There should be a choice for None of the Above.

RLB+A is such a wonderful local firm that has been active in the Cleveland community for over 50 years. What a beautiful green design that clearly depicts the surrounding landscape and a true appreciation for the campus.

Richard L. Bowen and Associates' loft style building has offered a very elegant design that allows for all of the individual studios to be linked together as each level overlooks the level below. What a cool way to encourage collaboration.

The Collaborative Inc. looks so plain. I don't know who did the Math & Computer Science Building, but that sine curve roof is sweet.

That said, I do like the Richard L. Bowen design.

The better design is Westlake Reed Lesosky. I would put Richard L. Bowen as 2nd. The Collaborative's design looks like condos. The Bialosky design looks like a prison.

I have strong reservations that the Westlake Reed Leskosky is as sustainable as they have presented. By having such a schizophrenic plan & building form, the amount of building envelop is vastly increased, resulting in not only more costs to build, but also maintenance and conditioning costs. Additionally, the air slab they proposed is extremely expensive and the benefit of such a system would be so small it would not be worth the investment. Also, its a total knock-off of the OSU Knowlton School of Architecture in Columbus.

It's so refreshing to see a truly collaborative team - Bialosky & ARO. No other team showed signs of working harmoniously side by side as equals (a lot of teams said we did "x" and they did "y"). KSU needs to deeply deeply consider the ease/coordination of WORKING WITH a team, and not being dictated by a one.

I agree whole heartedly with Tam Smith's comments. The WRL design encaompasses the site, expresses the purpose without being "in-your-face" as signature designs typically are. The building materials and interior programming appear excellent, and as a 24/7 LEED Consultant I like the many prosepcts for a high level certification - no real reason this couldn't earn a Platinum cert with very little extra cost.

I agree with Tim, the WRL proposal looks like an OSU College of Architecture copycat. Bowen's design has some practicality issues, with an overkill of glass that concerns me. ARO/Bialosky seems the most realistic. Were they the only team shooting for LEED Platinum?

Why are the only images uploaded with the poll the images of the Bialosky/ARO submission? Shouldn't the other proposals be included as well?

The original 5 images showed 1 of each of the 4 proposals (including the poll graphic). The additional images, which are welcome, we're uploaded by a Patch user whose ID I can't see right now because I'm on my mobile. I'll add more of the others when available.

Richard L. Bowen and Associates stands out to me! Functional and award winning design; KSU alumni -working on the bldg. they wish they would have had as students; large practice -with plenty of resources to be high quality, timely and successful. It is obvious why they are one of the top choices!

Bowen plan seems most inspirational and dramatic

I think the Richard L. Bowen should get the contract.

Richard L. Bowen and Associates

Do all the RLB+A fans remember that 65% of their presentation was past work/ "the spaces will feel like this past project" ?! Their built model could have been built in an hour. They clearly don't want it bad enough.

See the exhibit at the library: Bialosky /ARO's model blows the others out of the water.

Richard L. Bowen should get the contract

The Bialosky building seems like the most energy efficient...

the bialosky building definitely has the most energy efficient envelope while still maintaining a bright, open, sunny interior. beautifully done!

The facade orientations on the Bialosky building are really clever, good to see someone's thinking about passive design!

The first one, Bialosky, was definitely the coolest. It looked like the building was floating.

Saw the exhibit, and Bialosky's model is the best by a landslide. Amazing craft & well translated. It's clear by their display they put the most sweat and tears into the project. (Remember, Weiss/ Manfreidi's public presentation... over half of it was past work / precedent?!? Pair that with a model with no passion. Effort wasn't there.)

It should be clarified that the design firms are actually: Architecture Research Office with Bialosky as architect of record. Miller Hull Partnership with the Collaborative Inc., as architect of record. (I see you changed Bowen to Weiss/Manfredi.) The local firms of Bowen, Bialosky and the Collaborative didn't do the design work. The design work was done by the larger named design firms. The only local firm that did not have to utilize a larger design firm to get recognized was Westlake Reed Leskosky. And, as an artist, aesthetically, Westlake Reed Leskosky and Weiss/Manfreidi have the better designs.

As someone fortunate enough to work on the project from the ARO side, I think it’s worthwhile to point out that both the design and the technical resolution of the proposal were the result of tremendous hard work and collaboration by Bialosky and ARO alike (not to mention Atelier Ten, Guy Nordenson, ME Group, Arup...). We had people and ideas transiting between offices from start to finish and – hopefully -- the design itself is evidence of that.

I had the opportunity to transition from the Bialosky + Partners office over to ARO for a week of the competition. Although having a meaningful and holistic collaboration from four-hundred miles away is no easy task, after the countless webinars, emails, phone-calls, and design charrettes that happened between BPA + ARO I know that the design was a result of a shared effort.

I like the"Design Loft" best. This is the only one that looks like a college. It actually looks like a great building design. It looks warm and inviting. It looks big enough for a college. The other 3 designs look bizarre and tiny.

This poll will close Jan. 31, 2013 at noon eastern. So if you have some friends who haven't voted or want to get some votes for your favorite design you've got about 25 hours! We'll announce the informal winner of the poll on Friday.