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Morris Adjmi's Anchor House helps new Berkeley students feel at home
Morris Adjmi Architects' new Helen Diller Anchor House student housing project has debuted on the campus of the University of California at Berkeley.Photo by Jason O'RearThe project is a resource meant to house transfer students who are a vital part of the UC system and more likely to be first-generation college students from low-income backgrounds than their peers. Anchor House has ample space for their transition with 772 beds at 450,650 square feet. Its construction was funded entirely through the Helen Diller Family Foundation, helping the university towards its 9,000-bed goal to end a housing crisis that has persisted for almost a decade.Photo by Jason O'RearAdjmis team situated the mixed-use development, which offers 11,500 square feet of ground-level retail space to non-related dorm establishments like a bookstore and fitness center that help fund its maintenance and scholarships for students, in a prime gateway location adjacent to the western edge of campus.Photo by J...
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