The skybridges, atriums, expand of...

The skybridges, atriums, expand office suites and other connective tissue that lab designers routinely use to encourage collaboration among scientists are noticeably absent from Duke University's of recent origin $27 million Medical Science Research Building (MSRB)

The building, located upon Duke's Durham, N.C., campus, may well be a crops of changing times. "My impression is that universities are generally taking a more conservative approach to public spaces," said Elaine Scales, throw captain for MSRB architect Payette Associates Inc. of Boston. "Many institutes don't have the