The Colket Translational Research Building houses biomedical research, clinical research, clinical support office, and support facilities.

The 450,000 SF, LEED Gold certified tower currently includes 11 floors, and is vertically expandable to include an additional 15 floors (11 lab floors plus mechanical) in the future. The building includes 35,000 SF of flexible research floors sub-divided into multiple compartments for fire separation. The entire complex is built on a four-floor plinth containing lab support and cGMP spaces, a central utility plant and loading/service areas.

Behind the glass façade lies a carefully-woven configuration of spaces that provide flexibility, functionality, and clarity to the research environment. The building’s intriguing dichotomy of glass curtain wall and terra cotta cladding projects an image worthy of the nation’s preeminent children’s hospital. The solid terra cotta rain screen clad form acts as an anchor for the building and houses the building’s primary laboratory core.