Gary M. Sumers Welcome Center

Artist rendering of the Gary M. Sumers Welcome Center

The Sumers Welcome Center receives campus visitors with sweeping views of Brookings Hall and offers a starting point for their campus experience. The center houses Undergraduate Admissions and Student Financial Services.

Project details

  • 25,500 square ft. building
  • Located on the southwest side of the east end of the Danforth Campus adjacent to the base of the Brookings steps.
  • Features the Bluedorn Family Presentation Room overlooking Brookings Hall and Ann and Andrew Tisch Park as well as interview spaces for applicants
Sumers Welcome Center with Bluedorn Family Presentation Room illuminated at left
Sumers Welcome Center with Bluedorn Family Presentation Room illuminated at left. © Peter Aaron

The Sumers Welcome Center also offers a direct and convenient visitor connection from the new underground garage.

PROJECT TEAM

Michael Vergason Landscape Architects
landscape architect & planner

Cole
civil engineer

McClure
utilities engineer

McCarthy Building Companies
Simms Building Group
construction managers

KieranTimberlake
architect

BNIM
parking facility architect

Tao + Lee
local architect

KPFF
structural engineer

BuroHappold
mechanical, electrical, plumbing engineer

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