Architects and design professionals have heaped praise on the bold, innovative design of the Learning Commons, validating what Kettering University President Dr. Robert K. McMahan has called “a revolution in how universities conceptualize space.” 
The 105,000-square-foot Learning Commons earned the Grand Prize for higher education projects over 100,000 square feet at “Learning By Design” magazine’s Fall 2023 Architecture and Interior Design Awards of Excellence program.
“This is truly a visionary project not just for Kettering, but for the city of Flint, and for higher education across the globe,” an article in “Learning By Design” stated. “The Learning Commons marries technology and craft, academics and social, education and industry together within a facility that makes a statement for where higher education must go.”
Construction on the Learning Commons began…
