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=== Timmons Arena ===
Timmons Arena is a 4,000-seat multi-purpose arena. It is home to the Furman University Paladins basketball team since its opening on December 30, 1997.
=== Cliffs Cottage ===
A Southern Living showcase home called Cliffs Cottage opened in 2008. The building is solar-powered using two panels, and features geothermal heating. Cliffs Cottage was the first sustainable showcase home for Southern Living magazine, which featured it in the article Our Most Innovative House Ever, detailing how to create a house that requires less energy and generates power.
=== Place of Peace and Asian garden ===
The campus also includes an Asian garden, the centerpiece of which is the Place of Peace, a Buddhist temple moved to the site from Japan. A replica of the cabin that Henry David Thoreau inhabited while writing On Walden Pond is located on the west side of the lake.
=== Environmental sustainability ===
Furman works to conserve, reduce, …