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Northwestern University recently opened the 40,000-sf Center for Nanofabrication and Molecular Self-Assembly in Evanston, Ill. The facility encompasses wet chemistry and complementing laboratories, shared microscope and laser facilities, offices, a seminar room, and other support spaces. The facility is the first federally and privately funded nanotechnology center in the country and will provide a scientific basis for technological advances in the diagnosis and treatment of human diseases and in monitoring the environmental factors that can cause illness.

Designed by Zimmer Gunsul Frasca Partnership, the four-story Center is linked to its neighboring buildings via a pedestrian bridge, affording protected access during winter months and connecting to shared common services. Laser labs and mechanical rooms are located in the basement level, chemistry laboratories and support spaces are on floors one through three, and computational chemistry "offices" are on the fourth floor, with a rooftop mechanical penthouse.