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Former Dean of the Faculty Jeremy R. Knowles praised LISE’s design, which was done by renowned Spanish architect and Graduate School of Design professor Rafael Moneo. The design integrates the edifice into the surrounding structures, although Knowles acknowledged that constructing the nanotechnology building in an urban environment...
“Because of the architect’s imaginative thinking, the cost was up,” said Knowles, who was involved in the nascent stages of FAS’ $740 building boom that included LISE. “But the only way we can go forward in...
Knowles announced in 1999 that FAS would invest $200 million to emerging interdisciplinary sciences including nanotechnology and genomics, funds that contributed significantly to the construction of the LISE building.
Responding to those critical of the high expense associated with expanded science research, Knowles is quick to point out that his first investments as dean were to build the Barker Center for the Humanities and the two-building Center for Government and International Studies.
“I think that it’s sadly easy for people who did not need the science facilities to look at them and say, my goodness, that’s a large investment,” Knowles said. “But when looking at the costs...