Carnegie Mellon University

View information about our main campus buildings and spaces, or check out a list of awards that our spaces and architecture have won. Check back often as these pages will continually be updated. 

Current Project Updates

Details about our current renovation and construction projects are listed below. To start a new project with our team, you can initiate a capital project or request campus space.

Public Art at CMU

CMU recognizes the value of including public art in its campus spaces, committing in the Simonds Principles, adopted in 2013, to incorporate public art into all new building projects and renovations. “Public art enriches campus life by infusing it with the perspectives of artists,” said Elizabeth Chodos, CMU’s Johnson Family Public Art Curator.

Recent artworks include:

  • Making Way by Jessica Stockholder, at Scaife Hall
  • Good Thoughts, Good Words, Good Deeds by Stephanie Dinkins, inside TCS Hall
  • Inverted Dancer by Thaddeus Mosely, in the courtyard at Fifth and Clyde Residence Hall
  • Untitled Core Sample (THE FENCE) by Amanda Ross-Ho, installing soon at the Forbes Beeler Apartments
  • Planned artwork by Guadalupe Maravilla to be installed at the Highmark Center for Health, Wellness and Athletics