Extras: Celebrating the Opening of Penn's Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology

PDF
Print Issue
,

Click Here to Read about Celebrating the Opening of Penn's Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Photographs by Marguerite F. Miller

Amy Gutmann
Penn President Amy Gutmann

 

SEAS Dean Eduardo Glandt

 

Krishna Singh
Dr. Krishna P. Singh is the founder, president and chief executive officer of Holtec International in Marlton, NJ, an energy-technology company he established in 1986. He is a member of Penn’s Board of Trustees and the Penn Engineering Board of Overseers and has served as an adjunct professor of mechanical engineering at Penn.

 

Mark Allen
Dr. Mark Allen is the inaugural scientific director of the Center.

 

Stephen
Dean of the School of Arts & Sciences Steven Fluharty

 

Architects
The building was designed by Weiss/Manfredi Architecture/Landscape/Urbanism, a multidisciplinary design practice based in New York City, founded by Marion Weiss and Michael Manfredi. Ms. Weiss is the Graham Chair Professor of Architecture in Penn’s School of Design

 

Eduardo and Wall
SEAS Dean Eduardo Glandt by the marigold glass, which gives the Center its signature color.

 

Conference Room
One of three conference centers in the Center

 

Endless III
Endless III (2010) is a stainless steel sculpture by Jaume Plensa (b. 1955)

 

Painting
Gavotte, a 1947 oil on canvas by Hilla von Rebay (1890-1967) hangs upstairs in the Singh Center.

 

Green Roof
The Center's Green Roof

 

Rooftop
Another view of the Center's Green Rooftop

 

Dancers
Dancers perform on the Center's staircase

 

Exterior
An exterior view of the Center

 

Exterior
Another exterior view of the Center

 

Interior
An interior view of the Center

 

Interior
Another interior view of the Center

 

We Lost
We Lost (1967) is an open 10-foot-3-inch cube made of painted steel by Tony Smith (1912-1980)

Click Here to Read about Celebrating the Opening of Penn's Krishna P. Singh Center for Nanotechnology
Photographs by Marguerite F. Miller

Almanac - ,