Located within the 600-acre Lake Nona Medical City in Orlando, this $45-million academic center is one of the University of Florida's first major research facilities to be built outside of Gainesville.
An attention-getting facade comprising curtain wall, composite metal panels, a terra-cotta rain screen system and elaborate stainless steel sunshade provides the conventionally reinforced, four-story concrete structure with an iconic identity, according to the Best Projects judges.