G.W.C. Brown Memorial Hall at Norfolk State University

A $55M flagship campus building completed in 2017, G.W.C. Brown Memorial Hall’s energy and resource-efficient design achieved LEED® Gold certification. 

Speight Marshall Francis served as Structural Engineer of Record and Agent 1 Special Inspector for this new
151,899 square foot, 3-story steel framed educational building on the campus of Norfolk State University. Brown Hall houses 20 flexible classrooms including Math & Mass Communications, 4 distance learning classrooms, 6 computer labs, 4 observation classrooms, 7 meeting rooms, administrative offices, 4 study areas, 2 student and faculty lounges,
8 audio and video editing suites, a TV studio, a multipurpose black box theater, and a 600-seat theater. A Commonwealth of Virginia project, design documents went through the rigorous BCOM review and approval process (currently known as the DEB-Division of Engineering & Buildings). 

G.W.C. Brown Memorial Hall