Meyerson Hall stands at the corner of Walnut and South 34th Streets in University City, West Philadelphia. Martin, Stewart, Noble & Class designed it for the University of Pennsylvania, and it was built in 1967. It is named for Martin Meyerson, the university's president from 1970 to 1981. The Fisher Fine Arts Library, designed by Frank Furness and completed in 1890, sits immediately south.
The building has six floors and 93,780 square feet (8,712 square meters). It is made of reinforced concrete with a brick cavity wall. It holds the main offices for the Architecture, Landscape Architecture, Historic Preservation, and City and Regional Planning departments of the Stuart Weitzman School of Design.
Inside are eight lecture halls, two galleries, studio floors, a fabrication laboratory, an architectural conservation laboratory and the PennDesign Cafe.
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