Gehry Designs Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute
Author: Diana Heeb Bivona
Renowned architect Frank Gehry is designing the new $60M Lou Ruvo Alzheimer’s Institute to be located in downtown. The two-acre, five-story, 55,000-square-foot building will feature clinical, research and outpatient exam rooms for Alzheimer and other brain disease victims. Additional plans include a 9,000-square-foot banquet hall, flanked by a Wolfgang Puck cafe and catering kitchen on one side, and an interactive “Museum of the Mind” on the other.
The institute plans to rent out its public areas at night and on weekends to help meet its operating expenses. Construction is expected to begin August 4, with completion in 2008.