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Apr 16, 2021

Kate Tiedemann College of Business, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Design: ikon.5 architects

Location: St. Petersburg, Florida, USA

College of Business, University of South Florida St. Petersburg

Photos by Brad Feinknopf

Conceived as an athenaeum for business scholars, the three-story, 68,000-square-foot structure takes inspiration from its Tampa Bay setting and the indigenous coral stone that lines its shore. Like the stone, the building is a porous container with openings carved out of its volume that house program and allow sunlight and landscaping to penetrate deep within.

One of these openings is the light-filled central commons and scholars’ garden that support casual learning and encourage productive collisions between students and faculty. The multi-story commons and scholar garden are spatially intermeshed and ringed with active programs spaces including a trading room, community room, break rooms and classrooms that connect the learner to their environment.

The most unique feature of the building is its glass façade that metaphorically recalls the openings in regional organic coquina or coral stone. To achieve the impression and depth of surface one would find in coquina, the design team created an inventive composition of flat glazing units.

These elements appear three dimensional, consisting of a ceramic fritted first pane that is double run with two tones of a circular pattern and a second, reflective one-way mirror glass pane that allows views out while reflecting the patterned ceramic coating of the first pane, resulting in a glass surface with a three-dimensional quality or a shadowed depth that belies its constructive flatness.

In addition, the glazing system is designed to resisted hurricane force winds and projectiles and reject the intensive Floridian heat gain. The building is LEED Gold certified.

Kate Tiedemann College of Business, USF St. Petersburg – Building Information

PROJECT TEAM

Kate Tiedemann College of Business
University of South Florida-St. Petersburg
St. Petersburg, Florida

JOINT VENTURE ARCHITECT
ikon.5 architects / Harvard Jolly Architecture, a Joint Venture

ikon.5 architects
Princeton, NJ

Harvard Jolly Architecture
St. Petersburg, FL

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Phil Graham Landscape Architecture
St. Petersburg, FL

CIVIL ENGINEER
George F. Young, Inc
St. Petersburg, FL

GEOTECHNICAL ENGINEER
Driggers Engineering Services, Inc.
Clearwater, FL

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER
Weber and Tinnen, PA Structural Engineers
St. Petersburg, FL

MECHANICAL. ELECTRICAL, PLUMBING & FIRE PROTECTION ENGINEER
VoltAir Consulting Engineers
Tampa, FL

BUILDING ENVELOPE CONSULTANT
GCI Consultants, LLC
West Palm Beach, FL

AV / ACOUSTICAL CONSULTANT
Shen Milsom & Wilke LLC
Princeton Junction, NJ

SECURITY / IT CONSULTANT
TLC Engineering for Architecture
Orlando, FL

LEED CONSULTING
Two Trails Green Consulting
Sarasota, FL

COST ESTIMATOR
CC+A Construction Consultants & Associates
Riverview, FL

CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
Creative Contractors, Inc.
Clearwater, FL

PHOTOGRAPHER
Feinknopf Photography
104 N 3rd St.
Columbus, OH 43215
Contact: Brad Feinknopf
(614) 225-0414 | bfeinknopf@feinknopf.com

USF St. Petersburg Kate Tiedemann College of Business images / information from ikon.5 architects

ikon.5 architects, USA

Address: 700 4th St S, St. Petersburg, FL 33701, United States

Phone: +1 727-873-4992

Location: University of South Florida St. Petersburg Campus, FL, USA

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