The University of Pennsylvania Golkin Hall, one of the nation’s oldest and most distinguished law schools, is renowned for providing a cross-disciplinary legal education in an intimate environment that encourages collaborative scholarship and study. The new building and the reassigned spaces promote the collegial and collaborative environment that supports the educational mission at Penn Law. A key architectural goal for the complex was to enhance existing interactions and facilitate new ones between faculty members, between students, and among faculty, students, and staff. The new building is respectful of the existing facility, particularly historic Silverman Hall and of the interior Courtyard. The new wing also celebrates the presence of Golkin Hall in its urban setting and symbolize Penn’s commitment to the community of which it is a part.