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Allard Hall is the main building for the Peter A. Allard School of Law〔http://www.allard.ubc.ca/〕 at the University of British Columbia.〔https://www.ubc.ca/〕 The building is located at UBC's Point Grey campus in the University Endowment Lands in Vancouver, British Columbia. Allard Hall first opened its doors in the fall of 2011, becoming the newest purpose-built Canadian law building in 30 years.〔(), "Allard Hall", Peter A. Allard School of Law.〕 It is now one of the world's leading centres for legal education and research. Its faculty engages in research with national and global reach and provides students with some of the most extensive and innovative curricular opportunities of any Canadian law school. The law school offers strengths in many fields, including business law, international law, environmental and natural resources law, and indigenous legal issues, to name a few. Graduates have gone on to leadership positions in a broad range of spheres, from the legal profession, to government, public interest organizations, business and academia. == History and construction == In 1976 construction began on the Curtis building, named for the Faculty's founding Dean, George F. Curtis, who died on October 23, 2005. The Curtis building housed the Faculty until May, 2009. The Curtis building was demolished in 2010 and a new building, Allard Hall was constructed on the same land.〔(), "Law School History", Allard School of Law.〕 Allard hall was designed by Toronto-based Diamond and Schmitt Architects in collaboration with CEI Architecture.〔''Award'', August 2011 Edition, Allard School of Law UBC, Van't Haaff, p. 69〕 Construction of Allard Hall included overcoming several challenges. Allard Hall needed to be built to withhold the weight of its huge library collection. As a result, concrete slabs had to be strong. The design was successful, and when not in use, the library shelves can be hand-cranked together to conserve space.〔(), Jean Sorensen, "New University of British Columbia law building expected to open in August", Journal of Commerce, July 27, 2011〕 During construction the old library was kept intact in order to provide space for the library collection and for students to work and study. Once Allard Hall was completed, the remainder of the Curtis building was demolished.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Allard Hall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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