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“This clearly deserved a “best in show” designation, the basic order of three separate yet integrated entities is beautifully conceived and credibly realized. The building has a strongly modern character and the exterior forms elegantly manifest both”AIA Western New York - First Award for Design Excellence
Description
A gateway to the Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus, this signature building mirrors the institution’s commitment to innovation and the trailblazing research it pursues. Beyond the leading-edge laboratories, the building expresses a culture of collaboration, revealing the activities within to the public with an architecture of transparency. The building comprises a three-part geometry of elements: a rectilinear, translucent laboratory wing; a curved office wing; and a transparent, three-story atrium joining the two. In combining the purity of the square and the fluidity of the curve, the building’s architecture reflects the dynamic coexistence of intuition and reason that is the essence of scientific research.
Distinctions
- AIA Western New York
- First Award
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“This clearly deserved a “best in show” designation, the basic order of three separate yet integrated entities is beautifully conceived and credibly realized. The building has a strongly modern character and the exterior forms elegantly manifest both the interior spatial order and the intelligent modulation of daylight, the play of openings on the curved façade, seemingly whimsical at first, is highly disciplined yet still delightful.”
- Society of American Registered Architects
- National Award of Merit
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“The artifice of the forms used in this building served to create a very dynamic central space. The use of materials to code program function and provide daylight is impressive.”
- Buildings Magazine
- Project Innovation Award
- National Association of Industrial and Office Properties
- Upstate New York - Architectural/Engineering Award