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Design research: Boston Scientific's new cell culture and molecular biology lab, designed by Anshen + Allen + Rothman, is an experiment in good research practices.

Publication: Contract
Publication Date: 01-OCT-05 		Format: Online - approximately 913 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
In the intensely competitive world of biotechnology, the quality of the research isn't anything, it's everything. At Boston Scientific, a medical device company in Natick, Mass., this philosophy has been wholeheartedly embraced and even put on display as a competitive advantage. Last year, when the strategic goals of the company dictated the need for a state-of-the-art cell culture and molecular biology laboratory, the scientists turned to Boston-based Rothman Partners Architect (now Anshen + Allen + Rothman) to design a lab that is as sophisticated in its appearance as it is in its function.

"From the beginning, the client made it clear that the function and aesthetic could be combined," recalls Rothman project architect Gabriel Yaari. "Many lab clients start with cost and efficiency, but this was exactly the opposite, which encouraged us. We had the possibility...

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