18. The Agnar Pytte Center for Science Education and Research
The Agnar Pytte Center for Science Education and Research--named
in honor of Case President Agnar Pytte upon his retirement
from the University in 1999--is the culmination of a four-phase
project that began in 1996. The project's mission, now complete,
was to build new facilities and improve existing science structures
to create state-of-the-art classrooms, research laboratories,
and faculty offices for biology
and chemistry.
These are two of the most popular undergraduate majors in the
College of Arts and Sciences, and the research conducted by
their faculty and graduate students competes annually for significant
external support.
Collins Gordon Bostwick Architects,
Inc., located in Cleveland, Ohio, designed the plans for the
$26 million project that encompasses 204,000 square feet of
research and teaching facilities. The Center melds the historic
1897 Romanesque-style sandstone Biology Building with the new
four-story Anne and M. Roger Clapp Hall and the existing Millis
Hall and Schmitt Auditorium. Linking these structures and giving
a new important presence to the Agnar Pytte Science Center
is the four-story glass Frank Hovorka Atrium.
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