Campus address: 650 University Drive NE
The Edward M. Crough Center for Architectural Studies is home to the School of Architecture and Planning and the Department of Media and Communication Studies.
It is equipped with studios, a fabrication lab, a digital media lab, a visual resources center, drafting space, meeting space, and individual work places. The work of architecture students is on display in the Crough Center as well as the Pryzbyla Center and other University buildings.
Built in 1919, the building served as the University's gymnasium until 1989 when it was renovated to serve the needs of the School of Architecture and Planning. At the time of its construction, it was the largest gymnasium in Washington, D.C.
In 1979, Pope John Paul II spoke in the gymnasium when he came to visit campus. In 1933, it was the site where Franklin Delano Roosevelt was given an honorary LL.D. degree.
The Department of Media & Communication Studies offers undergraduate major and minor programs with an emphasis on rhetoric and historical criticism applied to the study of film, television, the Internet, and related media. The Crough center also houses the Media Lab.