Texas Tech University, Grover E. Murray Hall

Lubbock, Texas

Firm

Texas Tech University Facilities Planning and Construction

Client

Department of Housing and Residence Life, Texas Tech

Area

178,000 sq.ft.

Total Cost

$22,446,734

Completion Date

07/2005

Grover E. Murray Hall has been sited to have high exposure and connectivity to the proposed future pedestrian mall as identified in the Texas Tech campus master plan. The H-shaped building configuration uses the campus land area efficiently. This shape also creates the significant building mass needed to anchor the edges of the proposed pedestrian mall.
Two building entrances welcome users from the west and south side of this site. The west entrance is the more traditional residence hall entry. The south courtyard entry is more public and is intended to invite users from the future pedestrian mall directly into the ground-floor retail area.
The exterior building facade was designed to fit into the Texas Tech campus and meet the Spanish Renaissance style of the campus architecture.
The building provides many amenities and services, including:
-500 bedrooms in 125 suites.
-Five different floor plans.
-Four-bedroom suites with private bathrooms.
-A 7,000-square-foot Sam’s Place mini market.