Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine / Fentress Architects

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“Design a building that will enhance communications between the best minds in biomedical research.” Two years ago, Louis Coffman, vice president of the Sanford Consortium for Regenerative Medicine, asked this of the design team for the new research center in La Jolla, California. Today’s grand opening for the $127-million, 150,700-square-foot biomedical research laboratory celebrates a building designed specifically around the concept of bringing people together to promote social and intellectual interaction.