The Gates-Dell Complex (Bill and Melinda Gates Computer Science Complex and Dell Hall, abbreviated to GDC) is a building that houses the Computer Science department at the
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin, UT, or Texas) is a public research university in Austin, Texas. It was founded in 1883 and is the oldest institution in the University of Texas System. With 40,916 undergraduate students, 11,075 ...
. It was designed by
Pelli Clarke Pelli
Pelli is the surname of:
* Arttu Pelli (born 1996), Finnish ice hockey
* César Pelli (1926–2019), Argentine architect
* Denis Pelli (born 1954), Professor of Psychology and Neural Science at New York University
* Fulvio Pelli (born 1951), Swi ...
,
and completed in 2013 at a cost of $120 million.
The building is named after
Bill and Melinda Gates, and
Susan and Michael Dell, who donated $30 million and $10 million, respectively, to the construction of the building.
The complex is organized into a north building and a south building, connected by a large glass atrium and a series of bridges.
References
University of Texas at Austin campus
School buildings completed in 2013
2013 establishments in Texas
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