Cross-border collaboration.(America's Flad and Associates/Mexico's Legorreta Arquitectos design life sciences center; includes related article on Willis Construction)(Statistical Data Included)

Building Design & Construction, September, 1999 by Wright, Gordon

The executives of Chiron Corp. admired the architecture of Mexico City architect Ricardo Legorreta so much that they commissioned him to be the design architect for the company's new 286,000-sq.-ft. Life Sciences Center in Emeryville, Calif., as well as to develop the master plan for its planned 25-acre campus.

But since Legorreta had not previously designed a research and development facility, Chiron also needed an architect of record who was experienced with R&D projects. For this role it hired Madison, Wis.-based A/E Flad and Associates, thus creating a Mexican/U.S. ...