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Edie & Lew Wasserman Building

Edie & Lew Wasserman Building

Owner : Architect : General Contractor :
UCLA Richard Meier Architects Morley Construction
The $ 115.6-million new research and patient care facility adds to the already state-of-the-art campus . The six-story , 100,000 square-foot building adds to the Jules Stein Eye Institute by providing necessary space to expand into a world class research and treatment facility .
All walls were constructed with M . D . O . plywood and special procedures . The auto drop-off wall required every sheet to be conically formed to create the radial , battered wall face . Type III cement was used and form finished for all the cast-in-place walls .
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