Building Tour: Columbia Business School

Join us for a tour of the new home of the Columbia University's Business School. Columbia Business School’s new home spans approximately 492,000 square feet across two buildings that reflect the fast-paced, high-tech, and highly social character of business in the 21st century. The two new facilities, Henry R. Kravis Hall and David Geffen Hall, double the school’s current square footage, creating multifunctional spaces that foster a sense of community—spaces where students, faculty, alumni, and practitioners can gather to exchange ideas.

Led by:
Alex Leung, AIA, LEED AP, CPHD, Principal, FXCollaborative Architects
Miles Nelligan, Associate Principal, Diller Scofidio + Renfro Architects

About the Speakers:
Alex Leung has worked for FXCollaborative for over 20 years and is the Technical Design Director for the firm’s Cultural/Educational Studio and project leader for Columbia University Business School. Leung possesses an astute aesthetic skill for interpreting and implementing design intent throughout the development of each project as well as overseeing the management of critical projects. He is a graduate of Cornell University.

Miles Nelligan is an Associate Principal at Diller Scofidio + Renfro, a design studio whose practice spans the fields of architecture, urban design, installation art, multi-media performance, digital media, and print. Nelligan joined DS+R in 2007 and has over 20 years of experience in architecture. He has been responsible for leading a broad range of activities in the office, from competitions and concept design to programming and planning and technical detailing for many of the studio’s most important and groundbreaking projects. Nelligan’s recent projects at DS+R include the Prior Center for Performing Arts at the College of the Holy Cross and the two Columbia University Graduate School of Business buildings in Manhattanville. Nelligan earned his Bachelor of Architecture and Bachelor of Building Science with first-class honors from Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He also holds a Master of Architecture from Princeton University, where he received the Howard Crosby Butler Traveling Fellowship. He has taught at Princeton and Victoria University of Wellington and has also been an invited critic at numerous institutions. He is a licensed architect in New York.