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Texas Medical Center Creates Campus for Inpatient Care
The Methodist Hospital System is planning an expansion of the Texas Medical Center’s inpatient care facilities. The new North Campus will include up to 700 beds in potentially 1.5 million sf of inpatient care space. Architectural firm WHR will serve as executive architect and Ellerbe Becket will provide programming and medical planning design. Kohn Pederson Fox Architects will design exterior and public spaces.
University of Cincinnati Renovates Medical Sciences Building
The University of Cincinnati is engaged in a renovation and expansion of its Medical Sciences Building that is slated for completion in early 2008. The project includes clinical research space, infrastructure upgrades, a new library, bookstore, and study areas. The Medical Sciences Building will be connected to the new 239,000-sf Center for Academic Research Excellence (CARE) by glass bridges. The CARE facility wil house six floors of wet bench laboratories, one floor of teaching labs, a dining facility, a fitness center, electronic classrooms, and administration.
University of Oklahoma Plans Life Sciences Research Center
The University of Oklahoma is planning to build the 152,000-sf Life Sciences Research Center on its south campus in Norman, Okla. Funded in part by a $15-million private donation, the three-story facility will accommodate 30 life sciences research groups. Featuring an open and flexible design, the center will include space for industry collaboration as well as core research support facilities for the entire campus.
National Research Council of Canada Opens Institute for Nutrisciences and Health
The National Research Council of Canada (NRC) opened the NRC Institute for Nutrisciences and Health in Charlottetown in early 2007. Sited on the campus of the University of Prince Edward Island, the $13.5-million collaborative facility houses open labs and offices for research and commercialization of nutriscience research discoveries. The Institute includes incubator space and laboratories to enable companies and researchers access to specialized equipment and industry expertise.
Smith College Builds Ford Engineering Center
Smith College is initiating construction on Ford Hall, a new science and engineering center designed by Bohlin Cywinski Jackson. RFD (Research Facilities Design) is providing laboratory design consulting services. The facility will house the Picker Engineering Program and programs in biochemistry, chemistry, computer science, and molecular biology.