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Ground has broken on the Cooper Robertson-designed Enterprise Center, Springfield, Missouri, for Drury University.<\/span>
Image courtesy Cooper Robertson<\/span><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

At a time when many higher-education capital projects are on hold, Missouri\u2019s Drury University<\/a> offers a glimpse of a more hopeful future. The university broke ground on the institution\u2019s first new academic building in two decades, designed by Cooper Robertson<\/a> in collaboration with the firm Trivers<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Called Enterprise Center, the three-story, 5268-m2<\/sup> (56,700-sf) complex is an early milestone in the implementation of Drury\u2019s recent campus masterplan, also led by Cooper Robertson.<\/p>\n

Envisioned as an academic and community hub, the new building includes space for Drury\u2019s business and political science academic programs, as well as for high-tech\u00a0student collaborative areas, facilities for guidance services, and an executive conference center. The conference center and flexible event space will be used extensively by the entire Drury\u00a0campus as well as the greater Springfield, Missouri, community, thereby reflecting the masterplan\u2019s goal of more tightly weaving Drury University into the fabric of its surrounding neighborhoods.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Enterprise Center is true to the underpinnings of the masterplan that envisioned it,\u201d said John Kirk, AIA, partner at Cooper Robertson. \u201cIt will be a state-of-the-art facility, befitting Drury\u2019s mission, one that is forward-thinking and creates the environment and opportunity for highly interactive, intimate, and engaged experiential learning.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Enterprise Center is anticipated to host its first classes in 2022.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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