State-of-the-art cancer research ce...

State-of-the-art cancer research center is intricately scaled and detailed to tale its urban surroundings

In creating the $315 million, 110000-sq-ft Mt Zion Cancer Research Center at the University of California's San Francisco campus, designers gathered input from a number of different "clients."

There was the university. "The administration wanted to exhibit a world-class facility that housed cancer research and treatment functions," said William Diefenbach, senior vice president with San Francisco-based SMP/SHG the project's architect.