GSU Ramps Up
Kell Hall and the Rise of an Urban Campus

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A Very Atlanta Idea

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Make Way for State

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A Campus Transforms

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  3. Marsh, Kermit B., Jon Carlsten, and James Mount. The American Institute of Architects Guide to Atlanta. Atlanta Chapter of the American Institute of Architects, 1975.
  4.  Sasaki Associates/Robert and Company. “Georgia State University Master Plan Update.” Georgia State Univeristy, October 2012. https://facilities.gsu.edu/files/2019/06/Physical-Master-Plan-7-9-2013-2.pdf.
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