Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Building and the Cancer Research Building

Québec, Canada

Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc

Completion Date: May 2008

Owner: McGill University

Francesco Bellini Life Sciences Building and the Cancer Research Building

Photo © Tom Arban

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Program: A 200,000-square-foot cancer research and biomedicine center with offices, seminar rooms, conference areas, common-area kitchens on each floor, and research laboratories.

Design concept and solution: The building was constructed on a slim lot in downtown Montreal. It connects to the preexisting McGill University Life Sciences Complex, which comprises a circular, 16-story concrete building and a rectilinear, seven-story concrete building, both built in 1965. The existing facilities were renovated as part of the overall project. The new six-story, glass-and-zinc building provides additional space for researchers. Laboratories were designed to be flexible, with modular casework that allows workers to configure the space as needed. The building is topped with a green roof.

Gross square footage:
200,000 sq. ft.

Total construction cost:
$56 million (Canadian)

Architect:
Diamond Schmitt Architects Inc
384 Adelaide Street West
Suite 300
Toronto, Ontario M5V 1R7
Canada
T: 416-862-8800
F: 416-862-5508
www.dsai.ca

Provencher Roy + Associés Architectes
276, rue Saint-Jacques, bureau 210
Montréal, Québec, Canada H2Y 1N3
T: 514-844-3938
F: 514-844-6526
www.praa.qc.ca