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Donnelly Science Center
![The science building’s exterior façade of the addition and renovation.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole.jpg 2400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-2048x1536.jpg 2048w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/1_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Whole-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
Following the completion of a long-range master plan for the sciences, Ayers Saint Gross designed the renovation and addition of the Donnelly Science Center to address the strengths, weaknesses, and programmatic needs of chemistry, biology, physics, computer science, engineering, and mathematics. The project includes new and renovated faculty offices, faculty and student research labs, teaching labs, lab support spaces, an animal facility, seminar rooms, classrooms, commons, and collaborative learning spaces. The synthesis of these spaces foster interdisciplinary education and nurture student-faculty interaction and research. The project not only transformed the natural sciences at Loyola, but also created an improved gateway to the campus with integrated building and landscape design. Donnelly Science Center was designed to meet LEED Silver standards.
![The monumental stair in the academic science building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/3_Loyola-Donnelly-Main-Stair-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
![Butler stone and limestone knitted together with a mix of aluminum curtain wall and sunshades.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/2_Loyola-Donnelly-Exterior-Entrance-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
![Interdisciplinary teaching laboratory in the academic science building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/4_Loyola-Donnelly-Teaching-Lab-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
![Research laboratory in the academic science building.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/5_Loyola-Donnelly-Specialty-Lab-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)
![Tabletop wind tunnel for fluid dynamics teaching in mechanical engineering.](https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel.jpg 2000w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-170x128.jpg 170w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-80x60.jpg 80w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-400x300.jpg 400w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-600x450.jpg 600w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-800x600.jpg 800w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-1200x900.jpg 1200w, https://ayerssaintgross.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/6_Loyola-Donnelly-Wind-Tunnel-1600x1200.jpg 1600w)