APPC Building Project : Beam Signing Ceremony at New APPC Building

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This blog will track the construction progress of the Annenberg Public Policy Center's new on-campus building. The building is a gift of the Annenberg Foundation and the Annenberg Foundation Trust at Sunnylands, which have contributed a total of $41.5 million to the project, including $6 million earmarked for perpetual maintenance. Occupancy of the building, designed by noted Tokyo architect Fumihiko Maki, is now set for late summer 2009.

Beam Signing Ceremony at New APPC Building

Photo by Kyle Cassidy

University of Pennsylvania President Amy Gutmann (left) joined Gail Levin, executive director of the Annenberg Foundation, and Michael Delli Carpini, dean of the Annenberg School for Communication, at a beam-signing ceremony Friday morning, April 11, to mark completion of the ironwork construction phase of the new Annenberg Public Policy Center (visible in the background).

Each participant signed the beam, which will be incorporated in the new building’s skylight. The event was held at the Walnut Street entrance of the Annenberg School.

Published Tuesday, June 17, 2008 11:35 AM by kriley@appc