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===North Campus=== [[File:University of Michigan August 2013 056 (Earl V. Moore Building).jpg|thumb|left|Earl V. Moore Building on North Campus]] The North Campus area built independently from the city on a large plot of farmland—approximately {{convert|800|acre|km2}}—that the university bought in 1952.<ref>{{Cite news |last = Migliore |first = Greg |date = January 31, 2008 |title = Contest seeks U-M North Campus hub designs |url = http://blog.mlive.com/ann_arbor_business_review/2008/01/contest_seeks_um_north_campus.html |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120621034553/http://blog.mlive.com/ann_arbor_business_review/2008/01/contest_seeks_um_north_campus.html |archive-date = June 21, 2012 |access-date = August 28, 2010 |work = Ann Arbor Business Review }}</ref> Architect [[Eero Saarinen]] devised the early master plan for the North Campus area and designed several of its buildings in the 1950s, including the [[University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre & Dance#Facilities|Earl V. Moore School of Music Building]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last = Carter |first = Brian |year = 2000 |title = Eero Saarinen-Operational Thoroughness A Way of Working |journal = Dimensions Volume Fourteen |pages = 32–39 }}</ref> The North Campus Diag features a bell tower called [[Lurie Tower]], which contains a grand carillon.<ref>{{Cite book |last = Duderstadt |first = Anne |url = http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/history/publications/Downloads/AMD%20Engineering%20Book.pdf |title = The University of Michigan College of Engineering |publisher = Millennium Project, University of Michigan |year = 2003 |page = 83 |access-date = March 8, 2013 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130515012604/http://umhistory.dc.umich.edu/history/publications/Downloads/AMD%20Engineering%20Book.pdf |archive-date = May 15, 2013 |url-status = live }}</ref> The university's largest residence hall, [[Bursley Hall]], is in the North Campus area.<ref name="Campus Housing" /> The North Campus houses the College of Engineering, the [[University of Michigan School of Music|School of Music, Theatre & Dance]], the [[Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design|Stamps School of Art & Design]], the [[Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning]], and an annex of the [[University of Michigan School of Information|School of Information]].<ref>{{Cite map |date = August 16, 2012 |title = North Campus Map |url = http://campusinfo.umich.edu/maps/north-campus |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130413075505/http://campusinfo.umich.edu/maps/north-campus |archive-date = April 13, 2013 |access-date = April 8, 2013 |publisher = University of Michigan Division of Student Affairs }}</ref> The campus area is served by Duderstadt Center, which houses the Art, Architecture and Engineering Library. Duderstadt Center also contains multiple computer labs, video editing studios, electronic music studios, an audio studio, a video studio, multimedia workspaces, and a 3D virtual reality room.<ref>{{Cite web |date = February 1, 2006 |title = Welcome to the James and Anne Duderstadt Center |url = http://www.dc.umich.edu/Welcome.htm |url-status = dead |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130330084003/http://www.dc.umich.edu/Welcome.htm |archive-date = March 30, 2013 |access-date = March 8, 2013 |publisher = The Regents of the University of Michigan }}</ref> Other libraries located on North Campus include the [[Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library]] and the [[Bentley Historical Library]].
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