Design for UM Law Residences Approved

At its Dec. 15, 2011 meeting, the University of Michigan board of regents approved the schematic design for a renovation of The Charles T. Munger Residences in the Lawyers’ Club and the John P. Cook Building.

Regents had previously authorized the overall project at their March 2011 meeting. That meeting had included  a unanimous vote to name The Lawyers Club dormitory in honor of Charles T. Munger, who gave the university $20 million toward renovations of the building. The March 2011 meeting also included a vote to approve a $39 million renovation of The Lawyers Club and the John P. Cook buildings – part of a larger expansion and renovation effort at UM’s law school.

Hartman-Cox Architects, working with SmithGroup, is handling the project’s design. Construction is expected to be finished in mid-2013.

This brief was filed from the boardroom of the Fleming administration building on the UM campus in Ann Arbor. A more detailed report will follow: [link]