The Steven and Jann Paul Hall for Science and Engineering at Tulane University recently opened to students for the spring semester, marking an important milestone for the project. The design and construction process included a global pandemic and a natural disaster (Hurricane Ida in 2021), but the project was delivered on time. The new 5-story, 70,000 SF building is home to the Tulane Brain Institute and researchers from the School of Science and Engineering including biomedical engineering, computer science, engineering physics, psychology and cell and molecular biology.
The building features flexible laboratories, a 230-seat auditorium, research space for up to 24 principal investigators, innovative classrooms and informal spaces for student and faculty collaboration. Paul Hall is a focal point for student activity on the Johnston Quad and has quickly become a popular student destination. As the new heart space for the School of Science and Engineering at Tulane, it is a front door to the science and engineering precinct.
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We are honored to share PAYETTE has received two 2026 Green Good Design Awards from The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies—Land’s Sake Farm and The Ragon Institute of Mass General, MIT, and Harvard.
“Green GOOD DESIGN identifies and emphasizes the world’s most important examples of sustainable design and works to develop a public awareness program that informs the general public about which global companies are doing the best job in ecological and sustainable design for our world. Architecture, landscape architecture, urban planning projects, as well as product, packaging, and graphic design projects from over 30 nations were honored with the 2026 Green GOOD DESIGN Award.”
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