--- title: "LeBow College of Business | Drexel University – Keast & Hood" description: "LeBow College of Business | Drexel University The signature 12-story building rises on the Drexel Quad, featuring 177,500 sf of classrooms, offices, event spaces, and a 300-seat auditorium. Drexel University drafted a 2005 strategic plan for a new building to" lang: en json-ld: | { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@type": "CreativeWork", "name": "LeBow College of Business | Drexel University", "url": "https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/portfolio-item/lebow-college-of-business-drexel-university", "description": "LeBow College of Business | Drexel University The signature 12-story building rises on the Drexel Quad, featuring 177,500 sf of classrooms, offices, event spaces, and a 300-seat auditorium. 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Keast & Hood provided structural engineering design for the signature building. The structural scope included dramatic steel framing that supports limestone-clad precast concrete panels and glass curtain walls. A portion of the first floor structure is suspended from two story-high transfer trusses located between the second and third floors. The design enables a 300-person auditorium on the lower level to remain column free. Other structural features include a five-story atrium with an intricate “floating” stair suspended from rods, large collaborative spaces achieved through the use of long-span steel framing, a mat foundation that accommodates hydrostatic pressure from a potential eight feet of ground water, extremely thin cantilevers, and excavation bracing along an adjacent subway line and nearby public utilities. The LeBow project was honored with a 2014 Outstanding Project Award ($30-100 million) from the Delaware Valley Association of Structural Engineers. The building is Green Globes Certified, receiving four out of four globes. Principal Constantine G. Doukakis, PE (retired) Project Team Alexander J. Stadel, PE | Robert W. Boris, PE Client Voith & Mactavish Architects, LLP with Robert A.M. Stern Architects Location Philadelphia, PA Project Type Academic Project Scope New Construction Status Complete: 2013 Cost $92 Million ![LeBow College of Business | Drexel University](https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/media/imported/2025-11-CL0250e_N4250_medium.jpg) ![LeBow College of Business | Drexel University](https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/media/imported/2025-11-130926_408-hi-res.jpg) ![LeBow College of Business | Drexel University](https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/media/imported/2025-11-130206-408-sm.jpg) ![LeBow College of Business | Drexel University](https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/media/imported/2025-11-DSC02058.jpg) [All Projects](/projects) ![Keast & Hood Structural Engineers](https://keast-hood.itigniter.com/__l5e/assets-v1/80bc79b1-0211-4ea5-8b9b-47b698c8eca0/kh-logo-reverse.svg) A certified Women's Business Enterprise (WBE), Small Business Enterprise (SBE), and Disadvantaged Business Enterprise (DBE) delivering structural engineering solutions for over 70 years. 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