The Spencer W. Kimball Tower, also known as the SWKT (icon) or Kimball Tower, is a 12-story building

Building

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 that houses classroom

Classroom

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s and administrative

Academic administration

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 office

Office

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s on the Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...

 campus in Provo, Utah

Provo, Utah

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Honorary name

The building is named after Spencer Kimball

Spencer W. Kimball

Spencer Woolley Kimball was the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints from 1973 until his death in 1985.-Ancestry:...

, the twelfth president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

Design

Completed in 1981, the building stands at 161 feet, 6 inches (49 m) as the highest building in Provo, Utah. To offset a corridor effect, the building was positioned at a 45-degree angle to nearby buildings.

Tenants

The building houses Brigham Young University's College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

College of Family, Home and Social Sciences

The BYU College of Family, Home and Social Sciences is a college located on the Provo, Utah campus of Brigham Young University and is housed in the Spencer W. Kimball Tower and Joseph F. Smith Building.-Origins:...

 and College of Nursing and their various subsidiary departments and programs.