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Design architect: Grimshaw and Architekton
Location: Tempe, Arizona
Seen from the street under the bright Arizona sun, the Rob and Melani Walton Center for Planetary Health is hard to miss. The research facility, designed by Grimshaw Architects and Architekton, is the latest addition to Arizona State University’s Tempe campus. It houses a suite of interdisciplinary departments and institutes within its 281,000-square-foot layout. Its exterior catches the eye with an interlocking glass-fiber–reinforced-concrete (GFRC) facade and an interior courtyard lined in a glazing and aluminum-composite panelized system.
Considering the arid and sunny locale, the project’s massing and choice of facade material
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