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By ROBIN WILLIAMS ADAMS The Ledger LAKELAND | The University of South Florida Polytechnic has commissioned an architectural firm headed by Spanish architect and engineer Santiago Calatrava to design the first building for its new Lakeland campus and to update the campus plan, The Ledger learned late Monday.

By ROBIN WILLIAMS ADAMS THE LEDGER LAKELAND | Hiring world-famous architect Santiago Calatrava to update the master plan and to design the first building for the University of South Florida Polytechnic's new campus has kicked the university's planning into high gear.

LAKELAND | The first building on the new University of South Florida Polytechnic campus, intended as a symbol of technology, can't fill that role too well if it's hidden behind a forest of trees.

By JOHN CHAMBLISS THE LEDGER LAKELAND | University of South Florida trustees got a glimpse of architect Santiago Calatrava's renowned work Thursday. And by voting unanimously to move USF Polytechnic's future science and technology building closer to Interstate 4, millions of motorists will be able to see his work as well.