University of Memphis – FedEx
Institute of Technology LOCATION
Memphis,
Tenn.
OWNER
Tennessee Board of Regents
ARCHITECT
Looney Ricks Kiss
SERVICES PROVIDED
General Contracting
PROJECT DATA
92,000 square feet
- The project includes a 200-seat auditorium
for teaching and presentations and a four-story structure
connected by an enclosed areaway.
- The FedEx Institute of Technology is the premier
technology research center in the mid-South
- Serves as a research facility for the University
of Memphis for many different programs, including
masters program in the management of personnel in technology
fields, scientific research facilities with links
to laboratories all over the United States via fiber
optics.
- Facility is also used for musical instructions,
environmental and urban planning programs and development
of new technology in the many diverse fields of the
industry.
- Lobby floors are terrazzo, the walls are granite
and fabric wrapped panels and the columns are wrapped
in stainless steel. The exterior façade was
composed of brick, granite, metal panels and a curtain
wall system that includes many radiuses and angles.
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