Forbes Tower is a building of the

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. Located directly behind the historic Iroquois Building, Forbes Tower was designed by the architectural firm

Tasso Katselas Tasso Katselas (born 1927) is an architect in the United States known for his modernist concrete buildings especially in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His work includes Pittsburgh International Airport, public housing, and mansions. His firm was known ...

Associates and was completed in 1996 at a cost of $55 million and sits over the top of a 572-car underground parking garage. The

University of Pittsburgh The University of Pittsburgh (Pitt) is a public state-related research university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The university is composed of 17 undergraduate and graduate schools and colleges at its urban Pittsburgh campus, home to the universit ...

jointly utilizes the building, with of offices, classrooms, and labs constructed on the third, fourth, fifth and sixth floors for University of Pittsburgh School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences ($13.2 million of the project cost). The School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, which moved from the now demolished Pennsylvania Hall in 1996, shares space in the building with programs and centers jointly run by it and the

. The school's programs include clinical dietetics and nutrition, emergency medicine, communication science and disorders,

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, athletic training, physical therapy, occupational therapy, and rehabilitation science and technology.

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Forbes Tower on Pitt's virtual Campus Tour

School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
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