SHEA HOUSE

Completed in 2002, this student residence hall at the University of Virginia replaced the unpopular, 50-year old Gildersleeve Apartment Building. The new four-story, 30,000 sf building provides accommodations for 80 students, three fully equipped guest apartments, lounges, a library/study, both a commercial kitchen and a resident kitchen, and a 70-seat dining room. The building is designed to respond to the architectural character of the adjacent residence halls through appropriate massing, scale, and proportion. The design incorporates regional building materials consistent with both the University of Virginia's historic Central Grounds and the surrounding late 19th century neighborhood.