Brains and good looks are a covetable combination, and the University of Toronto?s Research Center has them both. As one of Canada's leading genetic research programs, the University of Toronto's microbiology center needed a flexible interior space.

Behnisch Architekten and architectsAlliance gave them that, as well as a dazzling 12-story structure.

It has multiple green features, including one of North America's first double-skin façades, in which an inner wall surrounds the occupied spaces, and a second so-called "active wall" surrounds the first, with vents that facilitate efficient air circulation.

Nysan external Venetian blinds from Hunter Douglas placed between the glazing controls is a key to temperature control and comfort.

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