Durham, N.C.
Duke University's $115-million French Science Center is slated for completion in December 2006. Named for donor Melinda French Gates, the facility bring various arts and sciences under one roof with teaching and research laboratories for biological chemistry, genomics, materials science, physical biology, nanoscience, and bioinformatics. The facility will also house the departments of biology, chemistry, anatomy, anthropology, physics, mathematics, and six research greenhouses. The project team consists of design architect Moore Ruble Yudell of California; project architect Hillier Group of New Jersey; and contractor Skanska USA Building. The facility will be LEED™ certified and features a full-height atrium extending for five stories.
