Philadelphia
Construction has finished at Temple University’s new $160 million state-of-the-art School of Medicine building. Ballinger of Philadelphia designed the 11-story, 480,000-sf facility to provide 100,000 sf for medical education, 160,000 sf for patient care research, and 249,000 sf of dedicated educational laboratories and research space. The emphasis on interdisciplinary collaboration is exemplified by the Health Sciences Center library, cominbining the fields of medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, nursing, and the related health professions. Gilbane Building Company of Providence, R.I., was the builder of the facility.
