Richärd + Bauer, a young Phoenix-based firm, has demonstrated numerous times in its 11-year history that it can still advance architectural quality in inexpensive institutional buildings. Its new Meinel Optical Sciences Expansion at the University of Arizona in Tucson makes an even more emphatic claim for architectural innovation, spatial complexity, and the arresting use of light and materials. On top of that, the 47,000-square-foot structure cost only $14 million to build.
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