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LARTS Restoration Project
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Building a better LARTS for every UMass Dartmouth student
$100M renovation will modernize the center of learning, advising, and faculty engagement
Since 1966, the Liberal Arts & Sciences building (LARTS)—with its soaring atriums and spiraling sculptural forms—has served as the academic heart of campus.
Still celebrated as one of the finest examples of Paul Rudolph's Brutalist architecture, LARTS remains one of the most important academic spaces on campus utilized by every UMD student and housing the College of Arts & Sciences, fundamental disciplines like math, English, and psychology, and our largest tutoring and advising centers. Today, it is undergoing a transformational renovation that preserves its iconic architecture while reimagining how students learn, collaborate, and receive support.
Relocation information
See where centers, labs, and offices are temporarily located during the LARTS renovation.
Naming opportunities
Name a space within LARTS to create a lasting legacy on campus and support the academic heart of campus.
Transformational renovation
State investment
Funding goal
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The transformation of LARTS presents unique opportunities to support classrooms, seminar rooms, student collaboration and innovation suites, faculty offices, and our iconic soaring atriums—spaces that define the academic and architectural heart of our campus. Together, we can support this renovation and shape a learning environment that honors our past while preparing our students for the future.
