Henrietta Lacks Research building, Baltimore, MD, USA
The Henrietta Lacks Research Building will rise directly adjacent to Deering Hall, a squat red brick building originally built in 1879 as a police station that for the past decade has housed the Berman Institute of Bioethics. Spanning 34,000 square feet, the new structure will include space for education and research in the form of classrooms and meeting rooms that can be used by the university and the larger East Baltimore community. Renderings by Vines Architecture detailing the proposed design show two connected structures with transparent facades. The taller building features a criss-crossing pattern across its main face, while the smaller one, designed with a more linear grid on its front elevation, has a landscaped rooftop.