September 2025.
The Psychology Building’s glassy skin is much different from its neighbors on either side, especially the attached Lazenby Hall that was built almost a century beforehand. It seems like a lot of people like this building and are jealous that psychology students get such a fancy new design (especially engineers). The Psychology Building is located on the middle west side of campus, bordered by the Wilce Student Health Center to the north, Campbell Hall to the south, and Cunz Hall to the west. It is attached to Lazenby Hall to the east via a skybridge.
History
The Psychology Building under construction c. 2005-2007. (Knowlton Archives)
None of my sources are consistent on the construction of the Psychology Building. Buckeye Stroll says it was completed in 2005, the Knowlton Archives claims 2006, and it does not appear on the Historic Campus Map until 2007. Regardless, it was designed by NBBJ in the Contemporary style, having a steel frame with a metal and concrete panel exterior.
The Psychology Building has 133,963 square feet of space. It was built with classroom and office space, as well as laboratories and clinics. I can vouch for the presence of some heavy-duty stuff in the basement--I did a study with the Department of Psychology for some extra spending money and got an MRI down there. Unfortunately, it’s kept pretty secure.
Photos
Northeast corner of the building:
Like Knowlton and Scott Lab, the Psychology Building’s thing seems to be contrasting glassy facades with opaque ones. This little glass box is also not quite orthogonal:
The highly regular metal portion it contrasts with:
Skybridge to Lazenby:
The same thing happens on the southeast side, but a larger mass below serves as the entrance this time.
God’s in the details here--the seams between metal panels line up with the window mullions. A very Modern-inspired detail.
My back was right up against Campbell’s construction fence here:
The metal facade is almost like a shell here that leaves the glass area exposed, kind of like a cannoli:
The west facade has these weird clerestories, which ostensibly function similarly to the ones on Scott Lab:
Angled entrance and awning above vs. the rest of the facade:
Similar stuff here as the south side, but the mass below that the second floor sits on appears to be precast concrete:
Note the oddly angled projection of the stair tower.
The interior was pretty busy and uninteresting. Most of the office areas look like this:
According to Framework 3.0, the Psychology Building will be unaltered.
Sources:
https://library.osu.edu/site/buckeyestroll/
https://knowltondl.osu.edu/Browse/objects/facet/collection_facet/id/18
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