The Knight Management Center
The recently opened Knight Management Center is the home of the Stanford Graduate School of Business and a central element in the School's vision for innovative management education in the 21st century.
The Knight Center supports Stanford's innovative, globalized MBA curriculum by offering more flexible classroom spaces for hands-on experiential learning, small-group leadership labs, and team-based learning.
The Knight Management Center comprises 8 buildings around 3 quads on 12.5 acres (5 hectares).
Located right across the street from the Schwab Residential Center, Knight fosters an integrated living and learning environment for students and supports and sustains the intellectual communities of Stanford University and vibrant Silicon Valley.
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The Bass Center houses the library, General Atlantic Reading Room and Terrace, and serves as the intellectual and social hub for student activities. |
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Light-filled tiered classrooms accommodate 66-80 students.
Flat seminar rooms are available for groups of 15, 25, or 40. |
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Meet your team in one of the 70 study and breakout rooms located throughout the Knight Center's 8 buildings. |
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The NGP CoLab is a unique classroom in McClelland for design-thinking courses. Teams of students from across the university work alongside GSB students to develop new products for unmet medical needs or for extreme affordability. |
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Zambrano Hall houses the 600-seat CEMEX Auditorium and features university-wide programming to draw students from the entire Stanford community. |
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Students, faculty, alumni and others from the community gather at the Arbuckle Dining Pavillion for lunch and dinner.
Sit inside or enjoy the California climate on the outdoor terrace. |
The Arbuckle Dining Pavillion, centrally located at the new Knight Management Center
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- The Knight Management Center is named after Nike founder Philip H. Knight, MBA 1962, whose generous donation helped to make the $345 million complex possible.
- Construction expected to achieve the highest LEED Platinum rating for sustainability from the US Green Building Council.
- The buildings' mechanical and electrical systems are designed to exceed current state efficiency standards by 45%.
- 90% of interior work spaces are illuminated by daylight and room lights turn off automatically when a room is emptied, reducing the electricity load.
- Rooftop solar panels generate 500,000 kilowatt hours per year to meet some of the center's energy demand.
- Use of gray water or rainwater reduces potables water use by 80%.
- 50% of the 12.5 acre site is preserved for open space.
- During the summer months, the building will employ night flushing systems--automated skylights and windows--to release the hot air of day and draw cool air in overnight.
- The dining pavillion uses a radiant heat and cooling floor system with hot and cold water piping.
- More than 60 trees were protected or preserved from the site before construction, boxed, and replanted after completion.
From left: GSB Dean Garth Saloner; Phil Knight, MBA 1962; and Stanford University President John Hennessy