The University of Southern California, Eli and Edythe Broad CIRM Center for Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research has received High Honors as part of R&D Magazine’s 2011 Laboratory of the Year competition. The ZGF designed, 91,485 SF Broad Center provides a permanent home for stem cell research in the University’s first LEED Gold® building on the Health Sciences Campus.

According to R&D Magazine, now in its 45th year, the magazine evaluates laboratory facilities on lab planning and design, flow, plant operations, aesthetics, energy efficiency, sustainability, cost, and more. The judging panel included architects, lab planners, construction project managers, a vendor representative from SEFA (Scientific Equipment and Furniture Association, co-sponsor of the Laboratory of the Year competition), and the editors of R&D Magazine and Laboratory Design Newsletter