University of Chicago will build $215 million science facility

Dec. 14, 2010
William Eckhardt Research Center will house Institute for Molecular Engineering

From The Chicago Tribune: The University of Chicago has announced that it will begin work next year on a new, $215 million science building. The William Eckhardt Research Center will house key parts of the university's Physical Sciences Division and its new Institute for Molecular Engineering. The building has been designed by the architecture firm HOK and artist Jamie Carpenter.

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