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==Structure and Architecture== | ==Structure and Architecture== | ||
The Sandford Fleming Building is designed in the neoclassical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture Beaux-Arts style], typical of many early twentieth-century buildings particularly in North America. The original design had the building as a U-shape (with the open portion of the "U" facing west as a courtyard fully open to the street before the adjoining [[Galbraith Building]] was constructed in that space). Following the Fire of 1977, the western portion of the building was filled in to create a student commons area (now known as "The Pit" or the "SF Atrium"). | The Sandford Fleming Building is designed in the neoclassical [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture Beaux-Arts style], typical of many early twentieth-century buildings particularly in North America. The original design had the building as a U-shape (with the open portion of the "U" facing west as a courtyard fully open to the street before the adjoining [[Galbraith Building]] was constructed in that space). Following the Fire of 1977, the western portion of the building was filled in to create a student commons area (now known as "[[Sandford Fleming Atrium|The Pit]]" or the "SF Atrium"). | ||
The most distinctive feature from the exterior is the eastern facade, with its semi-circular protrusion (now hosting the classroom SF1105 and in its upper portion, a part of the Engineering and Computer Science Library). Originally, both floors were part of a large lecture hall and the three grand doors at the exterior were used for access. | The most distinctive feature from the exterior is the eastern facade, with its semi-circular protrusion (now hosting the classroom SF1105 and in its upper portion, a part of the Engineering and Computer Science Library). Originally, both floors were part of a large lecture hall and the three grand doors at the exterior were used for access. | ||