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Auckland University of Technology is building a $100 million academic facility in New Zealand. The 12-story building will support instruction in art and design, engineering, computing, mathematics, communication studies, and creative technologies. The 215,000-sf facility will provide two large, flexible lecture halls, television and performance studios, a broadcasting suite, and informal study areas. The project was designed by Jasmax. Occupancy is expected in February of 2013. 

Colorado State University has broken ground for its new Equine Reproduction Laboratory in Fort Collins. The 12,000-sf facility will provide teaching space, microbiology and molecular labs, and exam rooms. The $5 million project will support research in equine diseases and advanced reproductive technologies such as embryo transfer. 

The University of Dundee began building the $20 million Centre for Translational and Interdisciplinary Research in Scotland in July of 2012. Part of the College of Life Sciences, the four-story facility will house collaborative drug discovery research with labs, offices, support, and a high-throughput robotic and molecular pharmacology suite. Disciplines represented in the facility will include mathematical biology and biophysics, bioinformatics, and data analysis.

HOK has been named executive architect for the renewal of BJC Healthcare's campus in St. Louis. The project will provide new and updated facilities for Barnes-Jewish Hospital, St. Louis Children’s Hospital, and Washington University School of Medicine.

The University of Iowa is engaged in a $62 million renovation of the College of Dentistry in Iowa City. The project will provide a 33,000-sf patient care addition, collaborative research labs, advanced classrooms, and a simulation training center.