Case Western Reserve University celebrated the opening of its new laboratory facility in Cleveland, Ohio, in fall of 2005. Designed by The Stubbins Associates and its affiliate Kling, the 18,755-sf facility is sited on the University's new 140-acre West Quad and will serve as the headquarters for both the Cleveland Center for Structural Biology and the Wright Fuel Cell Group.
The Cleveland Center for Structural Biology portion of the building provides large open spaces for its imaging equipment which includes a 900 megahertz spectrometer. The labs for the Wright Fuel Cell Group were designed with openness and flexibility to allow for future changes in fuel cell technology. The space includes two sophisticated fuel cell beds for testing new technology and five walk-in exhaust enclosures for set-up of experiments in controlled environments. The building also has a large classroom for teaching and large areas of glass to allow visibility and light within the building. The total project cost was $8.1 million. The project contractor was Gilbane Building Co. The Stubbins Associates is based in Cambridge, Mass.; Kling is headquartered in Philadelphia.
