The HUB Student Services Center was designed by the Russell T. Pancoast and Associates of Miami and dedicated on November 3, 1950. The project architect was Andrew Ferendino (later a principal of the important firm of Spillis and Candela). Jefferson M. Hamilton was consulting architect for the University with Guy C. Fulton as Architect for the State Board of Control. The Student Services Center was renamed the Hub by students after a campus-wide contest on the occasion of its opening. The Hub, built in 1949-50, reflects the influence of international modern architecture significant to the post-World War II era. This new building at the outer edge of the historic center made a gesture to the future while remaining in harmony with the scale and materials of the campus, as directed by University Architect Guy Fulton.
2 stories
Irregular plan shape with horizontal massing emphasis
Flat
Multiple entrances
Main entrance under a covered walkway and emphasized by glass tower feature
Fixed glass
Clerestory glass
All stretcher brick courses, multi colored red brick
Pre-cast flat profile surrounds
Mid Century modern style defined by plan shape and expression of materials as ornament
Pink marble staircase
Extensively remodeled
Defines irregular shape exterior space in front
Aligns with Peabody Hall across the Plaza
Architect: Russell T. Pancoast and Associates of Miami,
directed by Guy Fulton and Jefferson Hamilton
Building Name: Chosen by the students
