Address:
New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY

Owner:
Albany Law School
80 New Scotland Avenue
Albany, NY

Completion Date: 1989

The first building in the Albany Law School complex of buildings was constructed in 1929 in the "Collegiate Gothic" style. Two semi-circular additions and a cloister were added in 1968, creating a courtyard behind the original building. In 1987, a three-story building was designed and built which completed the enclosure of the courtyard. The library was then transferred to the new building, making the fourth and fifth floors of the original building available for adaptive use as a moot court facility, offices, and classrooms.

The original library consisted of a large, two-story skylit reading room with stack areas in either end of the building. An amphitheater structure was inserted within the former reading room space and rooms located below the rear seating. A mid-level cross aisle provided access to the seating area from the fifth floor level. Sixteen faculty offices were located in the west end of the building with a two-story classroom occupying the east end. Handicapped-accessible toilet facilities, two conference/jury rooms, audio-visual rooms, and mechanical rooms were also incorporated into the space.

In addition to the work on the fourth and fifth floors, two original stairhalls were enclosed requiring replication of glazed terra-cotta tiles for the walls and matching patches in the original terrazzo flooring. A new handicapped-accessible elevator was installed to service the building.

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