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Show ScaSay. February 24. im. THE HERALD. Provo nr oilmen t Level s Off So D oes Construction a IT t - - - - miaii If i I tr - Y ,nnin I ' Y I lur - Page JJA 1 Vi I t v I i 111 7 II i "J ? 7 I 'f W v "' ill1 Largest 7 ' ( .J ' 1 Buildings HBLL Library 2. Wilkinson Crater 1. 3. - V Marriott Onier 4. HFAC Arts Center 5. Clyde Engineering " ' - ' . - """"I" J ?i , I ni - iMiiirriinriil ft nn Mini imrwnn iinJ Student enrollment at Brig ham Young University is expected to level off at 2S.C09 in Diet ISSOs. Period of Rapid Growth In Construction Ends at BYU 30-ye- ar By DICK HARMON Herald Stiff Reporter When the decade of the 70s ended, so did a building construction program at Brigham Young University, which has provided a new-loo- k skyline to Utah Valley. In the 70s, the John A. Widtsoe Building ( 1970) , with its seven stories above ground became the most visible, and the Willard J. Marriott Activities Center (1971), with its 23,000-secapacity may be the most famous. Ia the meantime, announcements have been made for a 112 million, office and classroom building to house the BYU School of Management The structure win be west of the Jesse Knight Building off the hill where a baseball practice field now exists. It should be completed in 1983. A 75,000 square-fobuilding proposed northeast of the Marriott Center for a ChurchContinuing Education complex is targeted for completion fall 1981. Just completed is a Comprehensive Clinics Building east of the law school building, on 900 East, which will become operational this spring. 30-ye- at i 1 130,000-square-fo- ot ot A y, 120,000-square-fo- ot office-classroo- m building is currently under construction and is visible from most parts of Utah Valley. The skyscraper will be the tallest building in the county when completed next January. With those exceptions, BYU Pres. Dal-li- n H. Oaks said he expects no new major construction of buildings in the '80s. "The university has just completed a period of rapid growth and campus borders are now up against residential areas," he said. The '70s were the most intense building years for BYU. At the start of the 1979-8school year in August, BYU had posession of 355 permanent buildings, 55 of which were completed in the '70s. Of 5.8 million gross square feet of permanent building space, about 1.3 million was constructed in the '70s, according to BYU's public communications depart- ar 0 IP.. VprWAW " , . s a ,v Iftl llliHTllllHIHi givn-mimS--II .1 - tc. The new Brigham Young University in Jerusalem will house a education and information complex and give the university a foot in the door to a city rich in history. Elder Howard W. Hunter of the IDS Council of the Twelve, first announced the plans for the BYU Jerusalem Center to center i 1 - ment. of the construction involved residential housing for single and married students. More than 21 buildings for married housing were built ih 1979 near the Provo IDS Temple. Other construction involved space for classrooms, academics, administrative and auxilary operations. In addition to construction of the Marriott Center and the Widtsoe Building, the list of 55 buildings erected in the 70s include: Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum Much 1978, Centennial Carillon Tower, 1975, J. Reuben Clark Law School Building, 1975, W.W. Clyde Engineering, Science and Technology Building, 1973. Deseret Towers Swimming Pool Design and Technology Building, 1978, oseph K. Nicholes Building. 1971, James E. Talmage Math Science, Computer Building, 1971. -J- Comprehensive Clinics Buiiding, 1979-198- 0, Harold B. Lee Library addition, 1977. The university enrollment will level off the in the '80s to about 26.000 students. Any new construction will be minor and a few buildings will undergo remodeling, said Oaks. But for the most part, major construcat BYU has come to an end tion travelers on the BYU Studies Mediterraa nean Peace Cruise in October. The center will be built on a two-acr-e site in Jerusalem and will house classrooms, administrative offices, dormitories and other facilities to meet needs of 160 students. A Jerusalem IDS branch will also use Air-Se- the facilities for worship. The new center will serve as evidence" that BYU's considers the world its campus, said LDS Church President Spencer W. Kimball. Many studies emphasizing Middle East culture and language will be taught at the center. T7H V tmT building will be the tallest structure constructed in Utah Valley when completed next January. ry Com-ple- s, 1970, m The pfeM Center in Jerusalem to Expand Campus r It 7 lln JJT BYU President Dallin H. Oaks explains growth. Mark Pblhrick office-classroo- m Dick Hnnnoi Phot Church Continuing Education Building planned for BYU in 80s. v |