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Caption: Book - 100 Years of Campus Architecture (Allen Weller)
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Electrical ngineerin Buildin When it became possible to resume building after World War II, Piatt's Georgian style no longer seemed desirable or even possible. Piatt's campus plan, developed without awareness of today's traffic problems, was no longer adequate. The new buildings avoided the gable roofs and monumental chimneys of the earlier examples, and indulged in little of the elaborate detail which gave richness to Piatt's personal Georgian style. Designed much more from the aspect of interior function, the buildings show more consciousness of the need to utilize every inch of space. The Electrical Engineering Building was the first in a new building campaign. Designed by Graham, Anderson, Probst and White, its first phase was completed in 1949. Some years later another story and a large extension were added. The Electrical Engineering Building marks a calculated transition from the earlier Georgian style (which is still echoed discreetly in entranceway and window elements) to the bare functionalism of much postwar building.
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