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3 unusual facts about Bard College Campus


Bard College Campus

The postmodern Campus Center, designed by Cathy Simon of Perkins+Will, is a 30,000-square-foot facility that opened in 1999.

The Franklin W. Olin Humanities Building, built in 1987 and designed by Cathy Simon of Simon Martin-Vegue Winkelstein Moris (prior to its merger with Perkins+Will), serves as the main academic building for the anthropology, history, philosophy, religion, literature, creative writing, foreign languages, art history, and music history department.

That same year, William Ward purchased the combined estate, renamed it after himself, and donated it to the Association for Improving the Condition of the Poor.



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