Joel L. Fletcher Hall is a three-story building at 421 East Lewis Street on the University of Louisiana at Lafayette campus. The university says it was built in the 1970s. It houses the School of Architecture and Design, the Department of Visual Arts and the College of the Arts' Media Resource Center.
The building has had waterproofing deficiencies since the 1970s, and they caused extensive leaks. Ziler Architects of Lafayette designed the exterior repairs. They began in December 2013 and finished in 2015. They reconfigured the roof profiles, repaired and coated the first-floor walls, and enclosed the balconies on all three floors in glass. The interior atrium stays open at the top.
A second phase would finish 20,000 square feet (1,858 square meters) of classroom space. In 2016 it was on hold for lack of funding. The two phases were estimated at about $12 million in all.
This building has no Wikipedia article. Facts come from UL Lafayette: Design of Fletcher Hall renovations released (2013), UL Lafayette: First portion of Fletcher Hall construction project completed (2016), UL Lafayette School of Architecture and Design: contact.
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