“The Center for Novel Therapeutics’ partnership with BioMed Realty is going to change the face of patient care by bringing new therapies from research to market more efficiently than ever before. These types of forward-thinking partnerships help UC San Diego move closer to its goal of becoming a preferred destination for students, researchers, patients and the community,” said Pradeep Khosla, UC San Diego Chancellor.
The Perkins&Will team in charge of CNT’s design includes Kay Kornovich, principal; Peter Busby, design director; Ryan Bussard, design principal; Christa Wood, project architect; and Eileen McHugh, project manager. The firm is also planning the design of several other highly anticipated life science and higher-education projects in the San Diego area, including a canyon-side high-tech research institution known as APEX; Franklin Antonio Hall, a UCSD engineering research facility that encompasses 13 large “collaboratories,” or collaborative labs; and UCSD’s new student housing tower, Pepper Canyon. Totaling 622,360 square feet, these three projects are slated for completion in 2021 and 2022.
Since 1976, SDAF’s leaders have gathered to cultivate thoughtful and valued design in San Diego’s built environment by celebrating projects that epitomize outstanding placemaking, civic pride, community growth, and innovation. Its annual architecture competition, Orchids & Onions, celebrates the year’s greatest design successes (Orchids) while playfully calling out the year’s greatest architectural misses (Onions). Nineteen projects are recognized, but only one receives the Malone Grand Orchid Award.
