Fred Keeble & George Rhoda, Architects

Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior, steel roof

Construction Cost: $1,520,000

Architectural Style: Post-Modern, Brutalism

Cal Poly President: Robert E. Kennedy (1967-1978)

Although the word Brutalism comes from the French word for rough concrete (beton brut), a sense of brutality is also suggested by this style. Brutalist structures are heavy and unrefined with coarsely molded surfaces, usually exposed concrete. Their highly sculptural shapes tend to be crude and blocky, often colliding with one another.

Completion Date: 1959

Square Feet: 31,327 each

Architect: Office of the State Architect

Construction System: Concrete frame, masonry exterior

Construction Cost: $711,166 each

Architectural Style: International Style

Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966)

The International style developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Dominant in Western architecture during the mid 20th century. The most common characteristics are rectilinear forms; light, plane surfaces stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces and a visually weightless quality created by cantilever construction. Glass, steel and reinforced concrete are the characteristic construction materials. More widely used for commercial and institutional buildings than for residences.

Completion Date: 1953

Square Feet: 10,598 each

Architect: Allison & Rible Architects

Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior

Architectural Style: International Style

Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966)

The International style developed in Europe and the United States in the 1920s and 1930s. Dominant in Western architecture during the mid 20th century. The most common characteristics are rectilinear forms; light, plane surfaces stripped of applied ornamentation and decoration; open interior spaces and a visually weightless quality created by cantilever construction. Glass, steel and reinforced concrete are the characteristic construction materials. More widely used for commercial and institutional buildings than for residences.

Completion Date: 1908

Square Feet: 6,097

Architect: Sellon & Hemmings State Architects

Construction System: Wood frame and exterior, composition shingle roof

Construction Cost: $24,000

Architectural Style: Bungalow

Cal Poly President: Leroy Burns Smith (1908-1914)

The style, which was also widely billed as the “California Bungalow” by architects such as Charles Sumner Greene and Henry Mather Greene, featured overhanging eaves, a low-slung gabled roof, and wide front porches framed by pedestal-like tapered columns. Material often included stone, rough-hewn wood, and stucco. Many homes have wide front porches across part of the front, supported by columns.

Completion Date: 1961

Square Feet: 30,915

Architect: Office of the State Architect

Construction System: Steel frame and exterior

Architectural Style: Utilitarian

Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966)

The term Utilitarian refers to a general lack of detail or ornamentation, the design is purely for a specific use.

Part used as warehouse.

Completion Date: 1968

Square Feet: 111,676

Architect: Joseph Esherick & Associates

Construction System: Concrete frame, concrete and masonry exterior

Construction Cost: $3,391,382

Architectural Style: Post-Modern, Brutalism

Cal Poly President: Robert E. Kennedy (1967-1978)

Although the word Brutalism comes from the French word for rough concrete (beton brut), a sense of brutality is also suggested by this style. Brutalist structures are heavy and unrefined with coarsely molded surfaces, usually exposed concrete. Their highly sculptural shapes tend to be crude and blocky, often colliding with one another.

Building named for Julian A. McPhee, former Chief of the California Bureau of Agricultural Education, Cal Poly president 1933 – 1966.

Completion Date: 1937

Square Feet: 7,955

Architect: Office of the State Architect

Construction System: Concrete frame and exterior

Construction Cost: $59,000

Architectural Style: Mission Revival

Cal Poly President: Julian A. McPhee (1933-1966)

California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations.

Completion Date: 1928

Square Feet: 24,034

Architect: Office of the State Architect

Construction System: Wood frame, exterior plaster, tile roof

Construction Cost: $554,000

Architectural Style: Mission Revival

Cal Poly President: Benjamin R. Crandall

California was the birthplace of the Mission Revival style, popular from the 1890s to the 1920s. The style was employed extensively throughout the western United States due in large part to the Santa Fe and Southern Pacific Railroads adopting this style for their stations.

Building named for Dr. Benjamin Crandall - Cal Poly director 1924 - 1933