Issue #2, December 2008

“The scientific spirit is of more value than its products, and irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors.”

Thomas Huxley

Project DI
	Accolades for world class research facility Woods Bagot’s AUD$400 million project, Qatar Science and Technology Park has received its first accolade at the inaugural Middle East Architect Awards. The project was announced the winner of the ‘Completed Project of the Year’ category. With so much of the region’s architecture existing only in the digital realm, the award acknowledges those buildings or structures that have made the most architecturally significant leap from computer screen to the built environment. More information on the project
PUBLIC DI
	What is the Future of Medical research? A Woods Bagot PUBLIC research paper by Global Leader of Education, Science and Healthcare, Mark Kelly. This paper explores the nature of medical research and how it is changing. Full paper
cool stuff
	Podcast Alan Russell studies regenerative medicine -- a breakthrough way of thinking about disease and injury, using a process that can signal the body to rebuild itself. TED Podcast
	Renovation, Addition and Adaptive Reuse for Research Facilities Presentation from the September 2007 GeneAcres15 conference given by David Bendet (Architect), Hellmuth, Obata + Kassabaum, David Goodman (Director of Corporate Real Estate), The Clorox Company, Ian Larson (Senior Project Manager), Baxter Bioscience, John Kelly (Senior Project Manager), Genetech Inc, Charles Alaimo (Director of Operations), Incombed Pharaceauticals Inc. Link to presentation