Burdine Hall, Academic building at University of Texas at Austin, United States
Burdine Hall is a classroom and office building on the University of Texas at Austin campus, named after J. Alton Burdine, a former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. It was earlier called the North Campus Classroom-Office and reportedly cost $2.1 million. It has housed anthropology, government and sociology departments and student financial aid offices; today it holds Germanic Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, American Studies, Religious Studies and the Texas Language Center.
The building opened in 1970 under the original name North Campus Classroom-Office before eventually taking its current name. It was created to address the campus's growing need for instructional and office space during that era.
The Department of Germanic Studies, Slavic and Eurasian Studies, and multiple research centers focused on international studies occupy spaces within the building.
Visitors find the building easily accessible from University Avenue with multiple parking options nearby on campus. The central location makes it straightforward to reach on foot from most other campus areas.
A local urban legend holds that the arrangement of the building's windows was meant to resemble a computer punched card. The story is told on campus but is not documented as an architectural intention.
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