Location - Los Angeles, CA
Architect - Perkins & Will
Client - Regents of UCLA
General Contractor - Clark Construction
Consultants - GPR Planners Collaborative (lab planning); Englekirk & Sabol Consulting Engineers (structural); Bard, Rao + Athanas Consulting Engineers (MEP/FP); Katherine Spitz Associates (landscape architect); RBA Partners (civil); JCM Group (construction manager)
Photographer - © James Steinkamp, Steinkamp/Ballogg Photography

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In UCLA’s language of brick, the 130,000-square-foot Neuroscience Center speaks of connections between old and new. Banded masonry walls recall the campus’s Romanesque architecture. Cleanly cut windows, reveals, and columns cast shadows that show off the solid nature of masonry volumes. On the east, a generous curving curtain wall embraces a courtyard and encloses shared communal spaces including informal seating areas and lounges. The curve also defines a new circulation path between the traditional campus and newer buildings to the south. “It’s very well detailed and sets up a nice rhythm,” praised a juror.