Campus Buildings

Rich with history and innovative design, Boulder is home to many architecturally impressive buildings. 1. Mesa Laboratory at the National Center for Atmospheric Research Designed by architect I.M. Pei in 1961, the plans for the National Center for Atmospheric Research took inspiration from the history of Colorado and cliff dwellings...

In early spring, beautiful clouds line the bright blue sky over campus. Surrounded by the Flatirons, these campus buildings embody a romantic Italianate style with red tile roofing, a style popular in the Mediterranean. Sandstone for the building walls is gathered locally from Front Range quarries. Photo by Jacob McKinney

CU scientist Tomoko Borsa documents CU in pictures.

This landscape photo captures the view of campus from miles away at an overlook in Longmont.

CU’s newest addition to campus connects the Koebel building, home of the Leeds School of Business, to the Engineering Center.

As the semester closes and students get ready for winter break, temperatures in Boulder are cooling down.

Year round, CU Boulder is alive with color.

With the semester underway and students back on campus, here are some of the protections CU Boulder is implementing for faculty, staff and students: Before the first day of class in August, everyone took a required online course about COVID-19 safety. Each day before coming to campus, students, faculty and...

After spending the summer updating campus for the pandemic, CU Boulder officially welcomed students for the fall semester Aug. 24.

With the summer heat peaking, it’s a wonder that CU Boulder’s lawns stay pristine. Here are 10 interesting facts about CU’s irrigation system which gets the job done: CU has the largest centrally-controlled irrigation system west of the Mississippi River. All told, campus has over 66,000 sprinkler heads. The sprinklers...