The 'Most Interesting Building Type'

Celebrity architect Rafael Viñoly, whose design team was runner-up in the WTC competition, takes on a new project which he says is the "most interesting building type today."

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May 7, 2003, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

Ground was broken yesterday for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute's biomedical research campus, a Viñoly-designed, $500 million center that will be built into a slope at the 281-acre site at Janelia Farm...Viñoly explained his fascination with designing spaces for cutting-edge scientific researchers, especially those working in genetic medicine...Institute planners sent a book describing their scientific needs to 20 of the world's best architects...Four firms were selected and given $50,000 each to come up with a design.

Thanks to Abhijeet Chavan

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