Shriners Hospitals for Children--Tampa, 12502 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, Florida, North View, Closer

Creator

Sape A. Zylstra

Files

Preview

Creation Date

January 1980

Time Period

circa 1980s-1990s

Abstract

Opened in 1985, this Shriners Hospital is located on the University of South Florida campus. The low, emphatically horizontal building meanders in a complex pattern of curves and angles, block-like formations and canopies, on the slight incline of its site. Texture, colors, and shapes give it abundant variety, while from a distance the atria's skylights form prismatic highlights. Throughout the interior, exposed concrete columns continue a pattern started under the large canopy over the entrance, with glass brick in concrete squares. Glass brick is also found in the auditorium, where it flanks a ramp. The finest space is the two-story play area and all-purpose room, which moves outside under the curved canopy of the terrace and further to the playground. This is a closer look of the north view.

Keywords

Hospitals, University of South Florida, Shriners Hospital for Children - Tampa

Extent

1 color slide

Geographic Location

Hillsborough County (Fla.); Tampa (Fla.)

Physical Collection

Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Architectural Slides

Box

1

Media Type

Color slides

Note

Title supplied by cataloger. Description supplied by Sape A. Zylstra.

Identifier

Z03-B050

Recommended Citation

Zylstra, Sape A., "Shriners Hospitals for Children--Tampa, 12502 USF Pine Drive, Tampa, Florida, North View, Closer" (1980). Sape A. Zylstra Collection of Tampa Photographs. Image 130.
https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/zylstra/130