Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences
![The Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences at Stanford University in the Bay Area are shaped around the landscape to connect the students to the natural world.](https://www.lmsarch.com/sites/default/files/project/LGR_01.jpg)
The buildings of this 224-bed student housing project shape the landscape. They create a sequence of outdoor rooms that celebrate the site's climate, changing light, and native oak trees.
Owner
Stanford University
Location
Palo Alto, CA
Size
108,000 sq. ft.
Image Credit
Richard Barnes
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At one edge of the complex, the southern building wraps around a 60-foot-high oak tree to create a quiet, contemplative space. The central Commons Building incorporates another large oak tree as a natural "dome" above a circular wooden deck. Community rooms surround the deck and open onto it. The subtle curve of the northern building cradles a large, open green space. Three-story chain-link scrims line the western and southern facades, providing sun protection and modulating building scale.
![The Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences at Stanford University in the Bay Area are shaped around the landscape to connect the students to the natural world.](https://www.lmsarch.com/sites/default/files/project/LGR_04.jpg)
![The Richard W. Lyman Graduate Residences at Stanford University in the Bay Area are shaped around the landscape to connect the students to the natural world.](https://www.lmsarch.com/sites/default/files/project/LGR_06.jpg)