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King’s College Mulligan Engineering Center

King’s College recently launched and required a building for a new engineering department with civil and mechanical concentrations to complement its core curriculum. On the edge of the campus stood a substantial 4-story concrete and steel frame structure that had been unoccupied for 20 years – the 1912 former Spring Brook Water Company headquarters on Franklin Street.

The building needed new vertical circulation, and moreover, an owner willing to take on the significant repairs to the spectacular neo-classical masonry facades.

The resulting massing (facing towards the Susquehanna Riverfront Park and visible from busy River Street) gives the aspect of two paired towers. The buildings typical floors now house various laboratory spaces and classrooms for the civil and mechanical engineering curriculum, as well as faculty offices, conference rooms, and student break-out areas.