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Vontz Center for Molecular Studies
Architect Frank Gehry's first all-brick building has an imaginative exterior of sloping and curving walls and an eminently practical interior. A walkable utility level between each floor permits maintenance and redesign of lab modules, without disturbing ongoing research.
Besides drawing comment from The New York Times, Chicago Tribune and Newsweek, the unusual research facility was a feature subject in the Chronicle of Higher Education and made the cover of World Architecture magazine. It is one of four new UC buildings applauded as a nationally significant local architectural landmark by The Cincinnatus Association and The Architectural Foundation of Cincinnati.
Dedication: Sept. 23, 1999
Location: Martin Luther King Drive and Eden Avenue, East Campus
Contains: Three floors of academic, research and office space for scientists investigating the basic causes of diseases such as cancer and Alzheimer's. Includes a permanent, museum-quality display about Dr. Albert B. Sabin, UC researcher and professor of pediatrics, developer of the first oral, live-virus polio vaccine.
National design firm: Frank Gehry and Associates
photo/Dottie Stover
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View movie clips of the building and hear Gehry's comments.
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