Edward P. Evans Hall

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Edward P. Evans Hall is the main building of Yale School of Management in New Haven, Connecticut. It was designed by Foster + Partners and named after Yale alumnus Edward P. Evans, who donated $50 million to the project; Evans died in 2010. Construction began in 2011, the building was completed in 2013, and it opened in January 2014. The project cost about $189 million. The six-story building is about 230,000 square feet and stands roughly 49.5 feet tall.

The hall houses classrooms, offices, a student gym, a dining area, and a courtyard. Major spaces include the 350-seat Zhang Lei Auditorium, the Wilbur L. Ross Library, and the Beinecke Terrace Room, plus many named classrooms (Blumetti, Class of 1980, Bewkes, Betts, Qian and Yu, Gambhir, Farr). The Bekenstein Atrium features 90 color-changing panels by Adrian Schiess; in the Donaldson Dean’s Suite, Amy Pryor’s And Much, Much More! offers a playful artwork about US GDP. Yale also displays three wall drawings by Sol LeWitt.

The building earned LEED Gold status in 2018 for energy efficiency and sustainable design. It provides 104 covered bike spaces and seven electric-vehicle charging stations.

Because of its large glass exterior, birds sometimes collide with Evans Hall. In spring 2014, about three birds per day were observed hitting windows. A study covering 2018–2020 recorded 262 birds of at least 47 species affected, including 18 species of conservation concern, and researchers estimate the building has caused more than 700 bird deaths since opening, including rare species like the Bicknell’s Thrush.