Creating a Context for Motivation Since 1986

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Glen Berry's Lab Planning & Design Career by the numbers:

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~$5,134,100,000:
Construction budget for 145 science building projects built to date.

~$35,407,586:
Average construction budget per project.

$24,957.817:
Construction value of my first lab project- Eccles Howard Hughes Medical Institute Genetics Research Center at the University of Utah.

11,104,400:
Gross square feet of science building area built to date.

3,458,654:
Net square feet of laboratory area built to date.

2022:
Awarded Fellowship in the American Institute of Architects.
Many thanks to my sponsor, Marlene Imirzian, FAIA.

1990:
Became a licensed Architect and a member of the American Institute of Architects, in the state of Utah.

1988:
Graduated from the University of Utah with a Master of Architecture Degree.
Many thanks to my mentor professors Gordon Hashimoto, AIA, Kazuo Matsubayashi, AIA, John Sugden, FAIA, and Carl Inoway, AIA.

First post graduation job in architecture & lab design- Research Facilities Design (RFD) in San Diego.  Many thanks to mentors Malcolm Barksdale, AIA, and Rick Heinz, FAIA. 

1986:
Started planning and designing labs (Eccles/HHMI project above) while employed as a design intern at FFKR Architects in Salt Lake City, Utah, while also attending the University of Utah as an M.Arch. candidate. Many thanks to Ken Louder, AIA, who hired me at FFKR, and gave me the opportunity to start my career path as a Laboratory Architect.

1983:
Graduated from Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, with a degree in Art & Design.
Many thanks to my mentor professors Alex Darais, Professor of Design, and Mark Hamilton, Professor of Art & Architecture History.

145:
Number of built science building projects as a lead laboratory planner/Architect.

16:
Number of states in which I have worked on the planning and design of science buildings.

6:
Number of countries in which I have worked on the planning and design of science building projects.

1:
#1 lab design request from scientists, far and above any other request:

FLEXIBLE design, please.