According to Roger Goldstein, FAIA, Principal of Goody Clancy, the clients’ goal was to have the design team create a “100-year building” that called for robust detailing and scrupulous construction follow-through, and to bring together three distinct research entities to create a world-class center for brain research.
As work on the project progressed, the design team decided to clad the building in a thin stone veneer of around 3 cm, and they considered a range of stones from Europe and Asia, ultimately settling on Regina limestone, quarried in Alenteja, Portugal, and fabricated by Euromarble of Carrara, Italy. “We made two trips to the fabrication yard in Carrara; one to finalize the selection of Regina, and a later trip to confirm the acceptability of the special corner blocks,” the architect said.