LA city college plans science center

The Los Angeles Community College District is preparing to build a $31.5 million science and technology building at Los Angeles City College. The project will provide a three-story, 85,195-square-foot concrete and steel facility with a partial roof-deck that will house classrooms, laboratories, lecture halls, storage and support space, and offices for faculty and staff. The project will be designed and built to earn LEED certification as an environmentally friendly facility. The architect is SmithGroup, and the builder is Sinanian Development.