https://www.bdcnetwork.com/big-room-equals-big-results
From conception to finish: probably around 5 years - maybe, more. $320 million for this one. This is one of the newer buildings on the UofA Tucson medical school campus. When you are talking about public institutions (UofA ...ASU...) and lobbying for public (TAXPAYERS) funding...nothing can just happen at a click of a finger - over night. Start by lobbying...getting the powers to be to support idea...planning...getting approval...secure funding...budgets...design concept approval...construction (this building took three years to build)...then, moving in.
I don't like the look of this building. It doesn't go with the traditional UofA Public Ivy look - that goes throughout the whole university. Red brick and some copper - we are the Copper State. I like the natural stone and glass in this building. Do not like the flat, dull grey on the building surface. It looks too contemporary...and cheap looking.