In the domino effect of Kansas University campus buildings, the Lindley Annex is about to fall.

Shuffling of campus offices in the past year will leave the dilapidated annex empty for demolition by the end of the summer.

“We’ve got to get rid of it,” said Warren Corman, university architect. “It’s falling down. If you walk through it, it’s a complete mess.”

The university is able to proceed with the demolition, which has been in the works more than a year, because of two recently completed buildings — Eaton Hall and an addition to Baehr Audio-Reader Center.

The new buildings allowed the electrical engineering and computer science offices to move from Snow Hall, and the Kansas Public Radio offices and studios to move from old Broadcasting Hall.

Those moves, in turn, will allow the School of Architecture and Urban Design studios in the Lindley Annex to move to Snow Hall and old Broadcasting Hall, now called Marvin Studios.

The 10,000-square-foot annex was a military cafeteria from World War II donated to KU after the war and moved to the campus in 1947 from Coffeyville. It sits southwest of Lindley Hall.

The wooden building has suffered wood rot and termites, has a leaky roof, no central air conditioning and poor heating.

Corman said demolition would cost about $150,000. A large portion of the expense will be in removing asbestos from the building before it is razed.

Kansas University's old Broadcasting Hall is earmarked for future use as studios by architecture students. Its one of several changes KU is making that will enable the university to demolish the Lindley Annex.

Meanwhile, crews are preparing to renovate the portion of the former Broadcasting Hall that was occupied by Kansas Public Radio for use by architecture studio students. Other studios already have moved to Snow Hall.

Mike Swann, associate dean of the School of Architecture and Urban Design, said the he hoped Marvin Studios would be ready for occupation in the spring.

“(Lindley Annex) got pretty ragged,” he said. “When it rained, water was going through the electrical outlets. … This will be a tremendous improvement.”