BUILDING STATISTICS
GENERAL BUILDING DATA
Building Name | Maryland Institute College of Art Leake Hall
Location and Site | Baltimore, MD
Building Occupant Name | Maryland Institute College of Art
Occupancy or function types | Educational / Residential
Size (total square feet) | 88,341 SF
Number of stories | 5 stories above grade; 5 total levels
Primary project team | Owner: Maryland Institute College of Art
Architect: Hord Coplan Macht, Inc
Contractor: The Whiting-Turner Company
Civil Engineer: Morris & Ritchie Associates, Inc.
Landscape Architect: Lazarus Design Associates
Structural Engineer: Cates Engineering
Mechanical / Electrical Engineer: Mendoza, Ribas, Farinas
Energy Modeler/ Commissioning Agent: Sustainable Building
Dates of construction (start – finish) | April, 2012 – August, 2013
Actual Cost information | contract value: $ 16.3 million
Project Delivery Method | Design-bid-build
BUILDING OVERVIEW
Leake Hall is a student residence at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in Baltimore, Maryland. The new building sits on a tight, urban site at the northwestern corner of the campus, bordered by the historic Bolton Hill neighborhood to the east and the busy North Avenue corridor to the north. The exterior design needed to respond two audiences, the historic neighborhood and the dynamic arts college.
Leake Hall balances the two with an approach that is both contextual and contemporary in its interpretation of the surrounding forms. Using materials that blend with the nearby homes, the design embraces a more modern aesthetic that is found elsewhere on MICA’s campus.
Outwardly, Leake Hall engages the neighborhood with a strong brick façade holding North Avenue. The base of the building along this edge features a lecture hall and an art studio with glass walls allowing passersby to literally see into the college and the students at work. The building looks inward to the college presenting an edgier image using metal panels and corten steel accents.
