Amanda Knight Hall BYU

Built in 1939 to compete with the ivy league universities of the east coast, Brigham Young University created one of the most iconic Tudor Revivalist buildings in the city of Provo Utah, a women’s dormitory. Renowned in the state as the epitome of collegiate gothic interior design west of the Mississippi, by the winter of 2018, the decision was made to demolish their own history as the building had fallen into deep disrepair. The community came together to save the hall when it’s sister building (a men’s dormitory, Allen Hall) was destroyed earlier in the year. Amidst backlash, BYU relinquished it’s decision and opened the building up for private investment.

Mountain Classic Real Estate bought the building and sought out Welch Studio to redesign the interior and exteriors with a bit of luxury interior design brought to campus housing. The historic Utah building was completely remapped by the studio to allow for modern kitchens, appliances and bathrooms. While the studio added a touch of modernism, they worked hard to retain the revivalist bones .

Upon the opening of the building, granddaughters of the women who initially were housed are living within the same walls. Utah's pioneer History lives on.