Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Global
Innovation Center, Chicago (winter garden). Design: Hellmuth,
Obata + Kassabaum. Photo courtesy of Wrigley.
Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co., Global Innovation Center, Chicago.
Budget: $45 million
Size:
153,000 ft² lab/office building plus 40,000 ft2 pilot plant..
Project team:
Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, Chicago/St. Louis (architecture, structural
engineering, cost estimating, interiors, lighting); The Rise Group,
Chicago (project management); Environmental Systems Design Inc.,
Chicago (MEP/fire engineering); Terra Engineering Ltd., Chicago (civil
engineering); Rolf Jensen & Associates Inc., Chicago (code consultant);
Joe Karr & Associates, Chicago (landscape consultant); Power Construction
Co. LLC, Chicago (construction management).
Completion date: Summer 2005.
Description:
New lab/office/scale-up facility on industrial Goose Island on Chicago’s
north side is part of the Wrigley Co.’s stated vision of “Wrigley
brands woven into the fabric of everyday life around the world,”
and marks the company’s diversification into confections beyond chewing
gum. The building will also help the company consolidate research
work related to its recent acquisition of LifeSavers, Altoids, and
several other brands from Kraft Foods Inc. It features buildingwide
wireless connectivity, a global electronic conference room, “hotel”
space scheduling, and open-plan labs. Office and lab wings are organized
around a three-story winter garden topped by a German-designed glass
tension-cabled ceiling. Departments housed in the facility include
sensory; scientific and regulatory affairs; quality; research and
development; packaging innovation; and global engineering. About
$15 million in tax increment financing was made available for the
project by the city of Chicago.
Contact:
Mike Plotnick, HOK, 314-754-4315.
Argonne National Laboratory, Center for Nanoscale Materials,
Argonne, Ill.
Description: Center, one of five DoE sponsored
nanoscale science research facilities, will support R&D focused
on nanostructures, biosynthesis and self assembly, and MEMS devices.
Design emphasizes shared research facilities and maximum interaction.
The facility will adjoin the west side of the existing Advanced
Photon Source, providing unique x-ray capabilities through a dedicated
beamline. Features include cleanrooms, wet and dry research labs,
offices, and meeting space.
Description: The new biological sciences building
is the first phase of a series of comprehensive science lab renovations
on Wright State’s main campus. The project creates space for interdisciplinary
biomedical and environmental research programs focused on human
health. Initial occupants are investigators in the College of Science
and Mathematics and programs matrixed with the School of Medicine;
the Center for Genomic Research; the Wright Brothers Institute;
and the departments of biological sciences; bio-chemistry and molecular
biology; and neuroscience, cell biology, and physiology. The project
is designed for LEED certification and incorporates principles
of Labs21.
Univ. of Cincinnati, Social and Behavioral Sciences Center.
Budget: $85 million.
Size: 240,000 ft².
Project team: BHDP Architecture,
Cincinnati (executive architect); Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership,
Portland, Ore. (design architect); WA Inc., Cincinnati (affiliated
architect); Heapy Engineering Inc., Dayton, Ohio (MEP engineering);
THP Limited Inc., Cincinnati (structural engineering); Woolpert
Inc., Cincinnati (civil engineering, site surveying); George Hargreaves
Associates, New York City, and Vivian Llambi & Associates, Cincinnati
(landscape architecture); Cronenberg & Co. Inc., Batavia, Ohio
(cost consultant).
Completion date: Summer 2009.
Description: New flagship building for the McMicken
College of Arts and Sciences will house high technology classrooms,
distance learning classrooms, research space, faculty and staff
offices, a Social Sciences Research Center, and the dean’s suite.
Departments housed in the building include economics, political
science, sociology, psychology, communications, and organizational
leadership. The building will be planned and designed to a high
category of LEED certification.
Contact: Carl Monzel, BHDP, 513-271-0258.
Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center, regional biocontainment
lab, Memphis.
Budget: $21.9 million.
Size: 25,000 ft².
Project team: CUH2A,
Princeton, N.J., and The Horrell Group,
Memphis (architecture); Hill International,
Newark, N.J. (project management).
Completion date:2006.
Description: One of eight NIH/NIAID-funded regional
biocontainment labs, the Memphis facility will feature BSL-2 and
-3 space. Local research partners include the Memphis Biotech Foundation,
Veterans Administration Memphis Medical Center, St. Jude Children’s
Research Hospital, the Shelby County Health Department, and Le
Bonheur Children’s Medical Center. The Jackson Laboratory, a breeder
of research mice based in Bar Harbor, Maine, will also partner
with the university in training investigators.
Contact:Mike Dockter, UTHSC, 901-448-7105.
Univ. of Hartford, Integrated
Science, Engineering, and Technology Complex (ISET), West Hartford,
Conn. Design: William Wilson Associated Architects. Photo:
C. Anton Grassl.
Univ. of Hartford, Integrated Science, Engineering, and Technology
Complex (ISET), West Hartford, Conn.
Budget: $20.2 million
Size: 37,000 ft² new construction; 105,000
ft² renovation (two phases).
Project team: William Wilson Associated Architects
Inc., Boston (architecture); Bard Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers,
Baltimore (MEP/fire engineering); Macchi Engineers, Hartford, Conn.
(structural engineering); Fuss & O’Neill, Manchester, Conn. (civil
engineering; landscape consultant); Mohar Design, Somerville, Mass.
