Supporting a lifelong journey of opportunity, discovery, and fulfillment
Moore Ruble Yudell, founded in 1977, is a design and planning team driven by a profound commitment to engaging clients deeply, shaping dynamic placemaking. We respond to the social, ecological, and physical context of each project and embrace research and technology to create joyful places and vibrant communities ready for resilient futures. This ethos, present since our inception, guides our design, practice, and project management processes. Our dedication to transformative placemaking has garnered widespread recognition from clients, peers, and communities. Through structured national and global collaborations, we harness the power of collective wisdom to surpass client aspirations. Our thoughtful design spans projects of various scales, generating spaces with impactful meaning.
Commitment to collaborative design defines our approach, as we forgo a signature style for a process aligned with client and project purpose. Operating at the forefront of evolving issues— sustainability, resilience, and diversity and equity in education—we learn from and leverage engagements with client organizations, using each project to showcase architecture’s power in addressing contemporary challenges.
In our pursuit of enduring solutions for future needs, we prioritize community-building through the design and planning process. This integrated practice serves as a critical feedback loop, where ideas from the communities we serve contribute to a progressive learning and validation process, lighting the path forward.
UC RIVERSIDE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BUILDING
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UC Riverside’s new School of Business Building.
Business School Expertise
Moore Ruble Yudell has over 40 years of experience in the higher education sector. We have a deep bench of Principals and Project Managers with experience in colleges and universities, which is our core area of practice. We have planned, programmed and designed over ten business and professional schools in the nation and abroad.
We understand that successful business schools reflect the interaction that goes on inside the building and with the surrounding community. Certain ingredients—spontaneity, diversity, movement, color, and order within flexibility are key elements of the design and structure of such a dynamic facility. These elements make the School a memorable place that fosters exchange and collaboration among people from the School and the greater community it serves.
Key trends that are guiding the development of new Business Schools include:
• Globalization and Diversity
• Connections to the Business World— enhancing and supporting visibility
• Design Thinking and Active Learning
• Lifelong Education and Multiple Careers
• 24/7 Life and Learning
• Flexibility, Adaptability and Sustainability
The following list is an example of spaces that would be a part of a Business School Facility:
• High tech/high touch environments
• Mix of classrooms: flat-floor, tiered, multifunctional active learning classrooms
• Spaces for gathering: study rooms, meeting spaces, labs, lounges, outdoor areas
• Cross-disciplinary and long-distance collaborative spaces
• Dining options: grab and go, cafes, dining
UC RIVERSIDE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS BUILDING
MIT ASIA SCHOOL OF BUSINESS
ASU THUNDERBIRD SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
UMKC HENRY W. BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
Moore Ruble Yudell Business & Professional Schools Projects
• UC Riverside School of Business Building, Riverside, CA
• Carnegie Mellon University, Tepper School of Business, Pittsburgh, PA
• Wenzhou Kean University Ge Hekai Hall, Wenzhou, China
• Washington University in St. Louis, Olin School of Business, St. Louis, MO
• UCLA School of Law Addition and Academic Facility, Los Angeles, CA
• University of Missouri, Kansas City, Henry W. Bloch Executive Hall for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Kansas City, MO
• Washington University in St. Louis, Hillman Hall, Brown School of Social Work and Public Health, St. Louis, MO
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT Sloan School of Business, Cambridge, MA
• Arizona State University, Thunderbird Global School of Management, Phoenix, AZ
• University of North Dakota, Nistler College of Business and Public Administration, Grand Forks, ND
• UC Berkeley, Walter A. Haas School of Management, Berkeley, CA
• MIT Asia School of Business in partnership with Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
• Shanghai Tech University, School of Management, Shanghai, China
WENZHOU KEAN UNIVERSITY GE HEKAI HALL
CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY TEPPER QUAD
UMKC HENRY W. BLOCH EXECUTIVE HALL FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION
WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN ST. LOUIS, HILLMAN HALL
MIT SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT
WENZHOU KEAN UNIVERSITY GE HEKAI HALL MIT