As a site for the new dormitory (see the site search project page), the college has picked the corner of Crosby and East Wheelock Streets (Valley News). That was the arguably the best location of the three in contention, and it was the only one that campus master plans had previously designated for residential use.

The architect for the site selection is Sasaki, and that firm also seems to be the one signed up to design the new dormitory. One might predict that folks will be upset when they see the designs for a massive five-story, flat-roofed Modernist building between Alumni Gymnasium and Topliff Hall. For background, Sasaki designed Maria Hall at Regis College in Weston, Mass., the Wolf Ridge Apartments at N.C. State, and of course the temporary “house center” social buildings at Dartmouth.