Owen G. Glenn Building

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Owen G. Glenn Building
Owen G. Glenn Building University Auckland.jpg
Owen G. Glenn Building
General information
Completed2007
Opened21 February 2008 [1]
Design and construction
Main contractor Fletcher Construction
The ASB Atrium, located on the first floor of the building. Owen G. Glenn Building Interiors I.jpg
The ASB Atrium, located on the first floor of the building.

The Owen G. Glenn Building [2] is the home of the Business School of the University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, completed in late 2007. It is named after Owen G. Glenn ONZM, an expatriate New Zealand businessman who has donated to a number of philanthropic causes, as well as giving NZ$7.5 million to the business school. [3]

The building has 11 levels to serve the teaching and research activities of the school, and has been described as being "a series of layered sinuous blades anchored by a central atrium." [4]

The lowest levels feature teaching, learning and administrative spaces, while the higher floors contain offices for 287 staff, 80% of whom have individual offices. The basement of the building contains 1000 parking spaces. [5]

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References

  1. Clark, Helen (21 February 2008). "Official Opening of the Owen G Glenn Building".
  2. "Owen G Glenn Building". Business Auckland. Business Auckland. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. "$7.5 million Landmark Donation to The University of Auckland Business School". University of Auckland Business School. 20 February 2005. Retrieved 4 June 2015.
  4. "Owen G. Glenn Building for the University of Auckland Business School". Fletcher Construction. Archived from the original on 29 October 2008. Retrieved 26 July 2008.
  5. "Parking information - The University of Auckland". www.auckland.ac.nz. Retrieved 31 May 2019.

Coordinates: 36°51′11″S174°46′16″E / 36.853192°S 174.771232°E / -36.853192; 174.771232