After 100 years of heavy use, Hellems gets OK for major renovation
After long-awaited project gets state legislative OK, campus planners aim to revamp the historic site for a bright and long future
In 1921, Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize in Physics, Canadian scientists discovered insulin, and the University of Colorado finished construction on its liberal arts building—the first built in the university’s trademark Tuscan Vernacular style.Ìý
This year, state lawmakers approved the first phase of funding to renovate the building, now called Hellems Arts and Sciences. The renovation is planned to take over four years to complete.Ìý
While the building has changed relatively little in 100 years, much else has changed dramatically.