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BU students move into high-rise dorm

BU students move into high-rise dorm

August 11, 2010

This article first appeared in the 200911 issue of BD+C.

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Boston University’s newest residential building rises 26 stories above the Charles River. Part of the school’s 10-acre John Hancock Student Village, the 396,000-sf tower houses 962 students and has three apartments for faculty use. The tower also has a large multipurpose room on the top floor. Architects at the Boston office of Cannon Design specified a terra cotta and metal panel cladding system for the building.

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