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9/20/2011 | News
The 46th annual Laboratory of the Year competition, sponsored by R&D
Magazine, is now open for entries, with a final deadline of Feb. 1,
2012.
9/1/2011 | News
A recent find of advanced stone tools in Kenya have been calculated to be 1.76 million years old. That's quite a bit older than similar stone-age artifacts found in that area of Africa and suggests that prehistoric humans who left the area didn’t take their advanced technology with them.
6/9/2011 | Lab Of The Year
Despite a design and construction timeline of just 30 months, Saudi
Arabia's King
Abdullah University of Science and Technology fulfills its mission as a
flexible, user-friendly
lab space.
6/9/2011 | Lab Of The Year
Construction of a brand-new genomics and cell science laboratory at
the University of Connecticut was out of the question, so designers
renovated a time capsule.
6/9/2011 | Lab Of The Year
The first LEED Platinum process science facility strives to satisfy
both consumer taste
buds and the environment.
6/9/2011 | Lab Of The Year
Careful integration of architectural and engineering elements
demonstrates that
the
whole of a design can be greater than the sum of its parts.
6/9/2011 | Lab Of The Year
R&D Magazine would like to thank the judges of the 45th
Laboratory of the Year
competition.
6/1/2011 | Articles
Univ. of Southern California, The Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center
for Regenerative Medicine and
Stem Cell Research, Los Angeles. Five stories plus a basement; 91,485 ft2;
$65 million.
The building was funded in part by a generous $30 million donation from
Eli and Edythe Broad,
philanthropists well known for their commitment to art, education,
science, and civic
development. This LEED Gold project received a High Honors award in the 2011 Lab
of the Year competition for
its exemplary combination of architectural quality and laboratory
design, incorporating
cutting-edge engineering features such as chilled beams and an
energy-efficient, double-skinned
façade.
6/1/2011 | Articles
Univ. of California-Davis, Teaching and Research Winery and the
August A. Busch III Brewing and
Food Science Laboratory (WBF). 32,334 ft2 research and
teaching facility integrating
wine making, brewing and food processing applications and public
outreach. $17.2 million. This project received a High Honors award in the 2011 Lab of the Year
competition for its
overall excellent quality in creating an environment that meets client
objectives, reflects the
agricultural aesthetics of its mission, and serves as an example in
sustainable design, including
net-zero water use and LEED Platinum certification.
6/1/2011 | Articles
UConn project successfully uses daylighting and flexible space planning to create a cell and genome sciences lab from an outdated facility, winning Renovated Lab of the Year 2011.
