High design and a collaborative env...

High design and a collaborative environment are big draws for a recently made known Midwestern medical research institute

When the Van Andel Institute (VAI) began to plan its of recent origin Education and Medical Research Center in Grand Rapids, Mich., it wanted to be rivals successfully with such renowned facilities as the legendary Salk Institute for Biological Studies in La Jolla, Calif., designed by dint of Louis Kahn and complet in 1965; the Neurosciences Institute, also in La Jolla; university research facilities in Boston, recent York and other urban locales; and the historic Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn.