Art College's New Dormitory Turns a Challenging Site to Advantage

This Chronicle Buildings & Grounds blog post contains many nice images of this distinctive residence:

The result is a building that in ways both subtle and clever balances the college’s needs nicely against the community’s. Openings in the building’s main drum allow passersby to glimpse the interior and frame the best views for the students inside, so that the building feels open to the city around it—as indeed it is, since the cafe and gallery will welcome the public. At the same time, the building downplays the site’s less appealing views and cuts down traffic noise, and a carefully-sited guard desk offers security without seeming heavy-handed.