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University of California Opens Washington, D.C Facilities
The University of Califonia's government studies externship program has now occupied its new 176,270-sf Washington facility. The 11-story, $30-million dollar building was designed by architect Einhorn Yaffee Prescott and houses dormitory space for 300 students, classrooms and office space. Managing the project was Mark G. Anderson Consultants with Tompkins as general contractor and Clark performing foundation work.
Central Institute for the Deaf Expands St. Louis Campus
The Central Institute for the Deaf, an institution combining oral education for deaf children, scientific research, clinical services, and graduate education, has expanded their urban St. Louis campus. The new two-story, 42,000-sf classroom building resembles the original 1928 Mediterranean-style building. The school has a full-sized gym, family center, music, art and discovery rooms, and a library/computer lab suite. Each classroom meets rigid acoustical requirements for background noise.
Florida State University Renovates Ringling Art Museum
Florida State University (FSU) has selected HOK Florida to design the expansion and renovation of the John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota, Florida. The Ringling Museum is the largest university museum in the nation. The proposed $44 million project will expand the complex to include a new Visitor Center and Interactive Art Education Facility. An adjunct to the existing Museum will include new art exhibiition galleries as well as a new Art Collection, Library and Archives Facility.
New Genomics Lab at UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine
Ground was recently broken on the Koret Comparative Genomics Laboratory at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. Made possible by a $1 million Koret Foundation grant, the lab is slated to open in 2002. Research subjects will inlcude genetically related pet disorders such as canine heart problems and feline cancers, eye disorders and head defects.
Biotech Boom at the University of Georgia
The Center for Applied Genetic Technologies has opened its doors at the University of Georgia. The $28 million, 40,000-sf facility will accommodate animal and plant science researchers and includes a 20,000-sf biotech incubator, the Georgia BioBusiness Center.