Tulane University School of Business
GOLDRING WOLDENBERG HALL
New Orleans, Louisiana
The 75,000 square foot Goldring Woldenberg Hall represents the state of the art in business education facilities. The first floor is used exclusively for teaching, with a large auditorium and six lecture theatres, each with a stepped horseshoe shaped floor. The second floor is dedicated to “Student Services” and includes a threelevel high arched and clerestory lit atrium space running the length of the building which serves as the major student lounge area. The third floor houses the large business library, and offices for administrators and secretaries are located on the fourth floor. This floor acts as a buffer between the students in their library and lounge and the faculty offices located above on the 5th and 6th floors. The building’s exterior design reflects the architectural character of the Tulane campus while articulating its interior spaces and functions in a direct and explicit style. The building’s stepped massing and articulated brick relief arches express the interior’s organization and arched atrium space, while also repeating the geometry of the Romanesque gables found on many of the stone buildings located elsewhere on campus. Other contextual elements include the exterior red brick facing and cast stone lintels which are also used in neighboring campus buildings. The building also features over 100 bas relief “Iris” medallions by a local ceramicist.
