The Gerald J. Ford Hall for Research & Innovation was designed by SmithGroup. This 50,000-square-foot interdisciplinary research hub at SMU will equip faculty, students and industry partners with tools and resources to collaborate, solve complex problems and power new enterprises in the digital world of today and tomorrow. The new facility will serve as the home to SMU Guildhall, the Hart eCenter’s top-ranked digital game design program, as well as the AT&T Center for Virtualization, the Dedman College Interdisciplinary Institute, high-performance computing and data science, and the new innovative Visualization Lab. Ford Hall was built by The Beck Group with structural engineering by L.A. Fuess Partners.