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ZGF Architects LLP

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ZGF Architects LLP is an architecture, planning, and interior design firm with offices in Portland, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York City, and Washington, D.C. Total staff currently numbers 460. ZGF's work has been recognized with more than 500 national, regional, and local awards. In 1991, the firm received the national Architecture Firm Award from the American Institute of Architects. In the two decades since, ZGF has designed over 100 research facilities totaling more than 20 million square feet of space, five of which have been awarded the national distinction of "Laboratory of the Year". Clients include the National Institutes of Health; Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center; Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center; the University of Chicago; University of Virginia; University of Arizona; University of Texas; Duke University; University of California; University of Southern California; Northwestern University; Cornell University; Oregon Health Sciences University; Amgen; and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

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Wexford and UC Davis Inaugurate Aggie Square in Sacramento

Published 5/19/2025

The University of California, Davis celebrated the opening of a $1.1 billion destination for collaborative discovery in May of 2025 in Sacramento. Spanning 767,000 sf, the first phase of Aggie Square was designed by ZGF Architects as the flagship for a new model of innovation district that strategically collocates academic, industry, and community partners not only in the same building, but in many cases on the same floor.

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Johns Hopkins University Plans Data Science and AI Facility

Published 2/7/2025

Johns Hopkins University is planning to construct a 476,572-sf facility for the Data Science and AI Institute (DSAI) on the Homewood Campus in Baltimore. Designed by ZGF, this global hub for research and discovery will bring together experts in artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science and translation, applied mathematics, and computer science and engineering.

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University of Maryland and Wexford Celebrate Opening of 4MLK

Published 1/30/2025

The University of Maryland, Baltimore opened a 250,000-sf innovation center in January of 2024 to drive biomedical advances and accelerate the discovery of new health solutions. Developed and operated by Wexford Science + Technology, 4MLK serves as the gateway to the UM BioPark and will offer leasable space for life science and technology companies.

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Oregon Health & Science University Builds Inpatient Addition

Published 1/16/2025

Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) is constructing a 513,000-sf addition to its existing hospital on the Marquam Hill campus in Portland. Designed by NBBJ to enhance the patient experience, the 14-story tower will offer 128 new inpatient beds to meet a pressing need for healthcare capacity in Oregon since the COVID-19 pandemic. The Inpatient Addition (IPA) will predominantly provide surgical oncology and cellular therapy services, and will connect to the main hospital and the Kohler Pavilion via three sky bridges.

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Missouri S&T Plans the Bioplex

Published 12/16/2024

Missouri University of Science and Technology is planning to construct the Bioplex, a $130 million facility for advanced research and education in life sciences, biomedicine, and biomedical engineering. ZGF Architects is partnering with Christner Architects to design the 128,000-gsf structure, which represents the final phase of the Havener Arrival Complex. The multidisciplinary building will provide lab environments for 24 research teams, including wet bench labs and associated support spaces, as well as an ABSL-2 vivarium.

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