(interiors); Cerami & Associates, New York City (acoustics/AV consultant);
Shawmut Design & Construction, Boston (contractor).
Description: Phase I of a two-phase plan includes
construction of a new biology and chemistry building and renovation
of the first half of the existing Dana Hall, with renovation of
the second half (phase II) due next year. The complex also includes
United Technologies Hall and East Hall. The four facilities house
the departments of engineering and technology, integrated information
technology, computer science, math, physics, biology, chemistry,
health professions, and psychology. The renovated Dana Hall becomes
a “dry” classroom and office building, while the wet labs of the
chemistry and biology departments are expanding and moving to the
addition.
Contact: Abby Smith, Wilson Architects, 617-338-5990,
ext. 135.
Southern Illinois Univ. School of Medicine, SIU Cancer Institute,
Springfield.
Budget: $21.5 million.
Size: 66,000 ft².
Project team: Hanson Professional Services,
Springfield, and BSA Lifestructures, Chicago (architecture); remaining
team members TBA.
Completion date: 2007.
Description: Three-story cancer institute will
consolidate existing multidisciplinary cancer clinics, as well
as research and service programs. The first and second floors will
feature clinical spaces and offices; the third floor will contain
translational and bench labs where research scientists and physicians
can work together, as well as offices for researchers and research
staff. The labs will augment eight new cancer research labs already
developed in existing medical school buildings.
Contact: SIU School of Medicine, Public Affairs, 217-545-2155.
Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn,
engineering building addition. Design: Lord, Aeck & Sargent.
Rendering: Barbara Ratner.
Univ. of Michigan-Dearborn, engineering building addition.
Budget: $12.8 million.
Size: 46,000 ft².
Project team:
Lord, Aeck & Sargent, Ann Arbor, Mich. (architecture); Newcomb
& Boyd, Atlanta (MEP/FP engineering, AV consultant); Robert
Darvas Associates, Ann Arbor (structural engineering); The Mannik
& Smith Group, Dearborn (civil engineering); JM Olson Corp.,
St. Clair Shores, Mich. (general contractor).
Completion date: 4Q2006.
Description:
Addition will house a 12,000-ft2 high-bay lab that will accommodate a 30-ft-high, pivoting radial crane. The equipment will be used in research by faculty and students in the College of Engineering and Computer Science’s Institute for Advanced Vehicle Systems. The IAVS conducts research related to auto body and chassis systems, manufacturing processes, and integration with powertrain systems. The addition will also include a two-story atrium lobby, 210-seat seminar room/auditorium, and conference rooms, plus dedicated labs for transmission and gearing; ergonomics; student design; automotive electronics; and structural crash dynamics.
Contact:
Annie Kohut for Lord, Aeck & Sargent, 770-913-9747.
9th & Stewart Life Sciences Building, Seattle. Design: MBT Architecture. Photo: Benjamin Benschneider.
9th & Stewart Life Sciences Building, Seattle.
Budget: $25.5 million (shell and core).
Size: 202,264 ft² excluding parking and basement.
Project team (all in Seattle): Touchstone Corp. (developer); MBT Architecture (architecture, planning, lab planning); Holaday-Parks, Seattle (mechanical design/build); Veca Electric, Seattle (electrical design/build); Magnusson Klemencic (structural and civil engineering); Nakano Associates (landscape architecture); Lease Crutcher Lewis (construction management).
Completion date: May 2004.
Description: The 9th and Stewart Building is the first speculative urban high-rise for the life sciences in the central business district of downtown Seattle. The building is located in a rapidly developing area of downtown, and is a catalyst for the development of the Denny Triangle as a vital research environment. The building provides new office and lab space for its anchor tenant The Corixa Corp. (see New Projects, August 2005). It is a generic core and shell building designed to be flexible and efficient, containing eight floors of laboratory and office space. The main floor includes retail space, a multi-tenant lobby, and a building service area. Each floor is 27,960 ft2 above grade, with a penthouse mechanical floor, three floors of parking above grade, and below-grade space with systems to serve lab uses. The project has been submitted to the LEED Core & Shell Pilot program for Silver certification.
Contact: Edward Breen, MBT Architecture, 206-223-8285.
San Diego Wild Animal Park, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research. Design: McGraw Baldwin Architects. Photo: Frank Domin/Domin Photography.
San Diego Wild Animal Park, Arnold and Mabel Beckman Center for Conservation Research.
Budget: $15 million.
Size: 50,369 ft².
Project team (all of San Diego): McGraw Baldwin Architects (architecture); MA Engineers (mechanical engineering); ILA Zammit (electrical engineering); Arcon Engineers (structural engineering); Lintvedt McColl & Associates (civil engineering); KTU+A (landscape architecture).
Completion date: Fall 2004.
Description:
n Description: The Beckman Center for Conservation Research is a facility dedicated to the research and preservation of endangered species. Research organizations within this facility include the zoo’s departments of applied conservation; behavioral biology; ecology and evolution; reproductive physiology; genetics; endocrinology; and pathology. The project was funded by both the Beckman Foundation and the Zoological Society of San Diego. This facility was designed to be environmentally sensitive and meet LEED certification by the US Green Building Council.
Contact: Jim Ferguson, McGraw Baldwin Architects, 619-231-0751.
