The Biomedical Biological Science Research Building (BBSRB) is a five-story research facility for the
University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
in
Lexington, Kentucky
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. It is located at the corner of Virginia Avenue and South Limestone.
The BBSRB was designed by famed architects and urban planners
Robert Venturi
Robert Charles Venturi Jr. (June 25, 1925 – September 18, 2018) was an American architect, founding principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates, and one of the major architectural figures of the twentieth century.
Together with h ...
and
Denise Scott Brown
Denise Scott Brown (née Lakofski; born October 3, 1931) is an American architect, planner, writer, educator, and principal of the firm Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates in Philadelphia. Scott Brown and her husband and partner, Robert Venturi, ...
of Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates with A. M. Kinney and HERA. It is the first of a series of buildings in a comprehensive plan the firms developed for the university's healthcare "precinct" in the area near the intersection of Virginia Avenue and South Limestone Street.
["University of Kentucky Opens Biomedical/Biological Sciences Lab." Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates]
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Work began on the new $72,978,900 research facility in August 2002 with an original projected terminus date of October 2004, however, it did not open until April 2005 ["Biomedical/Biological Sciences Research Building." University of Kentucky. 17 November 200]
and is expected to be an integral part of the university's new research campus. The construction of the building also featured the completion of a new central utility plant and electrical substation.
Current
It features workstations for laboratory technical staffing, offices, animal care areas, central autoclave
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facilities, centrifuge rooms, cold rooms and tissue and cell culture facilities for the College of Medicine, College of Pharmacy
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, and College of Arts and Sciences
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. Over 400 faculty, staff and students report to the College of Medicine's Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemestry, the Institute of Molecular Medicine, the Spinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center and the Drug Abuse Treatment Research Program.
Future
A cafe is planned along the pedestrian bridge that links the Chandler Medical Center
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, BBSRB and future development.
See also
* Buildings at the University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK) in Lexington, Kentucky is home to many notable structures, including one high-rise.
By floor count and height above ground level, the tallest building is the 18-floor Patterson Office Tower, consisting mostly of ...
* Cityscape of Lexington, Kentucky
The urban development patterns of Lexington, Kentucky, confined within an urban growth boundary that protects its famed horse farms, include greenbelts and expanses of land between it and the surrounding towns. This has been done to preserve the ...
* University of Kentucky
The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...
References
External links
BBSRB at University of Kentucky Campus Guide
Venturi, Scott Brown and Associates Website
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