Knight Management Center Continues to Support Unique Learning Experiences
The Knight Management Center was designed to maximize outdoor interactions, because, as one professor puts it, “classrooms can be confining.” | Photo by Elena Zhukova
Nearly 15 years in, the complex still encourages collaboration, innovation, and serendipity.
In April 2011, Stanford GSB relocated from three aging buildings to an eight-building complex set on 12.5 acres. Funding for the $345 million facility was led by Nike founder Philip H. Knight, MBA ’62, who in 2006 contributed the $105 million down payment for the project, the largest gift ever to a business school at that time. Construction coincided with a revamped and more personalized Stanford GSB curriculum that required more — and more varied — classroom space for hands-on instruction, small-group leadership labs, and team-based learning.
