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Property Features
Contemporary high-rise building has an interesting plan-shape which is based on a triangle.
Won the AIA Wisconsin honor award. The building clearly expresses its functions and construction. The triangular footprint is unusual, and is made up of three rectangular office towers with re-entrant corners, unified by the heavy administrative block that rests on top of the towers. The WARF building retains a high degree of integrity.
The foundation began in 1925 to protect the discovery of Vitamin D ultraviolet synthesis made in University laboratories by Professor Harry Steenbock. Drawing on royalties from that discovery and others, notably Karl Paul Link's anticoagulants, the foundation has prospered through investments and has given the university more than $174.5 million since its founding. The 14-story post-World War II style building houses WARF and University offices, including Health Sciences, Planning and Construction, Institute for Environmental Studies administration and research centers, Publications, and Parking and Transportation.
National And State Register Of Historic Places Listings
Architecture & History Inventory
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