Walter Cronkite School of Journalism
Phoenix, AZ
Owner
Arizona State University
City of Phoenix
Architect
HDR Inc.
Description
Design Complete: September 2007
Buildings: One, 8-Story with Mechanical Penthouse
Total Square Feet: 235,733 SF
Cronkite School Of Journalism & Mass Communication
2nd & 3rd Floors and parts of 4th & 6th Floors: 103,000 SF
2-Story Public Forum w Balconies For Formal Events
Glass-Enclosed Student Lounge/Reading Room
5 Working Newsrooms for all forms of Journalism &
Communications - TV, Print, Radio Multimedia & PR
2 TV Studios w Adjoining State-of-the-Art Digital Control Rooms
for Daily Newscasts & Satellite Feeds
Donald W. Reynolds National Center for Business
Journalism,
New Media Innovation Lab & New Media
Entrepreneurship
8 Digital Computer Labs for Classes
150-Seat Theater-Style Auditorium
7 Conference Rooms
4 Fully Mediated Classrooms
Plaza Retail, Main Entrance under 3-Story High "Front Porch"
Satellite Dishes on Roof
KAET Channel 8 – Arizona PBS
6th Floor and parts of 4th & 5th Floors: 80,000 SF
Digital Video Plant: 1.5 GB HDTV Transmission - 1.7 Million Viewers
3 TV Studios, 1 with spans nearly 6,000 SF, located on 26' high
top floor, Training Studio
State-of-the-Art Production and Audio Control Rooms, Editing
Suites & Transmission Center
Home to Horizon, ASSET and KBAQ Production Studio
Terrace &
Conference Rooms
General University
2nd Floor: Classrooms (460 Seats)
4th Floor: Classrooms (210 Seats)
5th Floor: Faculty Offices & Administrative Areas
Structural Systems
Building: Concrete Shear Walls